Humanriff
(Verified CFHC User)
Fri Sep 12 2008 09:58 AM
Re: Ike Approaches Texas

Does anyone have a handle on the historical relative size of IKE? I live about half way between Lakeland and Orlando and was there for Jeanne in 04. It seemed like it went on forever. We actually had more damage to our house from Jeanne than from Charlie. I can't think of any real damage we had from Charlie even though the eye was about 15 miles away but Jeanne blew down our fence and stripped a bunch of shingles off the roof just because it lasted so long. It looks to me like this one is at least twice the diameter. Hopefully it will not get its act together any more than what is is now. We had far outer bands from Ike yesterday in Orlando. Unbelievable. Hope Galveston and Houston are ready. It's going to be a long weekend.


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