IKE update thread..
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IKE update thread..
Wanted to start this to keep us all up to date with our friends in harms way. Several have my number and will call if they are unable to post. I know others plan on doing the same. This storm is a huge one and will be affecting several members and their homes. Please keep these members and their familys in our thoughts and prayers.
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From: El Paso, Texas
Yeah, Galveston is already getting a lot of water. I am stationed in El Paso and we are expecting a lot of refugees to be coming to the base this weekend. Looks like I might have to work this weekend.
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Thanks for the thread Barry. We got alot of refugees here in Bell County. Praying for everyones safety!!
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Hotshot
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From: North of Greenville
This is just off our local news weather report site here in Birmingham. Note the specific quote near the bottom of the first paragraph, especially any of you who are in the audience it targets!
HOUSTON HAS A PROBLEM: Hurricane Ike is expected to slam into the upper Texas coast sometime between midnight tonight and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow as a major hurricane, category three strength or higher. Ike is a very large storm, with a hurricane force wind diameter of about 230 miles; the diameter of tropical storm force winds is almost 600 miles. They don't get much larger that this, in terms of the wind envelope. The latest NHC track takes the eye into the coast just below Galveston, which means the possibility of a 15 to 20 foot storm surge in Galveston Bay. The National Weather Service in Houston last night warned in a statement that persons not heeding evacuation orders in single or two story homes on the coast will "face certain death". You don't see statements like that very often.
Once inland, Ike is forecast to move through far East Texas, then curving up into Arkansas, southern Missouri, and then eastward around the Ohio River early next week. The axis of the heaviest rain will be in the general area from Houston to Longview to Fayetteville and to Paducah and Indianapolis. Some spots could receive up to 10 inches of rain, and isolated tornadoes are possible.
Specifically, they are predicting that the 16 foot tall seawall in Port Aurthur will be topped by at least 6 foot of water in the surge. I personally know people who live on streets adjacent to that seawall, and can only pray that they have been smart enough to GET OUT. If any of you are close to these coastal flooding areas, please heed the National Weather Service warning and leave. There is no property anywhere here on earth worth the cost of a single life due to a hurricane!
HOUSTON HAS A PROBLEM: Hurricane Ike is expected to slam into the upper Texas coast sometime between midnight tonight and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow as a major hurricane, category three strength or higher. Ike is a very large storm, with a hurricane force wind diameter of about 230 miles; the diameter of tropical storm force winds is almost 600 miles. They don't get much larger that this, in terms of the wind envelope. The latest NHC track takes the eye into the coast just below Galveston, which means the possibility of a 15 to 20 foot storm surge in Galveston Bay. The National Weather Service in Houston last night warned in a statement that persons not heeding evacuation orders in single or two story homes on the coast will "face certain death". You don't see statements like that very often.
Once inland, Ike is forecast to move through far East Texas, then curving up into Arkansas, southern Missouri, and then eastward around the Ohio River early next week. The axis of the heaviest rain will be in the general area from Houston to Longview to Fayetteville and to Paducah and Indianapolis. Some spots could receive up to 10 inches of rain, and isolated tornadoes are possible.
Specifically, they are predicting that the 16 foot tall seawall in Port Aurthur will be topped by at least 6 foot of water in the surge. I personally know people who live on streets adjacent to that seawall, and can only pray that they have been smart enough to GET OUT. If any of you are close to these coastal flooding areas, please heed the National Weather Service warning and leave. There is no property anywhere here on earth worth the cost of a single life due to a hurricane!
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Just keep in mind that phone land lines will be down or jammed immediately after the storm, and cell phone towers may be damaged or jammed. So don't assume the worst if we don't hear from them too soon.
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Talked to my Dad who lives in Houston. He's pissed because he forgot to pick up a generator. But he's ready for everything else. Next couple of days should be interesting.
He also said the freeways were a nightmare. Not quite as bad as when Rita came throught, but still lots of traffic and headache to deal with.
He also said the freeways were a nightmare. Not quite as bad as when Rita came throught, but still lots of traffic and headache to deal with.
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From: Cut & Shoot, Texas
Just finished picking up and tieing down my yard and both neighbor's yards. Been watching the local news channels and they are all still saying for us (Montgomery County) to shelter in place, so that is what we are going to do. It looks like everyone on our street is staying, not that there's anywhere to go really. I checked around for hotels west and north of us and everything is full. They are telling us most of the rooms are full of Gustav people that won't go home. We dealt with the same thing after Katrina. They get here, decide they like it, and then won't leave.
Am I scared? Yeah, I will admit it, I am a little. Like I said though, they are telling us to stay put. They are also reporting this morning that MoCo will be seeing 70mph sustained with 100mph gusts. That's still strong but nothing like Galveston and South Houston are going to see. We are exactly 95 miles from the seawall. Hoping that works in our favor a little.
Am I scared? Yeah, I will admit it, I am a little. Like I said though, they are telling us to stay put. They are also reporting this morning that MoCo will be seeing 70mph sustained with 100mph gusts. That's still strong but nothing like Galveston and South Houston are going to see. We are exactly 95 miles from the seawall. Hoping that works in our favor a little.
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From: North of Greenville
We are, too, Scott, for yourself and all the others who are fortunate enough to be a little inward off the coast. Take care, my friend.
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From: Parker, CO
News reports already have waves topping the Galveston sea wall, and the storm is still more than 12 hours away from making landfall. I've been to Galveston countless times growing up, and that seawall is huge. Man I can't even imagine how much water that is.
