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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: RATTFINK on September 08, 2008, 08:58:29 AM
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IKE
Ike Hurricane tracker:
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Projected Path:
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^ :O :O
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sux for NO and the gulf coast BUT, its great for me in big D. bring the temps down more and hopefully bring some much needed rain
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looks like Ike wants a piece of Houston. How will the city handle a Cat 3 storm?
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looks like Ike wants a piece of Houston. How will the city handle a Cat 3 storm?
(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/refresh/AL0908W5_sm2+gif/151330W_sm.gif)
Houston will fill up with water, downtown blocked off, people stranded at Walmart
I-10 closed, 610 closed, I-45 closed, Sam Houston Toll (tool) road closed.
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So we will see an evacuation of Houston then. Are they already talking about it?
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I doubt it, maybe areas closer to the bay. Houston's problem is drainage, they can barely handle a big rainstorm, streets and parklots flood. Galveston is gonna sux though
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BOHICA
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They said we should be making some kind of plans to get out, in case; it's likely to come to Houston. I've seen the CPU models and 1 has it hitting just south-west of Galveston... Another hitting Corpus, and others in Beaumont and LA.
We'll see. We flew our planes out to Dallas when Rita hit. It was crazy looking at all the traffic standing still that Thursday morning. And then all the cars left on the Freeways when we flew back in Monday... Most ran outta gas just 20 mi outta Houston.
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I live in B/CS and was here for Rita. We had a lot of evacuees pass through here and it appears we will have the same again.
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we used to live in Houston 72-74. I was 13 i think, 1973? I dont remember if it was a hurricane or tropical storm... started about 8am, rained alot, they let us out early from school at about 12 or 1 and already alot of the roads were flooded and that was on the northwest side of houston around Little York rd and 290.
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I live on the NE side of Houston, we stay for cat 3 and below. Floods around here pretty good and I live a block from lake Houston and the San Jacinto river.
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It's headed for south of Corpus now...
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I think all of Houston should go to New Orleans for the 'cane just for some balance.
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I thought IK3 changed his name to mg1942?
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we used to live in Houston 72-74. I was 13 i think, 1973? I dont remember if it was a hurricane or tropical storm... started about 8am, rained alot, they let us out early from school at about 12 or 1 and already alot of the roads were flooded and that was on the northwest side of houston around Little York rd and 290.
They've done a huge amount of work since Allison. It doesn't flood anything like it used to.
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Yup. Early 70's is nothing compared to drainage now. But there are still some places the just flood no matter what. A good ole Texas Flood!
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It looks like it might hit Mexico, too.
Maybe we should open our borders and let them evacuate into the US......oh wait....
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Kick the baby.
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From www.nhc.gov
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Where's HTC on that map :P
"Host connection lost"
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Just an update that got emailed to me.
From: Whited Julia D
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 1:06 PM
To: &AP_Houston
Subject: Hurricane Ike, 11am Wednesday
My brother-in-law works for Oklahoma Climatological and Meteorology Society. He is also Assistant Dean of Oklahoma University School of Meteorology specializing in Severe weather. Here is his take on Hurricane Ike and what we can expect....
Hello Everyone!!!
I apologize for the mass email, but I thought I would try to put Hurricane Ike into perspective for many of you that should probably be leaving the Texas Coastal Plains tomorrow!
Tomorrow (9/11) is an anniversary of a major disaster, but not the one that you will see on CNN, etc.
On Sept 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla roared ashore between Port Lavaca and Port O'Connor as a Cat 4 hurricane.
Here are some Carla specifics that I will use for comparison.
At landfall, Carla's sustained winds measured at Matagorda Bay were 120 mph
Gusts were estimated as high as 170mph. Landfall Pressure was 931mb
Carla resulted in 110mph sustained winds in Victoria, 90mph sustained winds in Galveston, 70mph sustained winds were reported at inland locations such as San Antonio and Austin, and 50mph winds were
reported as far north as Dallas as the storm carved its way up the I35 corridor. Damage was reported as far north as Oklahoma City.
Carla was also a prolific tornado producer (26 of them) and 43 people died during this storm.
Over the past 50 years, Hurricane Ike is the storm that most closely resembles Hurricane Carla.
Ike's track will be similar (although maybe slightly south), the size of the storm will be similar, and the intensity could also be similar. Given the proximity of a cold front that is expected to be north of
Ike (adding some wind shear), tornadoes will also be a threat.
