Google Maps is providing a convenient weather forecast map overlay of Hurricane Ike and its projected path over the next 24, 36 and 48 hours.
Hurricane Ike 24 Hour Forecast
Hurricane Ike: Galveston Island, TX 24 hour weather map forecast
Hurricane Ike 36 Hour Forecast
Hurricane Ike: Houston Texas, Central Texas 36 weather map forecast
Hurricane Ike 48 Hour Forecast
Hurricane Ike: Texas and Oklahoma 48 hour weather map forecast
Google Maps is also providing a third party’s “Rising Sea Simulator” for visualizing storm surge levels but according to HeyWhat’sThat.com:
“We’re currently seeing heavy demand on our servers, so for now you’ll have to hit ‘Go’ whenever you move or zoom the map to load the overlay images.”
I had difficulty getting their application to load and couldn’t get it to produce a storm surge map for Galveston Bay or Galveston Island other than from space.
Storm Surge
To get more information about Hurricane Ike and its status, a quick Google search for Galveston web cams, Galveston newspapers or Galveston TV Stations will produce a list of other Hurricane Ike news sources.
I tried to access most of Galveston Web Cameras listed but they too were experiencing heavy usage and didn’t load very fast (less than 90 seconds).
Overall, it won’t be a good day to be in the Galveston Bay and Beach area.
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