I don't like Ike

When Hurricane Gustav was threatening Louisiana, I read several comments by folks saying that Gustav just didn't fill them with the same sense of dread, of "impending doom," that Katrina had. I didn't comment on it at the time, but I actually felt the same way. Although my head told me Gustav was a real threat -- particularly when it strengthened to a 150 mph monster just before landfall in Cuba -- my gut never really jumped on the bandwagon. I never felt like Gustav was truly going to be the "mother of all storms."

Ike is a different story. For what it's worth -- admittedly, probably nothing -- Ike feels more "impending doom"-ish, to me, than Gustav ever did. Here's my latest post on Weather Nerd, which leads with Dr. Jeff Masters's eye-opening statement yesterday afternoon: "There is a significant chance that Ike will be the worst hurricane to hit Texas in over 40 years.”

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