Here is the timeline as best I can tell. I will update this as conditions warrant.
By noon on Friday, coastal locations from Corpus Christi to Galveston should be feeling tropical storm force gusts of at least 40mph (potentially sustained tropical storm force winds if Ike is a Cat 4 at this time)
Inland locations from Victoria, El Campo to Angleton will start feeling the effects in the early afternoon hours on Friday.
By 6pm on Friday, coastal locations from Corpus Christi to Freeport could be experiencing gusts to hurricane force (74 mph).
By midnight Friday night/Saturday morning, the central Texas coast will be seeing winds near 100mph with higher gusts.
Inland locations from Victoria to El Campo to Angleton could be experiencing hurricane force winds, with tropical storm force winds extending into Houston.
The minimum central pressure at this time could be as low as 935mb (remember, Carla was 931mb).
The eye should come ashore between midnight and 6am Saturday morning near Seadrift.
That places Victoria in the eye wall by mid-morning on Saturday with wind gusts in excess of 100mph
Hurricane force gusts could be experienced as far inland past Hallettsville to as far north as I-10 by this time.
By noon on Saturday, a weakening Ike should be located south of San Antonio, but the entire Texas coastal plains south of I-10 should still be experiencing hurricane force gusts, especially along the coast.
This means that some locations from Victoria to El Campo to Lake Jackson could experience sustained tropical storm winds, becoming hurricane force, then back to tropical storm force for approximately
18 hours. Not to mention the tornado threat that will persist from Friday afternoon through the day on Saturday. By this time, Austin should also be feeling the effects of tropical storm force gusts.
Folks, to have wind clobbering your house for 18 hours straight is as difficult on you as it is on the house. That is a tremendous amount of stress, both physically, and mentally. It's not worth the toll it
will take on you to stay in these areas.
Hurricane force gusts could be experienced in Austin between noon and 6pm on Saturday as the storm cruises up I-35 with Austin potentially taking a direct hit. I probably should mention the flood risk at this
point. The models put out over a foot of rain in the Austin area on Saturday. Toss in high winds on wet ground and there will be some very large trees that will come down across Central Texas.
Winds should start to subside from Victoria to Galveston at this time.
By the way, did you know that the wind loading stress failure limit on the "Godzillatron" scoreboard in the south end zone at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium is only 90mph? (The UT Athletic Dept had not considered this potential safety risk until a dedicated UT alum working at OU brought it up in a conference
call. Their response? "Wow, we never even thought of that thing blowing in and crushing the south bleachers.")
By midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning, the storm will be slowly moving northward through the Texas Hill Country. Conditions should improve for damage assessment along the coast by noon on Sunday.
Conditions in Austin may not improve until after noon on Sunday.
I realize this is a lot of detail for a 3-day forecast, and to be honest, we just aren't very good at hurricane forecasting. (Of course that never stops any of us from trying to do it anyway!)
I will try to update this email as conditions warrant.
My advice? I would recommend moving inland! I would suggest Houston for the eastern folks, and Austin for everyone else (although Austin stands to take a very severe hit and could also be without power for a while.) Dont panic! But, go to the grocery store today. And don't buy frozen foods!!
Plan for power to be out in many places starting on Friday down near the coast, and maybe by Saturday and through the weekend in Austin.
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Ike looks HUGE :( better break out the Hawaiian shirts and cervezas
(http://maps.wunderground.com/data/images/at200809_sat.jpg)
http://weather.chron.com/auto/chron/tropical/tracking/at200809_model.html (http://weather.chron.com/auto/chron/tropical/tracking/at200809_model.html)
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in this loop it looks like its path will take it closer to Houston...
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfvs.html (http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/gulfvs.html)
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neat computer model...shows it becoming a Cat 4 before landfall
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Great...
I live just north of Houston & about 3 hours from Grapevine, TX (HTC HQ)
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party at my place. Hot tub and bubbly through the storm!
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I'm sleeping through this one.
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I probably wont be sleeping throught it. I'm south east of Austin near Lockhart. One of the paths I saw pretty much brings it right over my house, all though by that time will probable just be a tropical depression. The rain and winds I dont mind, its the tornados I dont want to see...
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Oops just made post didnt see this one :furious good luck texas and watch out Galveston :O
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Jim Cantore brings bad weather where ever he goes :eek:
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I live right near Austin....Bro lives in Freeport.
I hope we get some good rain out of it...doubt this far in we'll see much more than that. We need rain.
