The MAGNITUDE of this storm has to be respected;Bastari on FOX. The damage potential is enormous.
Sorry to ask for old news. I saw a link to the Beaumont police scanner last evening at home, now at work and cannot find the link. Would someone be so kind as to ping me with that link?
Thanks much.
Thought for the day: Who will be the first liberal to accuse Bush of racism for taking care of the people in Texas better than the people of New Orleans?
Regarding "MAGNITUDE of this storm has to be respected"
MSM need to keep away from the Cat 3 vs Cat 4 vs Cat 5 as if they represented discontinous breaks in intensity or landings up a high rise.
It is a continuous ramping up of speed and force. For example, it would be better to think of an "almost a Cat 5" as a Cat 4.99 rather than a Cat 4.
And they need to hammer home the fact that if you are in the way of anything over a Cat 3, KYAGB
Yes, it's a big one, but that graphic is based on a 35 mile diameter inner eyewall with ten mile deep maximum winds.
Either the 0500 or 0700 uopdate says we're at 33 miles for the diameter now, so Houston and Galveston, while still right on the edge, while no doubt going to get flanked and wet, may still yet avoid heavy surge damage.
As long as the track doesn't shift south...