Ike: How bad is it going to be in Dallas? (Houston: power lines, house)

[Metro Matt]

There was no reason for Dallas to over react over Ike hitting them. Hurricanes that make land fall on the Texas coast don't ever travel that far west. Dallas just experienced the very outer edges of Ike which was nothing more than a little wind & rain. The usual path (which I expected it to be) for hurricanes in Texas is right along the Texas-Louisiana border & the eye this time pushed a little further west right over Tyler which is VERY unusual.

[MaryS80]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

There was no reason for Dallas to over react over Ike hitting them. Hurricanes that make land fall on the Texas coast don't ever travel that far west. Dallas just experienced the very outer edges of Ike which was nothing more than a little wind & rain. The usual path (which I expected it to be) for hurricanes in Texas is right along the Texas-Louisiana border & the eye this time pushed a little further west right over Tyler which is VERY unusual.

I agree 100%, thank god someone has an understanding or how hurricanes work. The stores were being mobbed, people stocking up on food, batteries, and generators.

My mom said they were out of bottled water where she shops. A friend of mine had a coworker who was in such a panic they had to leave early to get batteries and a generator.

[suzduval]

I have to say...I was a little dissappointed....I was all geared up for a day or evening of a good storm...lightening,thunder....and what do we get.....drizzle!! Oh well...the book is still good!

[bluescreen73]

Go back and look at the historical hurricane tracks from 1871-2007. It's not common but also not unusual for hurricanes to track near the DFW area. Truth be told if that cold front that's draped from NE to SW over the midwest weren't there the center of the storm could have very likely gone between Fort Worth and Abilene.

[rosscountry]

Originally Posted by MaryS80

I agree 100%, thank god someone has an understanding or how hurricanes work. The stores were being mobbed, people stocking up on food, batteries, and generators.

My mom said they were out of bottled water where she shops. A friend of mine had a coworker who was in such a panic they had to leave early to get batteries and a generator.

better safe than sorry

[$DFW8$]

I sure thought we were going to get a lot more rain and winds from Ike here in the Dallas area, but we hardly got anything. Everybody was like panicing and buying generators and extra food for nothing. I was kinda hoping for some rain, but all we got was a little bit. Oh well, atleast it didn't flood. The hurricane went more east than they thought and East Texas got hammered. My parents were relieved that it didn't get bad here as they were leaving for Las Vegas Saturday night and hoping that their flight didn't get cancelled.

To all the Houston, Galveston, and Gulf coast residents: Our thoughts and prayers are with all of yall and hope that yall can get back to normal soon.

[momof2dfw]

Well, I don't ever remember us having anything "hurricane" strength in the Dallas area. This one was a breeze. Less wind and a little more moisture than we got w/ Rita. For some reason the Midwest always gets the brunt of these storms.

However, we are going to see the "run" on items on store shelves. It won't be for us or anyone "getting prepared" but rather due to the large number of evacuees now in the area that need these things. AND, the number of people getting these things and taking them down to the harder hit areas. Especially when it comes to water, generators, heavy equipment, some tools, building supplies, etc.

[5stones]

There was no reason for Dallas to over react over Ike hitting them. Hurricanes that make land fall on the Texas coast don't ever travel that far west.

Ya...tell that to Ohio...Ike got them with pretty high winds and damage...that's A LONG WAY for a hurricane to travel.
Lets see tropical storm Lenny (the one that came from BAJA CA) right before IKE dumped a huge ammount of rain in Lubbock! tell them a tropical storm never tracks that far!

As other s pointed out what saved DFW was the cold front sitting up in IL. it pushed the track of the storm east, otherwise it would have came right up I-45 with 60-70mph winds and a bunch more rain.

However, we are going to see the "run" on items on store shelves. It won't be for us or anyone "getting prepared" but rather due to the large number of evacuees now in the area that need these things. AND, the number of people getting these things and taking them down to the harder hit areas. Especially when it comes to water, generators, heavy equipment, some tools, building supplies, etc.

Yep my cousin from the clearlake area had been staying in a hotel in Alvarado until yesterday. They filled the pickup truck with ice chests and ice..bread and tons of Peanut butter bottled water etc...But they couldn't find ANY generators...all the home depots and lowes with 100miles were already sold out on Sat afternoon. (they did get the last sump pump though)
They bought about 15 of those big water containers (10-gals?) and filled them up with the hose... and a bunch of 5 gal gas cans. they really did look like the beverly hillbilllys leaving town.

[AK123]

You guys lucked out (-:

Some serious damage in Missouri and Indiana from it.

[stargazer]

Hurricanes do hook and curve. I though have news to tell you, a hurricane can come to Dallas. It depends on the size of the hurricane, the strength of the hurricane, the speed of the hurricane, where it lands and where the wind currents take it. If it had made land fall more west and had been a 5 yes it could have hit Dallas as a low number hurricane.
I experienced Charley hitting us as a 1 in Geneva Florida when it hit Punta Gorta at a 4.