Ivan Races Toward The Gulf Coast
NASA Prepares for Hurricane Ivan
“Preparations are under way to secure important space flight hardware. NASA’s Stennis Space Center (SSC), Miss., and the Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans, are getting ready to ride out the storm. Other NASA installations, from Johnson Space Center, Houston, to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., are keeping a wary eye on Ivan’s track.”
– Frances, Ivan Contribute to NASA’s Hurricane Studies
– NASA Hurricane Ivan Preparation Update 12 Sep 2004
– NASA SSC Status
– NASA Terra Satellite Image of Hurricane Ivan
– Storm Track, NOAA NHC
– NASA Hurricane Ivan Preparation Update 12 Sep 2004
– Hurricane Ivan advisory, NOAA NHC
“MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH…WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IVAN REMAINS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE COMMON IN MAJOR HURRICANES AND ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. IVAN IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A MAJOR HURRICANE…AT LEAST CATEGORY THREE.”