Hurricane IKE

barnbum2106 · 09-06-2008, 08:44 AM

so...news this morning....he's headed straight towards...

ME!!!!
(Gulf Coast of Florida)
good luck for everyone. I'm headed to walmart (BLAK!) today to prepare some more. hm...gotta move some horses around....

i hate when this happens. i sit through my college classes and through work and all i think about is more things that i need to get done for the horses before this thing hits.

my prayers are with everyone and i hope everyone stays safe.

snickers · 09-06-2008, 08:56 AM

Its heading to LA.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4...?5day#contents

Getting the Keys and tip of FL.

Now unless you live at the tip, then yes its heading for you.

We have horse people coming up from the Keys starting tomarrow.

scrapchick · 09-06-2008, 08:57 AM

Thinking of you, please be safe and check in when you can!!

ToveroMom · 09-06-2008, 09:05 AM

These dratted storms usually come to our shores after hitting other land masses and breaking up a bit. This Northern route sux-frankly.
I am not sure that it is heading for LA at this point but it is maybe narrowly skimming the tip of FL and heading into the Gulf.
It may hit anywhere in there-no real locked in predictions so far.
Here is the extended NOAA 5 day forecast

kanoo32 · 09-06-2008, 09:11 AM

The hurricane center in Miami is still having us prepare heavily in Southeast Florida with evacuations and everything because even though the storm has dipped to the south the "dirty" side of the storm is on the northeast. It looks like it is gonna get pretty nast. They have said quite framkly at this point they don't know where it is going! That's comforting!

Sassy · 09-06-2008, 09:16 AM

OMG

be safe and hang in there guys!! Do you have a safe place to hold up until it passes?? My prayers are with you all!!!

ToveroMom · 09-06-2008, 09:17 AM

LOL true...I have to adnit though they are getting darn good at forecasting they just cannot get it done more than about 4 days out for accuracy.

BarnBum · 09-06-2008, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kanoo32

The hurricane center in Miami is still having us prepare heavily in Southeast Florida with evacuations and everything because even though the storm has dipped to the south the "dirty" side of the storm is on the northeast. It looks like it is gonna get pretty nast. They have said quite framkly at this point they don't know where it is going! That's comforting!

I am with ya,,,,,,,,,,,,,lots of preps here too in SW Fla. The NE corner will be coming by us.

Good luck EVERYONE !!

**Range** · 09-06-2008, 10:09 AM

By that path, I wouldn't be headed back to New Orleans just yet.

Any time one of those monsters enters the Gulf and comes that path, we get hit with deluges of rain and wind. Gustav didn't bring heavy winds, so maybe Ike will be the same. But, if it's a Rita situation, I need to start tying stuff down!

Good luck down there, I'll be thinking good thoughts! Be safe!!!!

kanoo32 · 09-06-2008, 10:35 AM

Well, its not in the Gulf yet, and in my experience in South Florida, when our newspeople are being as "shifty" as they are right now it is never a good thing! I don't thing they know where it is going right now.

eclectic · 09-06-2008, 11:13 AM

You guys be safe in S. FL. My prayers are with you all. I lived in Orlando for 17 years and thankfully never had a BAD storm hit us. I'm a nurse so if something came our way we were on standby for the hospital, sometimes moving in our families. Still worried about pets and horses though.

My Mother, I worry about as well as my ailing brother and sister in Central Fl. It's hard to be so far away, but if they had to they can always come here.

ToveroMom · 09-06-2008, 11:16 AM

Kanoo that is why I generally skip the local news and follow things on NOAA till it is about onshore.

BarnBum · 09-06-2008, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ToveroMom

Kanoo that is why I generally skip the local news and follow things on NOAA till it is about onshore.

Ya know, me too. I think the local news stations get commissions from the local home improvement and grocery stores b/c they scare the beegeebers out of you and put this 'doom' cone up that is aiming for their viewing area, then you go to NOAA and its totally a different story !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Range** · 09-06-2008, 01:18 PM

Yeah, but NOAA issued all sorts of warnings for North and East Texas when Gustav hit - we're talking warnings of gale force winds and up to 12" of rain. But, we got 30mph winds and spittings of rain for two days. Not that I'm not thankful for the reprieve, don't think I'm complaining!!!

