Hurricane Ike CO/IAH Ops Doom and Gloom Thread
Sep 8, 2008, 12:37 pm
#1
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
Hurricane Ike CO/IAH Ops Doom and Gloom Thread
Edited -
Stay Safe, Fellow IAHers. This looks like it could be a bad one.
Stay Safe, Fellow IAHers. This looks like it could be a bad one.
Last edited by Anglo Large Clawed Otter; Sep 11, 2008 at 8:07 am
Sep 8, 2008, 12:38 pm
#2
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: IAH
Posts: 13,531
I've been waiting for this thread to show up... 
I predict every single flight in/out of IAH (and all other airports within a 500-mile radius) will be canceled starting tomorrow.
I predict every single flight in/out of IAH (and all other airports within a 500-mile radius) will be canceled starting tomorrow.
Sep 8, 2008, 12:39 pm
#3
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: PDX
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Plat
Posts: 11,500
If it actually gets back up to a Category 4 storm I may start to prepare....
Sep 8, 2008, 12:40 pm
#4
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
Sep 8, 2008, 1:05 pm
#5
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: A menace to everything in the sky. Yes. Even birds.
Programs: Eh+ Rapid Rolleyes
Posts: 14,519
Are you preparing to loot? Or fight off the looters? Or is it a dual-purpose kit? (e.g. crowbar).
Did you loot your looting preparedness kit?
If Ike demolishes IAH will the airport be renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower International Airport?
Did you loot your looting preparedness kit?
If Ike demolishes IAH will the airport be renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower International Airport?
Sep 8, 2008, 1:06 pm
#6
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Clinging to the edifices of a decadent past from the biggest city in America nobody really cares about.
Programs: (ಠ_ಠ)
Posts: 9,077
The Sky! The Sky is falling!
Oh no wait, that's the Skyy in my tumbler is falling down ye' old throat.
UH has already sent out two emails within the last three hours.
Oh well, best to be prepared I guess.
Oh no wait, that's the Skyy in my tumbler is falling down ye' old throat.
UH has already sent out two emails within the last three hours.
Oh well, best to be prepared I guess.
Sep 8, 2008, 1:11 pm
#7
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
My work has been mum on the entire issue, my school likewise. My school is awesome at disaster preparedness. They'll likely send out an email stating: "classes may be delayed" a few hours after Ike rolls ashore as a Cat. 4, assuming the building still exists.
Sep 8, 2008, 1:11 pm
#8
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA MM Plat; AA MM Gold; HHonors Diamond
Posts: 15,866
Anybody notice that as of several days ago Ike's "cone of uncertainty" did not include its present position?
I think Ike is going to hit Brazil.
I think Ike is going to hit Brazil.
Sep 8, 2008, 1:17 pm
#9
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 9,740
Portions of the post that previously appeared in this space have been deleted. I would provide you with a reason why, but doing so would likely be against the TOS.
Last edited by uncertaintraveler; Dec 18, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Sep 8, 2008, 1:22 pm
#10
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: A festering pit; a pustule of a fistula set athwart the miasmic swamps of the armpit of the Gulf of Mexico - a Godforsaken wart upon a dark crevasse of the World. (IAH)
Programs: UA Lifetime Gold, BA Silver, Marriott Lifetime Plat, Hilton Gold, Accor Gold
Posts: 31,403
I didn't pay enough attention back in the day when we were being taught probability theory in math class. However, I find it a bit odd that the Cone of Idiocy didn't even have Houston in the mix a few days ago, but now has it dead-center. The same thing happened with Gustav. Cone of Idiocy initially showed a Florida (non-Panhandle strike), then they just widened it to include everything between Pensacola and Corpus Christi.
Sep 8, 2008, 1:23 pm
#11
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: DCA
Programs: Kommissar Giga-Posting Direktor, PWP; Fasano Nouveau Aristocrat; CO Platinum; BD Gold; MR Gold
Posts: 18,733
It really sucks that I will have to reschedule my already-EUA'd flights through IAH on Friday.
Sep 8, 2008, 1:42 pm
#12
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Houston,TX
Programs: Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold,Priority Club Plat
Posts: 282
You guys crack me up.. 
Like eveyone is saying its way to early to tell but I find the tracking models interesting. Models updated daily
Like eveyone is saying its way to early to tell but I find the tracking models interesting. Models updated daily
Sep 8, 2008, 1:43 pm
#13
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Budapest
Programs: UA Marriott
Posts: 255
The Sky(Team Alliance) is failing?
Sep 8, 2008, 1:49 pm
#14
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Southwest Desert, under a rock, watch out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<" You can get there, but it's gonna cost you!
Programs: Previously NonePass®, now UA 1K (*Enhanced*)
Posts: 4,248
I you look at the projected paths for Ike and Pacific tropical storm Lowell it looks like they're gonna converge on Lubbock Texas! 
Sep 8, 2008, 1:56 pm
#15
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Central Texas
Programs: Many, slipping beneath the horizon
Posts: 9,859
Seeking advice and counsel to maximize the value of a ACT/IAH/LCH non-refundable RT DPT Wednesday PM/RTN Friday PM.
I could simply cancel now and lose a big change fee...$175??
I could wait until Wednesday afternoon and hope that one of the two legs ACT/IAH or IAH/LCH was CNXed and maybe get a full refund or full value voucher.
I could go, risk being stranded (days until the next flight, and them already fully booked), and get very windblown and wet hitchhiking home in the midst or on the edge of a big blow.
Unfortunately, I can't get Mother nature to send the storm ashore quickly enough to get the Wednesday flights CNXed
Your incomparable experience and wise counsel sought.....
I could simply cancel now and lose a big change fee...$175??
I could wait until Wednesday afternoon and hope that one of the two legs ACT/IAH or IAH/LCH was CNXed and maybe get a full refund or full value voucher.
I could go, risk being stranded (days until the next flight, and them already fully booked), and get very windblown and wet hitchhiking home in the midst or on the edge of a big blow.
Unfortunately, I can't get Mother nature to send the storm ashore quickly enough to get the Wednesday flights CNXed
Your incomparable experience and wise counsel sought.....