Ike update & Hanna Recap

Ike made landfall as a Category 2 at downtown Galveston at 3:20 AM EDT. It then moved up to San Leon, Texas, at the Chambers/Galveston line in Galveston Bay. Then it moved up to Morgans Point/Baytown, at the mouth of the San Jacinto River on the north end of Galveston Island. By 6 AM EDT it was in Crosby, then went up to Huffman, Texas in far eastern Harris County. By 8 AM it was in Conroe, near Cut & Shoot in Montgomery County, and then by 11 AM had moved up to Trinity, Texas in Trinity County, still as a Category 1.

Since I didn't get to it last week, Hanna made landfall last Saturday, 9/6, at the North Carolina/South Carolina border as a strong tropical storm. Then by 5 AM it was in Council (Bladen County), NC. 8 AM: Kenly, NC in Wilson County at exit 107 of I-95. By 11 AM it was in Greenville County, Virginia near Skippers. By 2 PM it was in Saluda, Virginia in Middlesex County, Virginia, near Deltaville. By 5 PM it has moved across the Chespeake Bay to Dorchester County, Maryland, near Vienna, Maryland and the SW corner of Delaware. By 8 PM it had strengthened some and was near Egg Harbor City (Atlantic County), New Jersey. By 11 PM it was in the Atlantic, just south of West Islip, New York Long Island, south of the Suffolk/Nassau county lines. By 2 AM, it was at Jewett City (New London County), Connecticut, near the border with Rhode Island. The last advisory was issued at 5 AM Sunday when it was off the coast of Rockport/Gloucester/Essex County, Massachusetts, where it was becoming extratropical.