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I live right near Austin....Bro lives in Freeport.
I hope we get some good rain out of it...doubt this far in we'll see much more than that. We need rain.
Freeport ehh? I surf at Surfside, I think freeport is going to be under water... good thing they aare all on stilts.
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Freeport ehh? I surf at Surfside, I think freeport is going to be under water... good thing they aare all on stilts.
I talked to him this evening...they are mandatory evac.
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Good to hear bro!
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The rain and winds I dont mind, its the tornados I dont want to see...
Same here. This will be interesting.
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It's going to be interesting. Hope everyone stays safe... predicted path puts over Bryan as a tropical storm so I will definitely see some of it.
http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=26.52957&lon=-91.88965&zoom=6&type=hyb&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=1&sat.num=8&sat.spd=50&sat.opa=85&sat.gtt1=109&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&riv=0&mm=0&hur=1&hur.wr=0&hur.cod=1&hur.fx=1&hur.obs=1&hur.hd=0&hur.opa=70&hur.img=0&fire=0&tor=0 (http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?lat=26.52957&lon=-91.88965&zoom=6&type=hyb&rad=0&wxsn=0&svr=0&cams=0&sat=1&sat.num=8&sat.spd=50&sat.opa=85&sat.gtt1=109&sat.gtt2=108&sat.type=IR4&riv=0&mm=0&hur=1&hur.wr=0&hur.cod=1&hur.fx=1&hur.obs=1&hur.hd=0&hur.opa=70&hur.img=0&fire=0&tor=0)
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I'm only 1.5hrs away from you.
Hold on tight and enjoy* the show...
*sarcastic
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lol I've already got a full weekend of BBQ, college fball and poker planned. :rock :D
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I still have smoked BBQ from Labor Day :D
College Football and BBQ sounds like a plan.
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Check out this interactive map, recently updated... This doesn't look very good. This map has the Eye wall slaming into right where I live...
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/feature?section=weather/hurricane&id=6381857
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My hopes and best wishes to all of you in the path. GL to any who ride it out.
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its hard to predict, it seems like every 8 hours or so their track predications move more north and east. It now looks like it will miss the Austin area, and maybe just a little bit in a corner of my county (Bastrop)
Maybe Lousiana is sucking so bad its pulling Ike that way...
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I live on the NE side of Houston, we stay for cat 3 and below. Floods around here pretty good and I live a block from lake Houston and the San Jacinto river.
My wife graduated from Humble HS in 84, and I lived there for a few years after I got out of the USAF. Also lived in Huffman, right on Lake Houston.... used to flood alot during heavy rains....
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Sorry about this picture spam, but this is for the guys on the other side of town that may just get jacked up by the storm...
Risk areas by County
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Goood pix!
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290 through B/CS already has a steady stream of traffic, probably going to be real thick tomorrow. Gas stations are full and Sam's, wallyworld, etc are packed. Pple not taking ol Ike lightly around here. I would sure hate to be in Angleton when it arrives.
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Weather channel reporting the evac.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid823425597/bclid877032950/bctid1788864825
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I live in B/CS and was here for Rita. We had a lot of evacuees pass through here and it appears we will have the same again.
Same here. I think I'm gonna buy some beer, eat a bit of chili, and sit on the old front porch for a bit.
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welp, I'm ready for this one. Kinda like to hurry up and get it on, need to fly the "Come and take it flag". :)
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Hey, everyone there in Texas...you have all of my best wishes, hope you all come through this ok.
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Get the sheep in RATTFINK,and good luck :salute
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Im from Carrollton Tx. Its by Dallas The Hurri wont get to us but all the tornadoes will and my wife and kids will be at home alone taking all that bad weather on by there self's im in Troy Pa. sucks I wish I could be there to hold my little girls wile it happens. Work wont let me go home to be with them.
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Im from Carrollton Tx. Its by Dallas The Hurri wont get to us but all the tornadoes will and my wife and kids will be at home alone taking all that bad weather on by there self's im in Troy Pa. sucks I wish I could be there to hold my little girls wile it happens. Work wont let me go home to be with them.
I understand being worried but don't assume a Tornado is going to hit Carrollton. The Storm is tracking NE, the worst weather for N Texas probably will be the Marshall to Texarkana area. Even that doesn't mean automatic Tornado. Hurricane spawned twisters are not the same animal as the big F4/F5s we get in the spring. I hope your family is safe, theres room for concern but not panic.
