Will the next hurricane in the Gulf be an oily hurricane? The National Weather Service is predicting an unusually heavy hurricane season. With oil spills just off the coast, will a storm surge drench people's property in oil?
Will Tropical Storm Alex turn into Hurricane Alex?
I hope not.
I am finally getting around to going through some pictures and thought I'd post a few here.
Well, all we had up here from Ike were strong winds (up to 80 mph). Most of the rain missed us but the heavy winds did a lot of damage in this area (and all over the state from what I am hearing with state of emergencies in most of the counties in this state). There were several times our house shook good. There are still schools closed in our area, though our kids' school was only affected the day after the storm. They still have not restored power back to everybody yet. We got lucky. We had some damage but compared to some people around us, we were lucky. We had some yard items flipped over (kids' playhouse was left standing) and several of our trees damaged but at least they weren't on our roof, like our neighbor down the road. Most everything was ok once flipped back over. The volleyball net poles were broke so that went into the trash but everything else was fixable.
Some of our neighbors weren't so lucky. I can't imagine living in the south and going through an actual hurricane. The winds from Ike were bad enough here in the north!
Read more...The remnants of Ike are heading this way, bringing with it heavy rain and strong winds. I am thankful to not be on a coast where hurricanes hit so what we are getting might be strong storms but nothing like what the Gulf coast residents were hit with. Hopefully, it is just a strong storm and that's it - I can do without tornados.
I checked the news last night to read that they were going out to hopefully rescue those who made it through in the south, and I would imagine recover in many cases those who didn't make it, those who didn't evacuate. I hope those that made it through stay safe and those who are going out to rescue and putting their lives on the line to do so, stay safe as well.
Updated map for the projected path for Hanna. Hanna left behind 137 dead in Haiti.
With Gustav readying itself to hit Louisiana tomorrow (likely as a category 3, around 440 miles wide), the Katrina death toll of almost 1,000 people show that almost half of those deaths were of people age 75 and older.
To track Gustav, click here.
If you haven't heard about Hanna yet, there is another storm being tracked for the southeast coast of the United States to watch later in the week. Check the track of Hanna here.
A hurricane warning is in effect for southwestern Florida that may reach Category 1 before reaching land again midday Tuesday or a bit earlier. Here is a possible projected path according to The Weather Channel as of right now:
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Texas' southern coast may meet Hurricane Dolly. It is a tropical storm right now but it could become a hurricane by tomorrow. I have family in Texas but my family is in eastern Texas where they are expected to be spared from Dolly. It is also not expected to affect U.S. oil and gas interests in the area for those who are interested. Hurricane conditions are expected in the Gulf coast area within 36 hours.
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