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• Current events/Archive:Ike 2008

Contents 1 TX, LA, and Midwest are in post-storm recovery - no named storms are reported in the Atlantic 1.1 Midwest 1.2 Texas 1.3 Louisiana 2 Other sources used for this report 3 See also

TX, LA, and Midwest are in post-storm recovery - no named storms are reported in the Atlantic

• Updated --John 16:44, 15 September 2008 (CDT)
• Ike 2008 Maps -->HurricaneWiki
• Ike 2008 News -->HurricaneWiki

Midwest

• Updated --John 20:26, 15 September 2008 (CDT)
  • Major flooding in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana indicated by river gauges [1]
• Updated --John 16:39, 15 September 2008 (CDT)
  • The violent weather in the Midwest brought Ike's total death toll to at least 30 in eight states, from the Gulf Coast to the Ohio Valley. [2]

Texas

Hurricane Ike left severe flooding and wind damage in Texas. -->HurricaneWiki

• Updated --John 16:36, 15 September 2008 (CDT)
  • GALVESTON, Texas (Reuters) - Texas urged thousands of people to leave Galveston on Monday as relief supplies failed to meet the needs of hungry and exhausted residents of the island city ravaged by Hurricane Ike and millions struggled to cope without power in the U.S. energy hub of Houston. [3]
• Updated --John 19:42, 14 September 2008 (CDT)
  • GALVESTON, Texas - Nearly 2,000 people in Texas who refused orders to evacuate before Hurricane Ike have been rescued by land, air and water. A door-by-door search is under way in Galveston, where Ike came ashore early Saturday. [4]
• Updated --John 20:54, 13 September 2008 (CDT)
  • Ike is now a tropical storm heading northeast from Texas toward Missouri
  • Ike left extensive flooding and wind damage in the Galveston/Houston region
  • The highest surge Saturday morning was about 13.5 feet at Sabine Pass in Texas, according to tidal gauges. The surge at Galveston was 11 feet, about half of what was predicted. [5]
  • Galveston City Manager Steve LeBlanc said 17 buildings had collapsed on Galveston Island, the downtown was flooded and the causeway linking the island to the mainland had buckled. [6]
• Updated --John 01:32, 13 September 2008 (CDT)
  • Ike's storm center is forecasted to reach landfall near Galveston,TX around 3AM CDT Saturday (9/13).
  • The strongest winds and highest surge will likely occur near or just after the eye makes landfall.
  • Residents of Galveston have been issued mandatory evacuation orders List of evacuation locations
    • Thousands of residents stay put in Galveston [7]
  • City of Houston
    • Forecasted Maximum Sustained Wind Data Zip Code
  • Unofficial list of coastal counties threatened by storm surge:
    • Jefferson -->Wikipedia - (Port Arthur is at high risk of surge damage)
    • Chambers -->Wikipedia
    • Galveston -->Wikipedia
    • Brazoria -->Wikipedia
    • Matagorda -->Wikipedia
  • Refer to local emergency management services and local news media for up-to-date conditions.
    • Government resources: Texas -->HurricaneWiki
    • Shelters: Texas -->HurricaneWiki
    • Helpline Numbers: Texas -->HurricaneWiki
    • Texas news media -->HurricaneWiki
    • Animal Rescue Resources -->HurricaneWiki

Louisiana

Hurricane Ike caused coastal flooding in Louisiana. -->HurricaneWiki

• Updated --John 18:42, 13 September 2008 (CDT)
  • An estimated 10,000 homes in Terrebonne Parish were flooded or expected to be flooded as the waters rose, officials there said. About 100 elderly residents were evacuated overnight when flooding overwhelmed a nursing home in Franklin, Louisiana. [8]
• Updated --John 16:00, 12 September 2008 (CDT)
  • Water Over-Topping, Breeching Levees in Plaquemines and Terrebone Parishes [9]
  • Unofficial list of coastal parishes threatened by storm surge:
    • Cameron -->Wikipedia
    • Vermilion -->Wikipedia
    • Iberia -->Wikipedia
    • St. Mary -->Wikipedia
    • Terrebonne -->Wikipedia -- Houma Today
    • Lafourche -->Wikipedia -- Parish alerts
    • Plaquemines -->Wikipedia -- Parish alerts
  • Refer to local emergency management services and local news media for up-to-date conditions.
    • Government resources: Louisiana -->HurricaneWiki
    • Shelters: Louisiana -->HurricaneWiki
    • Helpline Numbers: Louisiana -->HurricaneWiki
    • Louisiana news media -->HurricaneWiki
    • Animal Rescue Resources -->HurricaneWiki

Other sources used for this report

• Interactive Maps - Gulf Coast states -->HurricaneWiki
• Hurricane Information Center
• StormPulse Track for Ike - interactive map
• Wikipedia
  • Hurricane Ike
  • List of LA parishes
• News media
  • KHOU news
  • Beaumont Enterprise | [10]
  • WRNO news
  • KPRC news Houston
• National Weather Service
  • NWS Flood map -- Interactive
  • NOAA: National Hurricane Center
  • Mosaic Radar of Southern Plains

See also