Originally Posted by
SRQ Guy
On the bright side, currently all of the models show a recurve, though some take Ike much closer to Florida before the recurve than others.
Please don't make plans based on my posts though, whatever you do. Anyone in southeast Florida should be making preliminary preparations for this storm. If it misses FL it's likely to be a fairly close call.
The 11am advisory seems to puth South Florida more directly in the path of Ike.
My plans are to pack up the wife, kids, dogs, and fish and head to SRQ. You have room, don't you?
I am supposed to fly out Sunday night through Wednesday. Hopefully, we will have a difinitive answer by then, so I can either cancel or safely go.
Looking at alternatives for mrs pbiflyer to get to Rome. She is not really thrilled about the option of going through JFK on September 11th, which right now is the only alternative to ATL.
Reading the discussion, there is a chance that the high pressure ridge pushing it south may not be as strong as thought. This would put the storm on a more northerly route.
Good news for Florida, not so good for the rest of the US.