[StBernard] Ike a possible threat to Louisiana

[Westley Annis]

New data from the National Hurricane Center shows Hurricane Ike, a 
Category-4 storm with 135 mile-per-hour winds, on a path that will likely 
place it in the mid-Gulf area next week.

Channel 4 Meteorologist Dawn Brown says that while Louisiana remains 
within the 5-day "cone of error" for possible impact by the storm, Ike is 
still a very long way off.

"It is a very far ways off in terms of hurricanes, and it still has to 
interact with the Cuba land mass," Brown said.

"If Ike does make it into the Gulf by Monday, that's when we'll start 
seeing that Ike is possibly a concern for us," she said.

For the latest information on Ike, click the following link:
http://www.wunderground.com/auto/wwl/tropical/tracking/at200809_5day.html