<S>
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Thanks for the lift there Shifty. <S> I forgot that the storm will be tracking north east when it hits. In that I hope you and yours will be safe.
RED26 :salute
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Hang in there Bud.<S>
I do think your company should allow you to go home and sit this one out with the family though.
I'm about 70-80 miles east of Carrollton. If you have any problems at home my wife and I could be there in about an hour and a half weather permitting.
PM me if something out of sorts happens with your family.
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RGR that thank you Sir that dose put my mind a little at ease. Ever since my company got took over by Halliburton they like to keep us in the field more than ever.
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I'm maybe an hour 30 mins from the coast and your more worried tham i am. LOL :salute
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He's a longhorn...
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Was on the radio this evening with a station in Galveston. He was planning to ride it out... changed his mind when his local weather synopsis included the terminology 'certain death'. Storm surge expected to top 24 feet.
He's on the road now... I hope he manages to make it out; my understanding is the road network is overwhelmed.
It's looking like not enough folks boogied when the boogieing was good.
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Looks like I'm gonna get stomped on by a hurricane here in Southeast Texas. :O
I can't say how it's gonna all go down, but what I can say is this...
I'm glad the thing is called "Ike" and not "Gustav" or "Edward".
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Hope you guys down there stay safe. I'm a little bit worried about my mother-in-law. I sure wish she'd come up here for the weekend.
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Text of the advisory:
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS
NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY
HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE
CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD
AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS
WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE
FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY
EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN
MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE
WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY
DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF
BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO
REPAIR.
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE THE MAJORITY OF MOBILE HOMES BEING
SEVERELY DAMAGED. THOSE THAT SURVIVE WILL BE UNINHABITABLE UNTIL
REPAIRED. HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE MAJOR
DAMAGE...INCLUDING PARTIAL WALL COLLAPSE AND ROOFS BEING LIFTED
OFF. MANY WILL BE UNINHABITABLE. WELL CONSTRUCTED HOUSES WILL
INCUR MINOR DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...GUTTERS.. .AS WELL AS
BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. UP TO ONE QUARTER OF GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL.
PARTIAL ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED AT INDUSTRIAL PARKS...ESPECIALLY
TO THOSE BUILDINGS WITH LIGHT WEIGHT STEEL AND ALUMINUM
COVERINGS. OLDER LOW RISING APARTMENT ROOFS MAY ALSO BE TORN
OFF...AS WELL AS RECEIVING SIDING AND SHINGLE DAMAGE. UP TO ONE
QUARTER OF ALL GLASS IN HIGH RISE OFFICE BUILDINGS WILL BE BLOWN
OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL CAUSE DAMAGE...INJURY...AND POSSIBLE
FATALITIES.
NATURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES BECOMING
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. BETWEEN
ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF HEALTHY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES
WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED...MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS
SATURATED. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF NEWLY PLANTED GROUND CROPS
WILL BE DAMAGED.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF IKE MAKES
LANDFALL...EXTENDING A GREATER THAN USUAL DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER
DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE CYCLONE. SURGE FLOODING OF UP
TO 25 FEET COULD OCCUR AT THE HEADS OF BAYS. COASTAL STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
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LMAO SunBatt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mom, I-45 is packed.
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Well, I did my shop'n at Lowes & Sam's Club & I think I'm ready :D
I taped my windows and stocked the pantry and fridge.
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Well, I did my shop'n at Lowes & Sam's Club & I think I'm ready :D
I taped my windows and stocked the pantry and fridge.
I didn't buy much. This may actually be a chance to eat all of the stuff that we have packed in the pantry that we never eat. I have always ranted that we have a year's worth of food and that there is no need to buy more. 'Bout to find out if I was right. I'm prolly not. She usually is. Nuff said, here she comes, she knows I'm typing this.....
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She is a German woman...
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She is a German woman...
Yep, and she totes a rollin' pin.... :O
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I was talking to a guy at the bik..............errrrrr motorcycle riders social club ;) yesterday who pretty well summed up the forecasts for
what Ike is going to do, what it`s actual track will be, wind speeds, etc.
I casually asked....."What ya think the hurricane is going to do?"
His reply-----> "It`s all depends on what channel you watch. :rofl
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Its sad to see people making fun of this tragedy that is ready to happen..yea go watch
football and bbq..mean while people are going to lose everything they have.
