He's up to 90 MPH and has 3 days of HOT water ahead. :(

The latest track shows Ike to be a good Republican.

He goes straight till he hits the Texas coast, then takes a Hard Right turn and heads straight for Crawford, Texas.

I know in Texas one thing outranks weather and politics. Anyone planning to play a college football game round San Antonio Saturday afternoon, or around Dallas on Sunday? :eek:

The University of Texas has a football game scheduled against the University of Arkansas in Austin on Saturday afternoon. UT officials said they are watching the storm closely.

The Cowboys are at home, but don't play until Monday night. The odd design of Texas Stadium shields the game from wind, and most of the fans (but not the field) from rain.

Ike sure looks to have more northern vector than forcast.

The channel 8 (local DFW) midday news just spent the first 6 minutes of the broadcast talking about Ike. I'm sure it's dominating coverage in Houston even more.

Based on what? He's been hitting his forecast points all morning.

I see what you're seeing I think. Ike's stair-stepping, meaning he moves north then west. His average motion is right on the NHC track, though. Strong hurricanes always stair-step around ridges.

Since exiting Cuba, looks darn near NW.

I just can't believe all the attention being paid to this thing... We get it, it's a hurricane. Texans, Floridians, Louisianians, Mississippians, and Alabamans have dealt with storms before, yet the news stations feel the need to flip out about it every time.

Yes, there will be rain, wind, downed power lines, tree limbs, etc. and the airports will be affected, but we don't need to hear about the waves getting higher four days in advance :rolleyes:

TV news is all about selling hype. CNBC seems set the standard for hyperventilation.

Latest forecast is now a Cat4 and track adjusted 125m north of Corpus.

The Hurricane warning has been extended to Cameron LA, the TS warning to the mouth of the Mississippi.

My head hurts. That is a sure sign of a storm coming. House will soon be full of people needing a place to stay. Storm supposed to come here from the coast. Flooding predicted.

I almost forgot to fill my car's tank up with gas.

Have plenty of food and necessary items but if we run out of drinking water, we will empty the wine cellar.

Oh, darn, not that! Anything but that! :-)

Seriously, good luck.

Atta girl! That's the way to sit out a hurricane :D

I'm supposed to be flying thru DFW on Friday afternoon so I hope I can. Yes, selfishly that is what I'm thinking of.