Ike No Threat Here

By HERNANDO TODAY STAFF REPORT | The Tampa Tribune
Published: September 09, 2008

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Hurricane Ike is currently no threat to Hernando County.

That was the latest word Monday from Emergency Operations Center officials as the storm battered Cuba. Ike, a Category Two storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale, is expected to merge back into the Gulf of Mexico by tonight where it could gather strength as it churns west-northwest through the Gulf of Mexico towards the Louisiana and Texas coasts.

The remnants of what was Tropical Storm Josephine have broken up in the Atlantic Ocean.