ʻO nā moku Royal Navy e holo ana i nā Turks a me Caicos Islands me nā kōkua pilikia i ka pō nei ma hope o ka hoʻopakele ʻia ʻana o ka ʻāina Pelekania e ka Hurricane Ike 135 mph, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i kahi pilikia nui o ke kanaka e kū nei ma ka Caribbean.
ʻO ka frigate Iron Duke a me Wave Ruler, ka moku Royal Fleet Auxiliary, e manaʻo ʻia e hōʻea i ke kaulahao mokupuni i nā lā ʻelua e hiki mai ana, e hōʻea ana ma ka huelo o ka ʻino Category 4 e hoʻoweliweli pū nei i ka Dominican Republic, Haiti a me Cuba i ka pō nei. .
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Michael Misick, ke Kuhina Nui o Turks a me Caicos, ua "paʻa wale kona poʻe no ke ola" ʻoiai ʻo ka paia maka weliweli o Ike, kahi o ka makani ikaika loa, i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Grand Turk, kahi home o 3,000 poʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua pā maoli lākou, ʻino loa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ina Bluemel, he limahana o ke Keʻa Ula Pelekāne ma nā mokupuni, ʻo ka nui o ka 95 pakeneka o nā hale ma Grand Turk ua "hōʻino nui ʻia, palahalaha, wāwahi ʻia." Ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka The Times mai ka mokupuni ʻo Providenciales i ka pō nei, "Ua kamaʻilio mau mākou me Grand Turk a hiki i ke ahiahi i ka wā i haki ai ka pilina. Ua loaa ia makou na lono no ka hiolo ana o na hale; ka halemai i poino nui. ʻO nā hōʻike i loaʻa iā mākou ma nā kelepona paʻa a me nā lekiō ua ʻoi aku ka pōʻino i kēlā me kēia minuke.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Clive Evans, kāna hoa hana, "Ke pā mai ka makani, ua like ia me nā uwō o nā liona."
ʻO ia ka lua o ka makani ʻino i hahau i nā mokupuni i nā lā ʻeono; e noonoo ana ke Aupuni i ka hopena o Hanna, ka mea i hahau i ka Poakahi iho nei ma ke ano he makani ino o ka Papa 1, i ka wa a Ike i hahau ai i ka wanaao inehinei. He 24 mau hola wale nō ka puka makani ma waena o nā mokulele kūloko e wehe hou ana ma hope o Hanna a pani hou i mua o Ike e kiʻi i nā lako pōʻino.
Ua wānana ka National Hurricane Center ma Miami, Florida e hoʻomaka ana ʻo Ike e kuʻi iā Cuba i ka pō nei ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ke kahakai ʻākau o Haiti, kahi i hoʻonele ʻia ai ka poʻe 650,000 e ka hopena o nā ʻino ʻino ʻo Fay lāua ʻo Hanna, a me Hurricane Gustav i nā pule ʻelua i hala.
"ʻO kaʻu i ʻike ai ma kēia kūlanakauhale i kēia lā ua kokoke i Gehena ma ka honua," wahi a Hedi Annabi, he ʻelele United Nations, ʻoiai ʻo ia e mākaʻikaʻi ana i ke kūlanakauhale wai o Gonaïves ma ke komohana ʻākau o Haiti i ka hopena pule.
Ua alualu ka lehulehu o nā keiki i nā kaʻa meaʻai UN me ka hoʻōho ʻana "Pololi, pōloli" a piʻi nā ʻohana i luna o nā hale a me nā kaʻa e lana ana e pakele i ka wai kahe.
Ua ʻōlelo nā mākaʻi ma Gonaïves, ʻo ka hōʻike mua ʻana he 500 mau kupapaʻu i ʻike ʻia e lana ana ma nā alanui, ʻoiai ʻo ka nui o ka make i hōʻoia ʻia mai nā ʻino ma mua he 252. .
Ma Cuba, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi mai nā kahakai. Ua kauoha ʻia hoʻi ka poʻe hoʻomaha ma waho o Florida Keys, kahi kaula o nā mokupuni e hohola ana i ka piko o Florida e hiki ke alo i nā makani ikaika i ka wā e hele ai ka ʻino i ka hema.
Ma hope o Cuba, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Ike e lele i loko o ke Kaiwa o Mekiko ma ke ʻano he makani ʻino o ka Māhele 4 a hele i ke komohana komohana.
ʻO New Orleans a me Louisiana, ka mea i hoʻokuʻu aku i ʻelua miliona mau kānaka i hoʻokahi pule wale nō ma mua o ka Hurricane Gustav, ke nānā pono nei i kona ala, ʻoiai ʻo nā heluhelu kamepiula hou loa mai ka National Hurricane Center i wānana e hele ana ia ma ke ala komohana ʻoi aku i Texas. .
Akā ʻo ka poʻe i luhi i nā ʻino i ka hapalua wale nō o ka ʻeono mahina o ka makani ʻino ʻo Atlantika e hoʻopaʻa iā lākou iho no ka ʻino e hiki mai ana, wahi a nā ʻepekema.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi hōʻike i paʻi ʻia ma ka pukana ʻo Nature Sepatemaba, ua kōkua paha ka hoʻomehana honua i ka ikaika o nā makani ʻAkelanika i nā makahiki he 30 i hala.
