Hurricane Ike Data Aggregation and Assistance
September 12th, 2008by Bill Greer
About the Author: Bill leads the FortiusOne data analysis team. You can follow him on twitter @billfgreer. Read more from this authorLooks like Ike is building into a dangerous storm and could cause trouble across Texas and Louisiana. We’re working hard here at FortiusOne to put together as much information as possible to help inform the public. Here is a running list of data we have aggregated so far:
NOAA, Hurricane Ike Five Day Forecast (Line), World, 9/4/2008
NOAA, Hurricane Ike Five Day Forecast (Poly), World, 9/4/2008
NOAA, Hurricane Ike Five Day Forecast (Point), World, 9/4/2008
NOAA, Hurricane Ike Five Day Track Forecast (Poly), World, 9/6/2008
NOAA, Forecast of Hurricane Ike’s high wind probabilities for next 120 hours, World, 09/08/2008
NOAA, Tropical Storm Ike Surge Probabilities, World, 9/8/2008
National Weather Service, Hurricane Ike Predicted Movement, World, 9.10.2008 – 9.15.2008
NOAA, Forecast of Hurricane Ike’s high wind probabilities for next 120 hours, World, 09/11/2008
NOAA, Forecast of Hurricane Ike’s high wind probabilities for next 120 hours, World, 09/12/2008
NOAA National Hurricane Center, Ike 5-Day Forecast Cone, USA, 11.12.2008 – 11.16.2008
updates:
FEMA HAZUS, Houston-Galveston Oil facility/Refineries in the path of Hurricane Ike, USA, Sep 13 2008
NOAA, 5 day precipitation forecast, USA, September 12 2008
Houston-Galveston Council, Hurricane Ike Evacuation Zip-Zones, 20008
GIMS, Floodplain Conveyance Zones, Houston Texas
GIMS, Floodplain Flood Insurance Rate Maps, Houston Texas
There will be more updates to come so stay tuned. In an effort to make more data available, if anyone out there has raw data related to Hurricane Ike that they would like help uploading, geocoding, or mapping, or any other assistance – we would be happy to lend a hand. Contact Bill (at) fortiusone.com for help and we’d be happy to post the data for the public with credit back to you.
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I have been researching flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in Jefferson County Texas. I have only found aerial and digital info on the coastline. I am particularly interested in flooding along Taylor’s Bayou, Hildebrandt Bayou and the Neches River.