Author Topic: Not to Fear Galveston... (Read 513 times)

Shuckins · « **on:** September 21, 2005, 11:24:39 PM »

...Nagin is on his way to help supervise the evacuation.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 21, 2005, 11:47:00 PM »

that city will be lucky to not be wiped of the face of this planet.....

again.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2005, 10:41:58 AM »

I predict it will turn N-NW just a tad before making landfall, with the high destuctive winds missing Galveston directly.

midnight Target · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2005, 10:49:17 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I predict it will turn N-NW just a tad before making landfall, with the high destuctive winds missing Galveston directly.

Going out on a limb?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2005, 11:01:57 AM »

They must have updated that this morning...the track was slightly south of Galveston yesterday on Wundergrounds website. I just based my guess viewing the satellite tracking of the last 24 hours.Maybe I should have been a metermaid?

Dnil · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2005, 11:06:29 AM »

I think its hitting tx/la border now. Problem is we have another problem brewing, people stuck on freeways. Its getting ugly on the road folks. Its getting near 100 degrees and people stuck all over. And now looks like storm wont even do much damage here. Media has to be loving this.

Iceman24 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2005, 11:08:46 AM »

the main difference here is that Galveston does not sit 20' or however many feet deep below ground. And Galveston's coast was actually built correctly. They will have a few problems I'm sure but nothing along the lines of a Katrina

Creton · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2005, 11:53:37 AM »

Do you live near Hurst Iceman24?I frequently go there to see some friends.About a 4 hr. drive from where I live.

JB12

Iceman24 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2005, 12:56:01 PM »

I live in Burleson, about 10 minutes south of fort worth, Hurst is about 15-20 minutes from where I live... so yeah I live pretty close to Hurst. You said your about 4 hours away, where u live at JB12 ?

Creton · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:09:59 PM »

Just outside Ft. Smith Ar.,little town called Roland.

JB12

Makarov9 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:18:31 PM »

Iceman24 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:30:46 PM »

LMFO thats excellent, nice post bud.... Can anyone see any differances in the two pics lol. One state evacuated BEFORE the storm hits and the other waits until AFTER the storm hits to leave. LOL

Iceman24 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:58:13 PM »

Iv'e been watching the news all day about this cane in houston, they have changed the strength, and its path about 10 different times in the past 2 days... I don't think they really have a clue what its going to do.... If I were in New Orleans I would watch out again, it looks like it might hang a small right turn and come up right thru there again

Jackal1 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2005, 02:09:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Iceman24
the main difference here is that Galveston does not sit 20' or however many feet deep below ground. And Galveston's coast was actually built correctly. They will have a few problems I'm sure but nothing along the lines of a Katrina

"
Storm surge could top seawall and flood city

BY SCOTT STREATER

Knight Ridder Newspapers

FORT WORTH, Texas - (KRT) - Galveston's massive seawall offers little protection to the thousands of Texas homes and businesses sitting behind it if Hurricane Rita slams into the barrier island.

If Rita makes landfall as a Category 5 storm, it could produce a storm surge at least as high as 22 feet, which would easily overtop Galveston's 17-foot-high, 10-mile-long seawall, experts say.

Perhaps worse, the back of the island isn't protected by the seawall and sits at a much lower elevation, meaning that it would flood as the Gulf of Mexico rises.

"It will inundate the entire city," said Don Van Nieuwenhuise, a geologist at the University of Houston. "The whole island will be under water."

BluKitty · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2005, 02:52:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Iceman24
LMFO thats excellent, nice post bud.... Can anyone see any differances in the two pics lol. One state evacuated BEFORE the storm hits and the other waits until AFTER the storm hits to leave. LOL

Well lessons 'learned' to a point (like we didn't know better before?) ... but NO is a mid-sized CITY ... Galveston is a small TOWN

And Galveston doesn't have a huge population of poor. So apples and oranges.

But yes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

I wonder how Corpus and Rockport, and towns like Victora are doing?
I heard Victora was evacuating, I'd guess Rockport is?.... Is Corpus? It's supposed to go more North and East, so maybe they aren't as worried?