I think they don't truly know until it gets a day out.

beezwing · 09-06-2008, 02:10 PM

Put it this way...many of us here haven't taken the boards of the windows just yet

oh bollocks..I haven't finished cleaning up from the last one..and have acquired 4 storm waifs..3 kitties and a pup. whine, whine, whine..I will be happy when storm season is over for this year.

one is ok, two in a row is a drag..even I have my limits
k

BarnBum · 09-06-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by beezwing

Put it this way...many of us here haven't taken the boards of the windows just yet

Same here, our hurricane shutters are still on the back of the house since FAYE. Took the ones off the front windows so people will see the house isn't abandonded !!!! My tarp is still off my canopy that my trailer sits under and our spare gas cans are still full, propane still full, still got water and non- perishable food !!!!!!

barnbum2106 · 09-06-2008, 04:24 PM

hmm..early this morning they were saying the panhandle of florida. but i haven't looked since then...really don't want to, to be honest.

yes, i am right next to alabama so i'm most definately in the panhandle.

i guess we'll have to wait a couple days to see whats going to happen. its going to hit that sweet spot in the gulf....darn

i feel for poor haiti...they have lost SOO many this season already.

these storms are driving me nuts this year! they are one after the other. can't we have a little break?

Crookedblaze · 09-06-2008, 04:29 PM

I hope that all of you guys stay safe! I can't believe that it's been weeks of hurricanes, it seems like this year they have just been one right after another.

Luvridn · 09-06-2008, 08:08 PM

I am with you barnbum2106....anywhere in the northern Gulf is too close for my tastes. After the last 4 years we are getting to be pros at this though...unfortunately. Eventually I know my luck will run out and I will have some real damage. So far I have been lucky. So until they figure it out, I will be watching Ike too!

PaintsQH · 09-06-2008, 08:26 PM

I didnt do anything but sit inside during Fay and watch TV and surf the net. Went outside about 6 when all the rain was over and did my normal stuff. Just had a few dead palm frons laying in my arena. A TS is not enough for me to board up my windows. I know they are to protect them from flying objects. I have plywood for my windows if Ike comes our way to SW Florida. 100mph winds are enough to cover up the windows. I hope LA doesnt get hammered again. I feel so bad for the Hatians and Cubans. They were saying on the news about how one tree will soak up a bunch of water, but since the trees were knocked down, they had the flooding. Everyone be safe.

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09-06-2008, 08:44 AM
barnbum2106 Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 261	Hurricane IKE so...news this morning....he's headed straight towards... ME!!!! (Gulf Coast of Florida) good luck for everyone. I'm headed to walmart (BLAK!) today to prepare some more. hm...gotta move some horses around.... i hate when this happens. i sit through my college classes and through work and all i think about is more things that i need to get done for the horses before this thing hits. my prayers are with everyone and i hope everyone stays safe. __________________ Owned by: Bailey, Bo, Lucy, & Hoosier

09-06-2008, 08:56 AM
snickers Bombproof Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Twilight Zone Posts: 8,853	Its heading to LA. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4...?5day#contents Getting the Keys and tip of FL. Now unless you live at the tip, then yes its heading for you. We have horse people coming up from the Keys starting tomarrow. __________________ " You cant fix stupid " Ron White Life is to short to argue with ignorant people. Last edited by snickers : 09-06-2008 at 09:20 AM.

09-06-2008, 08:57 AM
scrapchick Seasoned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Festus, Missouri Posts: 4,742	Thinking of you, please be safe and check in when you can!! __________________ Better living through chemistry.

09-06-2008, 09:05 AM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,296	These dratted storms usually come to our shores after hitting other land masses and breaking up a bit. This Northern route sux-frankly. I am not sure that it is heading for LA at this point but it is maybe narrowly skimming the tip of FL and heading into the Gulf. It may hit anywhere in there-no real locked in predictions so far. Here is the extended NOAA 5 day forecast __________________ "In America,anyone can be President. That is one of the chances you take" Adlai Stevenson

09-06-2008, 09:11 AM
kanoo32 Started Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,362	The hurricane center in Miami is still having us prepare heavily in Southeast Florida with evacuations and everything because even though the storm has dipped to the south the "dirty" side of the storm is on the northeast. It looks like it is gonna get pretty nast. They have said quite framkly at this point they don't know where it is going! That's comforting! __________________ Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!