Texas has 35% of oil refineries in the U.S.. Billions of tax dollars will be needed to
rebuild.
Prices of fuel will go way up. thousands of people will be displaced. But at least
you all can get the rain you need and have a few days off to bbq and watch football.
Sad
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Well, maybe some would like to make light of it, to better cope with what’s to come. We/Most of us are adults and we know what fate awaits most & we do feel for them.
To pop off and assume that we have no morals is kind of atypical.
Most of us in this thread (Texan’s) are going to get hit HARD.
And show us where you get your stats. from.
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When you have lemons, you make lemonade.
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Im from Carrollton Tx. Its by Dallas The Hurri wont get to us but all the tornadoes will and my wife and kids will be at home alone taking all that bad weather on by there self's im in Troy Pa. sucks I wish I could be there to hold my little girls wile it happens. Work wont let me go home to be with them.
Hey red i live in Rowlett. I'm sure your family will be ok. shoot me a pm if ya need anything ill give ya my cell # if you want. I know what it's like to be 1500 or more miles away when bad weather hits home. Try not to worry to much you got friends down here that will help out if ya need :salute
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When you have lemons, you make lemonade.
Exactly. The eye of the storm is supposed to come directly over Rattfink and I but we've done what we need to do to get ready. Now it is just a waiting game.
We know what it's like to go through it so I don't really think we are being insensitive; however, I suppose if you are ultra-sensitive then anything bothers you.
I am hearing about a cargo ship that lost its engines as it was leaving Port Arthur to get out of the path of the storm and the Coast Guard is not able to go get the people off the ship. Those people need our prayers.
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When you have lemons, you make lemonade.
So... is that what they are drinking at the bi....eeerrr motorcycle riders club during the storm?
:)
Be safe guys and good luck
Newbs
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Exactly. The eye of the storm is supposed to come directly over Rattfink and I but we've done what we need to do to get ready. Now it is just a waiting game.
We know what it's like to go through it so I don't really think we are being insensitive; however, I suppose if you are ultra-sensitive then anything bothers you.
I am hearing about a cargo ship that lost its engines as it was leaving Port Arthur to get out of the path of the storm and the Coast Guard is not able to go get the people off the ship. Those people need our prayers.
Exactly!!
Sun, you know those people that talk to hear themselves talk? Well some people (Kawasaki 1000) write to see themselves write...
Sad
I live in Conroe
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I am hearing about a cargo ship that lost its engines as it was leaving Port Arthur to get out of the path of the storm and the Coast Guard is not able to go get the people off the ship. Those people need our prayers.
I've heard the Coast Guard rethinking that decision to not get out there. Apparently, if the freighter drifts off in certain directions, it will make it more plausable for the CG to safely get a helicopter out there. Seems like that window of availability is coming to a close though.
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Yeah, that really sucks that they are unable to rescue the crew. It will put the Coast Guard in danger to even make it plausible thus resluting in more injured or heaven forbid, death.
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Another interesting tidbit: The Galveston jail hasn't been evacuated. I'm a little bit surprised to have heard that they left about 1000 prisoners & staff at the jail. With as structured & procedure oriented as a jail must be, seems like they'd be the first one with a solid evacuation procedure.
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Another interesting tidbit: The Galveston jail hasn't been evacuated. I'm a little bit surprised to have heard that they left about 1000 prisoners & staff at the jail. With as structured & procedure oriented as a jail must be, seems like they'd be the first one with a solid evacuation procedure.
Then again, it is probably the safest... structural wise that is.
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I could see the jailer hanging the keys just mere inches out of reach from the offenders.
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Ok, there is a LOT of water hitting the island, and this is just the leading edge of the storm, they haven't seen the surge yet.
Look how much flooding there is already:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2008/09/12/VI2008091201736.html
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If you're still in galveston or houston fellas.... do us all a favor and please leave now while ya can
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serveral blackhawks in formation heading south over lake houston. Surge is incredible. Up here in kingwood its like a normal day right now, just odd.
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Good luck to all of you standing your ground... and the same to all who got their kids and pets outta the way first.
<S!>
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Freeport ehh? I surf at Surfside, I think freeport is going to be under water... good thing they aare all on stilts.
Wife from Bay City, well more towards Matagorda Bay. Friends and co-workers here in VA from there too. Aunt in law and cousins in Old Ocean, Sweeney, Freeport, Surfside, Polaces, Brazoria, & West Columbia. Some have left, some are gonna ride it out, hope there isn't too much damage.
