Ike's wind field is now larger than that of Katrina, the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005, said Jeff Masters, the director of meteorology at private forecaster Weather Underground Inc.
``The total amount of energy is more powerful than Katrina, so we could be seeing a storm surge that could rival Katrina,'' Masters said. The storm is so large ``the location doesn't matter much; it is going to inundate a huge part of the Texas coast.''
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We are getting blown around here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The winds are really howling - and the storm surge is already up to part of Highway 603. The NOAA Tide Gauge in the Bay shows the low tide running 6 ft above normal. Going to be a long night as the tides start to rise.
BB
One more thing - if you watch high res satellite imagery, Ike has moved due west over the last few hours - not northwest or west northwest.
And for KlingFree - it have just moved past 90W - so you can relax...
sort of...
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