09-06-2008, 09:16 AM
Sassy Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,331	OMG be safe and hang in there guys!! Do you have a safe place to hold up until it passes?? My prayers are with you all!!! __________________ A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. ~ DUKE OF ENDINBURGH ~

09-06-2008, 09:17 AM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,296	LOL true...I have to adnit though they are getting darn good at forecasting they just cannot get it done more than about 4 days out for accuracy. __________________ "In America,anyone can be President. That is one of the chances you take" Adlai Stevenson

09-06-2008, 10:09 AM
Range Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 5,688	By that path, I wouldn't be headed back to New Orleans just yet. Any time one of those monsters enters the Gulf and comes that path, we get hit with deluges of rain and wind. Gustav didn't bring heavy winds, so maybe Ike will be the same. But, if it's a Rita situation, I need to start tying stuff down! Good luck down there, I'll be thinking good thoughts! Be safe!!!! __________________ If it harms none, do what you will.

09-06-2008, 10:35 AM
kanoo32 Started Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,362	Well, its not in the Gulf yet, and in my experience in South Florida, when our newspeople are being as "shifty" as they are right now it is never a good thing! I don't thing they know where it is going right now. __________________ Even if your on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there!

09-06-2008, 11:13 AM
eclectic Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 323	You guys be safe in S. FL. My prayers are with you all. I lived in Orlando for 17 years and thankfully never had a BAD storm hit us. I'm a nurse so if something came our way we were on standby for the hospital, sometimes moving in our families. Still worried about pets and horses though. My Mother, I worry about as well as my ailing brother and sister in Central Fl. It's hard to be so far away, but if they had to they can always come here. Last edited by eclectic : 09-06-2008 at 11:26 AM.

09-06-2008, 11:16 AM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,296	Kanoo that is why I generally skip the local news and follow things on NOAA till it is about onshore. __________________ "In America,anyone can be President. That is one of the chances you take" Adlai Stevenson

09-06-2008, 01:18 PM
Range Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Back of Beyond Posts: 5,688	Yeah, but NOAA issued all sorts of warnings for North and East Texas when Gustav hit - we're talking warnings of gale force winds and up to 12" of rain. But, we got 30mph winds and spittings of rain for two days. Not that I'm not thankful for the reprieve, don't think I'm complaining!!! I think they don't truly know until it gets a day out. __________________ If it harms none, do what you will.

09-06-2008, 02:10 PM
beezwing Coming two Join Date: May 2007 Location: louisiana Posts: 1,716	Put it this way...many of us here haven't taken the boards of the windows just yet oh bollocks..I haven't finished cleaning up from the last one..and have acquired 4 storm waifs..3 kitties and a pup. whine, whine, whine..I will be happy when storm season is over for this year. one is ok, two in a row is a drag..even I have my limits k __________________ “Preach the gospel at all times, if necessary use words.” St Francis

09-06-2008, 04:24 PM
barnbum2106 Weanling Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pensacola, FL Posts: 261	hmm..early this morning they were saying the panhandle of florida. but i haven't looked since then...really don't want to, to be honest. yes, i am right next to alabama so i'm most definately in the panhandle. i guess we'll have to wait a couple days to see whats going to happen. its going to hit that sweet spot in the gulf....darn i feel for poor haiti...they have lost SOO many this season already. these storms are driving me nuts this year! they are one after the other. can't we have a little break? __________________ Owned by: Bailey, Bo, Lucy, & Hoosier

09-06-2008, 04:29 PM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,360	I hope that all of you guys stay safe! I can't believe that it's been weeks of hurricanes, it seems like this year they have just been one right after another. __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

09-06-2008, 08:08 PM
Luvridn Long Yearling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 1,053	I am with you barnbum2106....anywhere in the northern Gulf is too close for my tastes. After the last 4 years we are getting to be pros at this though...unfortunately. Eventually I know my luck will run out and I will have some real damage. So far I have been lucky. So until they figure it out, I will be watching Ike too! __________________ If your horse wants to bolt, there is probably a nut loose in the saddle! PP

09-06-2008, 08:26 PM
PaintsQH Started Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,417	I didnt do anything but sit inside during Fay and watch TV and surf the net. Went outside about 6 when all the rain was over and did my normal stuff. Just had a few dead palm frons laying in my arena. A TS is not enough for me to board up my windows. I know they are to protect them from flying objects. I have plywood for my windows if Ike comes our way to SW Florida. 100mph winds are enough to cover up the windows. I hope LA doesnt get hammered again. I feel so bad for the Hatians and Cubans. They were saying on the news about how one tree will soak up a bunch of water, but since the trees were knocked down, they had the flooding. Everyone be safe. __________________ My treasures do not clink, they gleam in the sunlight and neigh in the night