A cold front (make that a cool front) was pushing slowly across Alabama this afternoon. It had caused a long line of mostly light showers to form NE to SW across the state. Generally from Scottsboro in the NE, southwestward … Continue reading →

Houston’s largest newspaper offers some answers to many thousands of displaced residents who want to go home as badly as a homing pigeon. There are no easy answers and the situation in Galveston is probably worse than Houston. Search and … Continue reading →

* At 10:45 this morning, doppler radar shows that the center of Ike was almost halfway up the extreme east side of Texas headed in the general direction of Texarkana. Still producing very high winds and extremely heavy rain. Lufkin, … Continue reading →

LATEST POSITION REPORT AND MAIN FACTS * Center near Conroe or about 60 miles SSW Lufkin in East Texas. Eye passed directly over (or very near) Conroe * Highest sustained winds 90 mph * Gusts to 110 * Moving north … Continue reading →

* Estimated 4 million with no power. Officials warn it will be weeks before all power can be restored. * Major Houston area airports not reporting weather conditions * Major buildings in Downtown Houston damaged. Windows blown out of high … Continue reading →

Here is the latest advisory and tracking forecast map. We will continue to add a lot of information as the morning goes on concerning what happened overnight and what will happen for the rest of the weekend as Ike goes … Continue reading →

* The Alabama Coast still nervous. NWS in Mobile continues a Small Craft Advisory through Saturday evening for the entire coast. (This is mainly for boaters) Expect SE winds 25-30 knots (30 knots equals 35 mph) Seas 9-14 feet. * … Continue reading →

The most distant outer band of Ike was bringing a row, or train of showers to SW Alabama late this afternoon. At 4:30 pm, that row of showers, anb maybe a few thunderstorms extended from Elba and Andalusia, in Extreme … Continue reading →

BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 47 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 400 PM CDT FRI SEP 12 2008 …IKE’S FURY AIMED AT THE UPPER TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA COAST… A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY … Continue reading →

* First, a personal note. I wish there were some way that the hurricane category numbers could also consider the impact on humans and commerce. As it stands now, the sustained wind speed and pressure determine the category. Take Ike, … Continue reading →