Hurricane Ike CO/IAH Ops Doom and Gloom Thread
Sep 8, 2008, 3:49 pm
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Sep 8, 2008, 4:04 pm
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Tracking Cova
To understand where Ike will strike next, you need to understand where Cova is traveling. If he's due to fly to/through IAH next Saturday, that increases the odds of a major landfall there.
http://www.weatheronline.com/weather...tormid=9&size=
This link shows the current model forecasts for Ike; at this time, most put landfall further down the Texas coast... so Houston may be saved again. But only time will tell --the storm is still about 4+ days away from a US landfall.
http://www.weatheronline.com/weather...tormid=9&size=
This link shows the current model forecasts for Ike; at this time, most put landfall further down the Texas coast... so Houston may be saved again. But only time will tell --the storm is still about 4+ days away from a US landfall.
Sep 8, 2008, 4:10 pm
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My Ike Story
I get to drive to Corpus this evening, then to South Padre Island Wednesday morning...for work (life is tough!) Early Friday morning I was planning to drive back to Houston, take my mom to lunch (her b-day is Sunday), and fly to IND Friday evening for work. Now I may have to leave SPI Thursday to get an earlier flight Friday, or book a flight out of one of the Valley airports in order to get to IND. My mom realizes lunch may be postponed.
At least I can stop at Prasek's in Hilje and get some sausage to snack on...I hope they close at 9 and not 7...otherwise I won't be able to clog my arteries.
At least I can stop at Prasek's in Hilje and get some sausage to snack on...I hope they close at 9 and not 7...otherwise I won't be able to clog my arteries.
Sep 8, 2008, 4:11 pm
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National Hurricane Center Track shows a landfall somewhere near Palacios/El Campo. If it hits there as a 3, Houston will receive a pretty hard hit from the NE Corner (dirty side) of the storm. A 3 making landfall in Corpus would likely be pretty nasty in some parts of Houston.
Sep 8, 2008, 4:13 pm
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Suffice it to say I'm not going anywhere this weekend. Which means landfall will occur at the mouth of the Hudson River.
Sep 8, 2008, 4:40 pm
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IAH Added
Hurricane Ike
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
Sep 8, 2008, 4:59 pm
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My mother has a picture of her wearing a TWA Captain's hat in the left seat of a 747. TWA, 747, eerie coincidence. Do the math.
As far as IAH Doom and Gloom, I'm really disappointed in the Houstonian response to potential human problems. I was expecting to see names like Glock, Heckler, Koch, et. al. And numbers immediately following such as .40, .45. Rifles and shotguns might be where the power is, but handguns are where the true fun lies.
Fishy, fishy, fishy.....
Sep 8, 2008, 5:13 pm
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Guess I should start to PM THEblakefish and find out his address for this excuse for a party...
While I'm out of cash to spend at spec's until the middle of the month, I seem to recall that I have about 4 cases of beer (some red hook summer seasonal) and a couple of bottles of vodka, rum, and other hard liquors handy to wait out the storm. That should last me pretty well
While I'm out of cash to spend at spec's until the middle of the month, I seem to recall that I have about 4 cases of beer (some red hook summer seasonal) and a couple of bottles of vodka, rum, and other hard liquors handy to wait out the storm. That should last me pretty well
Sep 8, 2008, 5:32 pm
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Sep 8, 2008, 7:11 pm
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I have a flight from CLE to IAH (arrives 11:00am) Saturday.
Continental said I could change it to Friday due to Ike.
Anybody have advice on when (day and time) they will start cancelling incoming flights to IAH if Ike keeps heading this way?
Continental said I could change it to Friday due to Ike.
Anybody have advice on when (day and time) they will start cancelling incoming flights to IAH if Ike keeps heading this way?
Sep 8, 2008, 7:15 pm
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oh, goodie!
i have an IAH-SAT on thursday and SAT-IAH on friday afternoon...i got stuck in houston for rita (ended up as a non-event) because UA cancelled my flight out that day. if CO is likely to cancel my friday SAT-IAH, perhaps i'd better drive both ways. if ike does look like it's headed our way--yes, it's too early to tell--can i just cancel the whole trip without penalty?
anyone care to prognosticate?
or, just answer Jim77401's question, and i'll go from there. 
i have an IAH-SAT on thursday and SAT-IAH on friday afternoon...i got stuck in houston for rita (ended up as a non-event) because UA cancelled my flight out that day. if CO is likely to cancel my friday SAT-IAH, perhaps i'd better drive both ways. if ike does look like it's headed our way--yes, it's too early to tell--can i just cancel the whole trip without penalty?
anyone care to prognosticate?
Hurricane Ike
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
Sep 8, 2008, 8:22 pm
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Hurricane Ike
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
Continental hub: Houston, TX (IAH - Intercontinental)
Original Travel Dates:
Sept. 11, 2008 — Sept. 13, 2008
Final Travel must be completed by:
End of Validity of ticket Change fees and/or additional fare collection will be waived if the rescheduled flights are booked in the original class of service to the same city pairs as originally ticketed and rescheduled travel commences on or before Sept. 20, 2008.
If the new travel commences after Sept. 20, 2008, change fees will be waived, however, additional fare collection will apply.
They will need to push this back two or three days to include Sept 14th and 15th. All projections show this thing not hitting Texas till Saturday, which will effect flights on Sunday (which isn't covered right now under the weather waiver).
I am flying MCI-IAH-TPA on Sept 11 and TPA-IAH-MCI Sept 14th.
I am much more concerned about Sept 14th... Should I be? What would you do?
Sep 8, 2008, 8:32 pm
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To understand where Ike will strike next, you need to understand where Cova is traveling. If he's due to fly to/through IAH next Saturday, that increases the odds of a major landfall there.
http://www.weatheronline.com/weather...tormid=9&size=
This link shows the current model forecasts for Ike; at this time, most put landfall further down the Texas coast... so Houston may be saved again. But only time will tell --the storm is still about 4+ days away from a US landfall.
http://www.weatheronline.com/weather...tormid=9&size=
This link shows the current model forecasts for Ike; at this time, most put landfall further down the Texas coast... so Houston may be saved again. But only time will tell --the storm is still about 4+ days away from a US landfall.
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical.../at200809.html
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...l.html#a_topad
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...y.html#a_topad
Sep 8, 2008, 10:50 pm
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