Sitting in the New Orleans Airport tonight waiting for a flight that is delayed by three hours. Glad to get to relieve JB for a couple of hours so he can have a peaceful meal.
It will be an interesting 60 hours ahead as Ike heads for the Texas Coast. It is a big storm, and tropical storm force winds will affect an area 300 miles wide.
It was sad to go to Felix’s for oysters tonight…and there was not another soul in the restaurant. Not one! Me, a cook and a bartender. They said it has been dead since Gustav appeared on the horizon.
I think we should all jump on the Amtrak and go to New Orleans this weekend as a show of support for this besieged city. Nwe Orleans and Birmingham are closely tied to one another.
In Alabama…a few showers are over the Tennessee Valley and over West Alabama, but they are diminishing.
Ike is growing stronger. It is up to a category two now. The central pressure is more like a strong category three though, but the winds just haven’t caught up yet. It is going to be a formidable hurricane. It is likely to be a category three at landfall and possible a category four. The threat to Houston is increasing. It is not out of the question that it could edge even a little further and cause big problems for Southwest Louisiana.
The models are in fair agreement that the hurricane will round the ridge and recurve around landfall time.
JB will have the 10 p.m advisory for you. I hopefully, will be in the air then.
