Weather service warns of 'certain death' in face of Ike

CNN ^ | Sept 11, 2008

[RDTF]

(CNN) -- Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night.

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[Psycho_Bunny]

I do not like Ike.

[RDTF]

Live thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2079371/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

[mnehring]

[scooby321]

In the panhandle of Florida , Destin we lost part of an island and its road. Be scared of this one.

[Always Right]

Prayers for all the people in the Gulf Coast, especially those in Texas. I pray this storm weakens.

[humblegunner]

Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate

Damn. What am I supposed to do with all of this beer then?

[al baby]

You too funny

[antivenom]

put it in your car

and

FLEE!!!!!!

to the next ice house!

[antivenom]

put it in your car

and

FLEE!!!!!!

to the next ice house!

[Rebelbase]

IIRC, Ike went from a Cat 1 to a Cat 4 in 27 hours a week or so back. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get any stronger.

[gusopol3]

now Harry Truman sitting on Mt. St. Helen’s , that was certain death.

[antivenom]

Ike is leaving the deep water in the Gulf...it should not get stronger but does drag ONE hell of a surge with it though...

Talk is now that with the 20 ft surge we could see 50 ft waves

YIKES YIKES double IKE YIKES!!!!!

[Old Professer]

Landfall is over 24 hours away; TDEM is evacuating to San Antonio, less than 200 miles from the coast, Ike is still a wide, slow, low-wind storm; the biggest concern is water surge and whether it strikes at high tide.

Looks like lots of rain.

[metmom]

Is the Texas coast looking at high tides this weekend? There’s a full moon slated for the 15th. Landfall at 2 AM should mean that it would be at high tide time.

Storm surge of 20 feet on top of a high tide is not good news,especially with those kinds of waves.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[wastedyears]

Jeez, Galveston was already wiped out by a hurricane in the early 1900s.

[antivenom]

NO...not earlt 1900, it WAS 1900!

[isom35]

[wastedyears]

Bubba, if that storm track for Ike holds true, most of AK, MO, AR, IL and IN will have to evacuate, as well as half of KY and OK, and a quarter of TX.

It looks like this storm has the potential to do more total damage than Katrina.

[RDTF]

new one due out any minute

[txhurl]

And is is still classified as the worst US natural disaster.
Killed 8,000 in an hour.

[Coldwater Creek]

My son in law and grandson are stranded on Dolphin Island near Mobile. They’ve closed the bridge do to surge flooding.

[deport]

Water Water Water everywhere it seems with Ike.

The following from the forecast:

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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...except at the heads of bays...where surge flooding of up
to 25 feet could occur. 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. Above normal tides in the eastern
Gulf of Mexico should gradually subside over the next day or so.
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[LUV W]

Go to DCS...it’s at least on the outer bands of the thing! LOL!

[wastedyears]

I can never remember the exact year. Thanks

[rdl6989]

“If your house has an eve that’s 14 feet, it would be completely under water,” Perry said. “That’s the type of surge we’re talking about all through Galveston and all the way up into the (Houston) Ship Channel.”

If a Category 5 storm went up the Ship Channel with no evacuation, Perry said, the estimated death toll would be 1.5 million people.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5995957.html

[Coldwater Creek]

Looks like we’re going to get sustained winds even as far as Memphis.

[wastedyears]

Katrina knocked the heck out of three states last I remember. Ike has the potential to knock the heck out of almost 4 or 5 entire states. They need to start evacuating now to save as many people as possible.

[Our man in washington]

And if anyone does die, the Democrats will certainly blame Bush.

[txhurl]

Nope. TX deals responsibly with canes, the RATS dare not tread in those waters.

[pierrem15]

I’m in Chicago: Ike will still be a tropical depression when it enters Illinois!

[fortunecookie]

Talk is now that with the 20 ft surge we could see 50 ft waves YIKES YIKES double IKE YIKES!!!!!

Yikes for sure! I'd be hearing those reports from my car radio while driving north, if I were anywhere near it. Let's hope people heed this warning.

[Sender]

I do not like Ike with his wind.
I do not like Ike with a friend.

I do not like Ike in a boat.
I do not like Ike with a goat.

I do not like being in a jam,
I do not like him, Weather Man.

[Coldwater Creek]

YIPS!

[RedMonqey]

Please stop with the hysterics. Ike already reached it’s peak strength before hitting Cuba and is now a spent force.

At this time Katrina already reached Cat Five (twice) and made landfall as a cat three.

Ike already passed the points where hurricanes in the gulf gain strenght and Ike gained little. At this time it’s 100 mph and little to no chance of strengthening.

A dangerous storm yes, A monster, no.

[RedMonqey]

RDTF

This wasn’t aim at you personally.

[TheBattman]

AK, MO, AR, IL and IN

AK=Alaska... Why would Alaska need to evacuate?

[wastedyears]

Ah no, I meant Arkansas.

May I should just go to sleep.

[dfwgator]

“Ike. Do your imitation of David Caruso’s career.”

[txhurl]

Fool: on top of 20’ surges and high tide there are combined 25’ waves expected. That’s practically a localized Tsunami.

Czech back with you in a couple days when the damage photos are out.

[RedMonqey]

That's practically a localized Tsunami

You have no idea what a "Tsunami" is, do you?

Property damage can be repaired.

I worry about lives more. Crying wolf will cause lives lost when real dangerous hurricanes come through.

I'll check back and see.

I love to make fun of hysterics.

[txhurl]

You pick the insult I give you.