Hurricane Ike is scaring me a little

Originally Posted by Big One

You'll be alright, you are Discussion the modern day demi-god/Adonis after all.

In case you haven't noticed, hurricanes cause a lot of precipitation. All that moisture is going to make his mascara run.

Have some sympathy.

Originally Posted by Discussion

Hm, good idea, too bad some of us aren't born with silver spoons in our mouths. I'll gladly allow it if you pay for it, however.

Yes, only the priviledged live in houses built in the past 20 years.

Originally Posted by The Unsung Hero

Have some sympathy.

I have none for this man.

Originally Posted by Shigeru

Wasn't the 21st of december of 2012 the day we're all going to die?

Yea, we're fuhked.

Originally Posted by frate

Hurricane Ike is coming? Prepare yourself!

It's ok, he's just fighting for his friends and wishes to kill Discussion

Why nobody thought about this Ike?

Originally Posted by Snow_Storm

Why nobody thought about this Ike?

Now there's a "slap to the face" hurricane everyone needs.

Originally Posted by Big One

You'll be alright, you are Discussion the modern day demi-god/Adonis after all.

But Adonis died...



And it's going to be a category three when it makes landfall, though I'm hoping it will go further up north and hit somewhere where it will lessen the damage. It's apparently going to be as big and bad as Celia, and that was in 1970 and it hit my city and caused some crazy damage.

Discussion: The only posts you've responded to have been people insulting you. Have you not noted that you've received good advice?

Anyways, all I can say is follow the advice from people who have been through this or know what to do. They seem to say boarding up the windows and sitting and waiting is your best bet. Do that. (I wouldn't know, we don't get hurricanes here)

Also, for those people stuck on the brick house thing: They're a lot less common in America. Brick houses are primarily the older houses in the south or on the east coast. The rest are, like, wood. I know that some places (Like here in SoCal), brick is a very dumb idea because earthquakes would destroy them.

Bah, and I was all prepared to miss work on Monday because Ike was headed towards South Florida (I also heard it was going to change direction on top of us)
Oh well, couldnt start the job, anyway, damn government.

Maybe if you befriend him he won't strike and instead will fight for you.

Hurricane Ike, it gives you no sympathy from him. Prepare yourself!

I was sitting in my 200-level History course, Oliver Stone's America, and began to draw some very frightening similarities between Discussion and Lee Harvey Oswald.

Hurricane Ike isn't scary, he is low/mid tier at best.

And he fights for his friend *laughs*

Oh, and close your windows

How could forget this Ike?

Ike has not undergone any rapid intensification since emerging from Cuba. Instead, it appears the wind field has expanded significantly. Interestingly, the storm also has a very tiny eye, about 8-10 nautical miles according to the 11PM NHC forecast discussion (Note the eye is not currently present on visible satellite imagery). The pressure has been falling today, which likely indicates some increase in wind speed is imminent.

OVERALL...IKE IS A LARGE CYCLONE...AS DATA FROM BOTH AIR FORCE AND
NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE EXTENT OF WINDS OF
HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE HAS INCREASED...ESPECIALLY NORTH
OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. PARADOXICALLY...IKE HAS A VERY SMALL
INNER CORE...AND THE EYE HAS A DIAMETER OF ONLY ABOUT 8 TO 10 N MI.
THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS BEEN STEADILY FALLING...NOW DOWN TO ABOUT
944 MB...BUT THE WINDS HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED. THE INITIAL
INTENSITY REMAINS 85 KT BASED ON RECENT SFMR WIND SPEED RETRIEVALS. THE SHORT-TERM INTENSITY FORECAST IS CONTINGENT UPON HOW LONG THE
EXTREMELY SMALL INNER CORE SURVIVES. SINCE IT COULD DISINTEGRATE
AT ANY TIME...AND SINCE IKE WILL BE PASSING NEAR OR OVER A COLD
EDDY IN THE CENTRAL GULF DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...THE HURRICANE
COULD WEAKEN. IF...HOWEVER...THE TENACIOUS INNER CORE REMAINS
INTACT...AND GIVEN THE RECENT PRESSURE FALLS...IKE COULD STRENGTHEN
SOME AS REFLECTED IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST.

The forecast still calls for Ike to be a category 4 storm in 48 hours.