[dirtboy]

OBJECTIVE T-NUMBERS FROM BOTH TAFB AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CIMSS ARE PEAKING NEAR 7.0 ON THE DVORAK SCALE...SUGGESTING WINDS OF NEAR 140 KNOTS.

Well, looks like you were correct, Janet, about the Dvorak scale.

Thanks for that early heads-up - my parents were thinking about not evacuating and I just called up and said it was probably at Cat 5 from the Dvorak estimates, and now they are packing up and will decide whether to leave tomorrow morning.

[jpsb]

Businesses closing, gas stations out of gas, people packing and leaving in great numbers. ... North Galveston county.