Source: KHOU photos 7-11
Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Yes, it did. I’m glad they were tough enough to push through it and live.
Did you see the info I posted in #1694?
Just thought I would let everyone know. I’m in northeast Oklahoma, and we are getting some windgusts and fairly heavy rain right now, even though Ike’s path appears to have veered to the east of us. At first they predicted up to 10 inches of rain in south and eastern Oklahoma, now it seems to be down to 4 - 6. I would guess the wind gusts are probably 30 mph.
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Thanks for your local update. Ike is moving at a good clip now (24 mph). That should minimize rain/flood potential.
It’s picking up out there pretty good right now. Almost continual gusts, with rain. Windows rattling, but I don’t sense it’s going to get much stronger. Will probably continue on as is for a while, though.
A quick search revealed this CNN synopsis:
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/WEATHER/09/07/galveston.orphanage/index.html
“By nightfall, 150 mile an hour winds howled and the sisters took desperate measures.
“They had cut the clothesline down and each sister had about six or eight children tied to her side like mountain climbers. In this way, they had hoped to hold on to the children and lead them to safety,” she said.
Their efforts were to no avail. Eventually, the girls dormitory collapsed, dumping 93 children and 10 sisters into the raging waters. Only three boys, who clung to a tree, survived. When the bodies of the others were discovered, many were still tied together. “
There were only 14 people (per reports) in the chain, few of who were children, most of which were adults who were larger and stronger than their 1900 counterparts and therefore had a better chance of survival. Still risky, still an awful lot of ways it could have gone wrong... but I think one of the 1900 Storm demons just got exorcised.
If you takled to her this afternoon, especially late afternoon, chance are good that the water was starting to recede.
Thank you. I would have responded earlier, but I was at work.
How far did they have to walk?
Ah - Dr. Neil Frank is usually right on.
I'm watching a FEMA search team in Galveston going door to door to every structure on Galveston Island. These teams are from Colorado and California and it's a night time operation. It's an amazing operation looking for the living or the dead. The assets with them is something else. Tomorrow they'll be other teams completing this search and rescue on Galveston Island. Then they'll be moving else where. This is such a huge area effective.
Source: KHOU photos 7-11
Amen! I spoke with a friend whose daughter and her family live in the Galveston area. They did not evacuate. She said they are all fine and their neighbors are all fine.
God is good - Praise His Holy Name!
Yes, he does. He looks so good for a 77 year old man. He retired but is brought in with the hurricanes...Thank God...
The Bolivar photos: awful.
The water is most likely not going to rise and it sounds like if the water was just to the top of her porch this afternoon that the exact area she is in was not flooded too badly. I am sure your daughter in law and grandchild are safe.
They did pull 600 to 700 people out of Orange County today by time night had fallen per reports I am reading online.
Prayers for you and your family.
Well, I suppose we can entertain Democrats on a storm short-time basis.
Woe upon those who post thereafter.
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