Posted on 09/10/2008 2:18:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Thank you NautiNurse. I just went to the old thread to reply and found it locked, lol.
I still see most of the ‘tracks’ coming right over the Victoria area, but it has edged to the east a bit and may more so.
This storm is being compared to Hurricane Carla in 1961. The eye of Carla went directly over Victoria but my parents home in Texas City had 18 inches of water from flooding. That’s over 160 miles away approximately. They now have a barrier built in Texas City.
Thanks to all who wrote me. To others on the thread, I have never ever heard of a hurricane reaching as far inland as Austin or Conroe but they may have rain and always the possibility of tornadoes.
Prayers for everyone. We don’t want Ike, but we hate to see it hit others too!! I missed my week down at South Padre Island because hurricane Dolly tore roofs off the condos. They all shut down for repairs after Dolly.
FUN, FUN, FUN....!
I live in Louisiana.
But I am familiar with Corpus Christi. I think I was a young kid (about 6) when Hurricane Carla hit Corpus Christi.
They lost the bridge to Padre Island back then.
As far as Louisiana and East Texas, if this storm hits Corpus Christi or a little further East, THIS IS VERY BAD NEWS FOR THE OIL REFINERIES.
There will be a lot of refineries on the BAD SIDE of this 'cane (South of Houston, Southest of Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Lake Charles (LA).
This storm may force the import of GASOLINE by tankers if the refineries cannot come back online in a few weeks...
Don’t worry, if this thing comes your way you will have twisters enough, even for Texans.
Yes, but LSU will be able to play this week (maybe)...
Thanks for all the hard work and dedication ..prayers up for all those in the path of Ike
Thanks for all the hard work and dedication ..prayers up for all those in the path of Ike
Galveston - Lots of boards going up, yapping dogs stuffed into back seats, etc. The buzz here is storm surge, 8’+ on the west side locals say. Goodie.
Thanks for the thread, NN, and prayers for safety for all concerned.
Thanks for the local report. Keep us updated as you are able. Thanks.
Its been raining the last two days over most of central and east TX and the ground is pretty wet. I suspect we are going to see unprecedented flooding with this storm. Please pray that it doesn’t stall over the state.
1. LSU Stadium in Baton Rouge (Last week 110,000 homes/businesses were without power).
2. Superdome Doubleheader - Tulane as the first game, then LSU as the second games.
3. Texas Stadium -- play the game in Texas as a home game for North Texas and lose $3 million.
4. Play in Shreveport, LA, in the BOWL Game stadium... (Also would be closer for North Texas fans to go to Louisiana.
If Hurricane Ike changes directions, the game could still be postponed, as Dallas, Tx, as well Shreveport, Baton Rouge and New Orleans could be in the path of the storm.
Right now, the game is scheduled for LSU Tiger stadium in Baton Rouge.
But they are still working on getting TRAFFIC LIGHTS working Baton Rouge, so traffic could possibly be a problem for the games (plus traffic from Hurricane evacutions heading East on I-10/I-12).
Two of my 3 sons live in Austin. I’m sure they’ll be fine, but they’re gonna get wet!
susie
Ground saturation and strong winds will bring down trees.
This is when I’m glad much of TX is prarie land.
Hurricane Carla
[Category 5 Storm -- in Gulf of MEXICO
September 9-12, 1961
The most powerful tropical system to affect the Texas coast in over 40 years…Hurricane Carla made landfall between Port O’Connor and Port Lavaca on the day of September 11, 1961. In the open waters of the Gulf, a minimum central pressure of 931mb, or 27.50 inches along with maximum sustained wind speeds over 150 mph, made Carla a category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity. When the "eye" or center of Hurricane Carla made landfall early in the morning of the 11th, the intensity had dropped off but the storm was still packing winds of 120 mph in areas from Port O’Connor up the coast to Galveston. The "eye" of the storm came within 65 miles to the east of Corpus Christi.
Hurricane warnings were issued along the entire Texas coast on the 9th prompting immediate evacuation of all islands just offshore and low coastal areas. The wind, not the rain, became the major weather factor for the Coastal Bend area. Preliminary wind reports from locations hit hardest by Carla indicated sustained wind speeds of 115 mph in Matagorda…110 mph in Victoria…and 88 mph in Galveston. Peak wind gusts were estimated at 150 mph in Victoria and 170 mph at Port Lavaca! Average wind gusts of 80 to 90 mph were reported across Corpus Christi, with a peak wind of 81 mph recorded at the tower of the Weather Bureau Office, before failure of the instrument.
Rainfall amounts were heaviest from Port Lavaca up the coast to Galveston and within 50 miles inland, ranging from 10 to 16 inches in some spots. Galveston Airport recorded 16.49" of rain in a four-day period. Closer to home, at the airport in Corpus Christi, a relatively light 1.22" fell, but downtown Corpus had 5.15". Victoria recorded a notable 6.25" of rain.
Lowest central pressure recorded at the Corpus airport was 28.88" and at the navy base, 28.73". As the center of the storm passed over Port Lavaca, a calibrated barometer positioned at a dredging company recorded the lowest pressure anywhere on land, with 27.62" before the needle dipped below the reported scale.
With the intense wind, storm surge became a major problem. In some areas from Port Aransas to Sabine Pass, tides were 10 feet above normal…the highest levels since the storm of 1919. One report out of Port Lavaca had a tide level 18.5 feet above normal. The above normal tides produced extensive beach and inland damage to houses and businesses. Over the Corpus Christi area, most of the damage was to roofs, power and telephone lines, trees, and signs. One exception, were low-lying areas, which became flooded from heavy rain and caused more extensive damage. Estimated damage costs exceeded $300 million in Texas, with property losses being the primary contributor. In Nueces County alone, over $12 million in damage was reported from a combination of property damage and severe crop losses.
When it was all said and done, 43 people lost their lives to Hurricane Carla…31 known in the state of Texas.
We had downed trees all over our entire area with Rita...and very little rain, that was much needed at the time. It hasn’t rained here this week...SE TX.
That was evil!
Oh my...I forgot about that. Thanks for the reminder.
I'm not sure anyone will be. Some are saying they may move the game to Fayetteville, like the LSU/Arizona State game before Katrina.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/Carla/carla.html
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