When everyone is done slapping each other around (in more ways than one ;) ) - is there any update?
From what I'm gathering, Houston is backed up with traffic though all lanes are open now, outbound - and it may hit east of Galveston? Still a Cat 5?
4, but you have the rest right.
Fox news has reported that the military is using gas tank trucks in designating areas along the highway for folks who run out of gas...don't ask me how they'll do it! That's what the reporter said! Military type gas tank trucks, like the ones used in Iraq or something like that! People are seen walking up the highway, I guess it's folks who ran out of gas...scary!
no, a 4
1 pm intermediate advisory dropped her down to a Cat 4 with 150 mph winds and a pressure of 915 mb. A later recon flight found significantly-lower flight-level winds (125 knots) than was used to give the 150 mph estimate (135 knots), but the pressure dropped 1 mb to 914 mb.
There should be 1 more report from the hurricane hunters before the next full update at 4.