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I love what they told the three idiots riding it out in Jamaica Beach, "keep some sort of identification on you for later identification".
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If you're still in galveston or houston fellas.... do us all a favor and please leave now while ya can
Last I heard there was no plan to evac Houston. Evacuating Houston during Rita cost 110 lives while the hurricane itself killed only 9.
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Last I heard there was no plan to evac Houston. Evacuating Houston during Rita cost 110 lives while the hurricane itself killed only 9.
They've got Houston & the surrounding areas divided into sections, designated by either numbers or letters. Some sections they asked to evacuate, other sections they asked to shelter in place. I did hear not too long ago that they expected 20 ft. surge at Baytown, though.... which is getting kinda dang close to where my in-laws are.
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I have several close friends who live in Houston that were not told to evacuate, voluntarily or mandatory but have left anyway. Couple of them went on to Lampasas to family and another couple coming here to stay with me in Bryan. I ‘m glad they got out, storms are too unpredictable. We are still going to catch a piece up here but hopefully not as bad. It’s almost here…Good luck Whiteman, RattFink, Dnil, all <S>
*Kaw1000000000- troll somewhere else. Most of the posters here are going to catch a piece of this and understand they might lose more than power.
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east, south east side makes sence to evac, west and north west evac just clogs up the roads and you get the Rita mess all over again.
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Step Brother lives in Freeport...3 miles inland...just talked to him a while ago....He's prepared to go home to nothing. :uhoh :(
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Sorry to hear that RedTop ~ glad he left though. We've got flash flood warnings all the way up here in our Central Texas County.
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Yeah they cut us loose from work....not sure why..but.
At any rate...I don't think Austin area is gonna get anything really....could be wrong. Just some wind maybe...but rain looks like it will stay away.
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Winds picking up here in Sugar Land. We're sheltering-in-place. 1st hurricane for wife and kids so it'll be quite an experience. We expect it to really pick up sometime after dinner. The surge already coming in well ahead of the storm surge is really unexpected. That's a big warning sign. I can't believe there are folks still trying to ride it out along the coast.
Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs
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I saw on the news a while ago...some bar was open rigt along the beach...people running around drinking and partying. Lady was told that th weather sevice said they could be facing certain death....She's holding a bottle of jack and say well...we'll pray that wont happen.
Dumb....Dumb....Dumb
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I saw on the news a while ago...some bar was open rigt along the beach...people running around drinking and partying. Lady was told that th weather sevice said they could be facing certain death....She's holding a bottle of jack and say well...we'll pray that wont happen.
Dumb....Dumb....Dumb
Darwin in action. The gene pool there might just get a little clearer.
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I was young and stupid enough to stay in charleston during hugo, if i still lived on the coast, i'd be gone 4 days in advance!
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I saw on the news a while ago...some bar was open rigt along the beach...people running around drinking and partying. Lady was told that th weather sevice said they could be facing certain death....She's holding a bottle of jack and say well...we'll pray that wont happen.
Dumb....Dumb....Dumb
Exact same attitude in Biloxi, MS back in 1969 with Camille. Many people died having a hurricane party.
Les
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I was young and stupid enough to stay in charleston during hugo, if i still lived on the coast, i'd be gone 4 days in advance!
My sister lived in Bethune during Hugo. She made my Bro-inlaw move back to Texas after that.
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Downtown Houston is Closed... Major damage... 2.8 million still without power. Mongomery County (Conroe area) will not have power for 2-4 weeks. I heard 3 dead in Galveston, not confirmed officially. I have power in Katy Tx, though my Parents do not (Fulshear, TX). NO Ice anywhere, barely any gas.
Worst part is we slammed by a storm front last night, Bringing more rain than the hurricaine... Which flooded most of the Houston area and surrounding areas even more. People trapped in Houston homes because of Bayou Flooding and downed trees blocking streets.
More to come, gotta clean up.
<S>
Mathis
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I'd personally like to thank all the brain surgeons that cleaned their front yards immediately after the hurricane, and stuck everything down the storm drains. I appreciated it, especially when my home office flooded the night after the hurricane during much lighter rains. Thank you my dear neighbors.
... :furious
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I'm back. The hurricane was hellacious and the devastation it left behind wasn't to good either. Obtaining basic items such as food and gas requires long waits in long lines.
The cool weather couldn't have come at a better time and we are lucky to have that and not the 100*F temps that we had a couple of weeks ago. I stocked up with water and perishable foods and I have been doing fine.
