The Gulf Coast Crawler

Well, it’s now day four of my promised 7-10 day lull in Atlantic hurricane activity. That prediction still looks reasonable. Heavy thunderstorm activity has begun to increase over… Continue reading

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Oil industry Web sites were reporting that as of Wednesday at least three offshore rigs known as jackups remain missing and are presumed to be total losses and at least… Continue reading

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If you take a ferry from Galveston northeast across the Galveston Bay inlet, you arrive at the small town of Port Bolivar, which sits at the end of the 25 mile-long Bolivar Peninsula. Since the peninsula was situated on… Continue reading

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Soni McKenzie over at Tallahassee Democrat is blogging about Bob and recently learned about ballot access laws, in particularly in Texas and Maine: Does anyone reading this know who Bob Barr is?… Continue reading

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The National Hurricane Center has issued its last advisory on Tropical Depression Ike, which is now accelerating northeastward through Illinois. Ike is causing only modest trouble, dumping… Continue reading

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Hurricane Ike made a direct hit on Galveston, Texas this morning at 3 am EDT as a top-end Category 2 hurricane with 110 mph winds. Although only rated a… Continue reading

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Hurricane Ike remains a huge a dangerous Category 2 hurricane, and has changed little since this morning. Ike’s central pressure continues to hold steady at 950 mb, as measured by the Hurricane Hunters at … Continue reading

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Hurricane Ike has taken advantage of the warm Gulf of Mexico waters it is over, and has already built an eyewall. At 7:02 m EDT, the Hurricane Hunters found a complete eyewall, which can also be seen on… Continue reading

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Hurricane Ike is headed to eastern Cuba after blasting Grand Inagua Island in the southeast Bahama Islands this morning. Hurricane Hunter observations, Cuban radar, and satellite Continue reading

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The latest set of 18Z (2 pm EDT) computer models are in, and there is little change from the previous forecasts for days 1-4. All of the models continue to indicate Ike will pass through Continue reading

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