Tropical Storm Hanna raced up the US East Coast yesterday, moving over 700 miles in 24 hours before merging with a frontal system off the New England coast. It did what a Nor'easter would typically do, and brought heavy rains, flooding, gale force winds, and some light damage and power outages.
Hanna's path, September 6, 2008
Hanna's path, September 6, 2008With Hanna out of the way, we now have Hurricane Ike to worry about. This morning, it went over the Turks and Caicos Islands as a Category 4 storm with 135mph winds. Grand Turk is reporting 50% of their structures damaged. This storm is headed right towards Cuba, and is forecast to move directly over the island.
Projected Path of Ike, to 72 hours out.On it's current path over land, Ike will probably lose about half of its punch before emerging into the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to go back to Category 3 status (at least). However, Cuba is only about 50-60 miles wide on average, which means a 30-mile jog north or south will make a huge difference as far as how strong the storm will be in 2 days.
If you are in the Florida Keys or the entire Gulf coast, please watch this storm carefully. It looks as if another Gustav or Katrina has the potential to take shape.
If you are in the Florida Keys or the entire Gulf coast, please watch this storm carefully. It looks as if another Gustav or Katrina has the potential to take shape.
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3 comments:
I have a morbid fascination with hurricanes and the thought that people willingly live in areas prone to these things. I don't think I could do that.
Half my family does that. Most of the rest willingly live in areas prone to earthquakes.
Yeah I wouldn't do that either :)
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