The Good News is Josephine Fizzled Out.

[tekisui]

Ike is still coming, though....

TAMPA - An "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike bulked up to Category 4 strength Saturday and the storm lurked "near or over" the British territory of Turks and Caicos islands.

The National Hurricane Center said Saturday that Ike's projected path appeared to be south of the one taken by Hanna last week, which was good news for Tampa Bay area residents.

That route would take Ike into the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday, but on a northwest track away from the Bay area. The Louisiana coast, recently hit by Hurricane Gustav, appeared to be a target, but possibilities included the coasts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

Saturday evening, Ike's center was just east of Grand Turk Island as the storm moved west-southwest at about 15 mph, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The center also said a hurricane warning was in effect for several Cuban provinces and parts of the southeastern and central Bahamas.

Ike, whose fierce winds grew to 135 mph Saturday, was characterized as "extremely dangerous" by the hurricane center. The storm took a southwesterly shift that could send it to the Florida Keys by Monday or Tuesday after it bumps along the north coast of Cuba.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2008/sep/07/na-dangerous-ike-shifts-takes-aim-at-cuba-keys/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I hope everyone can prepare for Ike...

Very scary stuff...

Thanks for the heads-up!

:hi:

[ben_meyers]

2. I don't think we are supposed to use "fizzled" on this

board. I just got yelled at for saying that Gustav and Hanna fizzled. I think it threatens some theory or another.

Maybe just weakened do to unforeseen circumstances.