I'm glad to hear that you guys fared ok.
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CLICK on the boxes to see Ariel views of where Ike hit
NOAA Remote Sensing Division:
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/IKE0000.HTM
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I'd personally like to thank all the brain surgeons that cleaned their front yards immediately after the hurricane, and stuck everything down the storm drains. I appreciated it, especially when my home office flooded the night after the hurricane during much lighter rains. Thank you my dear neighbors.
... :furious
I hear ya. My parents ran into the same problem with their neighbors. They were told to stack the limbs and other debris on the lawn but most people stacked them in the street next to the curb.
My folks have a huge limb hanging by mere fibers over their fence and they are waiting for it to be trimmed.
Here in Conroe we have received most of our power as of last night and we are getting back to normal slowly.
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CLICK on the boxes to see Ariel views of where Ike hit
NOAA Remote Sensing Division:
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/ike/IKE0000.HTM
That's a fantastic link. Thanks Ratt
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Here in Ohio we lost power to 1.1 million customers. we still have around 150,000
people out of power. Trees down everywhere. I was out of power for 3 days.
what a wake up call. restraunts were running out of food. Batterys and ice were
sold out fast. Everything in my fridge was ruined. Ugly
I feel sorry for all those effected by this storm. I had irt easy compared to others.
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We had it reallly easy compared to the 50+ that lost their lives.
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I'm happy to report I didn't make it.
I'm up here jamming with Stevie Ray, Jimi, Janice, Mr. Mojo Risin'..oh, wait, Rick Wright just joined us! Man, you guys are missing one seriously bad bellybutton jam up here!
Peace!
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I'm happy to report I didn't make it.
I'm up here jamming with Stevie Ray, Jimi, Janice, Mr. Mojo Risin'..oh, wait, Rick Wright just joined us! Man, you guys are missing one seriously bad bellybutton jam up here!
Peace!
But did the mulletmobile make it?
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We knew DiabloTX well.. well kind of...
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Where I am I don't need no mulletmobile...
Yes, it made it. It's über 'n' stuff. Thanks for asking! My family is ok, too! ;)
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I arrived from San Antonio this morning around 8:00am and I haven't been home yet. My plan for when the power came on was/is to play "Texas Flood" by SRV as loud as I can get it, no matter the time of day.
:rock
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Where I am I don't need no mulletmobile...
Yes, it made it. It's über 'n' stuff. Thanks for asking! My family is ok, too! ;)
LOL glad you and your's are ok. <S>
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I got to finish Clapton's autobiography while hunkering down in Beaumont. First thing I did when I got power was put in Crossroads Guitar Festival '04 and cranked up 'Cocaine'. Finest version of that song I've ever heard.
SRV's 'Texas Flood' was kind of a no brainer. So I went with 'Couldn't Stand The Weather'.
Thanks Bronk, <S>!
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SRV's 'Texas Flood' was kind of a no brainer. So I went with 'Couldn't Stand The Weather'.
Very much so, and it will be blastin out my windows :rock
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still in San Antonio. I rode out the storm and stayed until tuesday morning but the power never came back so I loaded up the family and went to San Antonio. They are hoping by monday for power. My kids are out of school until next thursday. No gas around were I live at times. Good times.
I stayed awake for the entire storm, minus an hour nap when the eye passed over. The backside hit and all hell broke loose.
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:devil,
Well hurricane Ike is making money for me, we sent technicians from our ARTCC here in Albuquerque to Houston. So to cover the holes left in the schedule everybody else is getting a little overtime. Apparently Houston's center was on engine power for 2 1/2 days. And a number of the technicians lost their houses. Other than that things aren't too bad four the FAA personnel still have not reported in the Fed is most likely because they're stuck on the road somewhere. It sounds like the cleanup will be done for the FAA in a couple of days and then maybe I'll be able to get some sleep. :) it is interesting though that just after the hurricane the powers that be decided to top off my fuel tanks we picked up 7500 gallons of diesel day before yesterday, they give me about 10 to 15 days of uninterrupted power if I need it.
Good luck everyone,
Kevin
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I saw on the news a while ago...some bar was open rigt along the beach...people running around drinking and partying. Lady was told that th weather sevice said they could be facing certain death....She's holding a bottle of jack and say well...we'll pray that wont happen.
Dumb....Dumb....Dumb
They ever find out what happened to this group?