Hurricane Ike Power Point presentation for Medical Geography class.

1. Hurricane Ike Source: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/1021 Raymond Youm PH 2125 Medical Geography

2. Ike Facts -Most intense hurricane for the 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season. -Central Pressure of 935 millibars and 125 knots or 145 mph winds. -Makes It A Category 4 Hurricane on Saffir-Simpson Scale, which rates from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense. -Developed from a tropical wave that can be traced from a cluster of thunderstorms over Sudan. -Made landfalls and affected Grand Turk Island, Bahamas, Haiti, and Cuba. -Made final landfall on Galveston in the early morning hour of September 13, 2008 as a Category 2 Hurricane at 2:10 AM CST. -Affected Upper Texas Coast and Southwest Louisiana. -Third Costliest US Hurricane after Katrina and Andrew. -Claimed at least 46 lives in Texas and 6 lives in Louisiana. -More than 4 million households lost power due to Ike. -Up to 20% of water systems were shut down in areas affected by Ike.

6. Disaster Area -29 Counties in Texas and 10 Parishes (Counties) in Louisiana are declared disaster areas by the federal government. -A total of 7,111,396 people lived in the federal disaster area based on the US Census Bureau Population Estimate for 2007.

11. Conclusion -The death toll from Ike was relatively lower despite the size of the storm because most people who lived in storm surge area evacuated as ordered.

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