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Posted on 09/10/2008 2:18:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hugs to you!
Hope our trip is as quick and easy! Just heading out...from Nederland...
We live in the area w/ a Port Arthur address, near the mall...police calling all residents saying pretty much, “Get your a** out NOW...!”
Groesbeck? Mexia?
Leave now...traffic is light!
GOOD!,,,Bug~OUT!,,,Ya’ll be safe...
It’s a secret ;)
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Bahbah, you’d better batten down — looks like you’re gonna get a piece of this one.... ;~(
I was in Denver at the time, fresh out of the Marine Corps. Late fall 1967 early 1968.
I ain’t so much worried about the CAT-3 as I am about the track,,,
Same place,,,Galveston...
I’m concerned that this bad boy could cross the Mississippi, going right over Bahbah’s (and, by the way, my mother’s - about 75 miles away) house as a TS....
That could be *very* bad news, indeed.....
Early AM. Unnngh. I blame the Navy. They made me an earlybird.
They also taught me to tie knots, swim with weights, cuss, drink whiskey and how to stop chasing women but actually catch them. All in all, that’s a wash.
The swimming bit might be handy soon...
I hear ya’,Ike,,,
My Mom is near 88yo,,,only 5 miles away,,,
This storm will move fast once it gets over land,,,
So they say,,,
Hopefully it will only be WET when it goes NE...
Thanks, Ike, I am way out of the path of this monster. Otheres are not so fortunate.
It appears that it will head up my way once it hits land, but it will be quite worn out before it gets here.
I hope you’re right, Bahbah...
The projected track shows it may still be Tropical Storm strength as it crosses the Mississippi - as everything else about IKE has been atypical, this ain’t showing the overland weakening pattern that we’ve become accustomed to...
Won’t hurt to keep an eye on it — and remember where your flashlights are stashed.... ;~)
****trail of breadcrumbs***
‘til after (ugh) work.....
Awwww, those are the most delicious avocados ever. I had a huge tree in my backyard in Miami Shores Florida. I grew it from a pit and it grew like Topsy. Oh, how I miss that wonderful taste. The ones we get here are small and awful.
I was surprised to see this in our forecast from the National Weather Service. "Winds could gust as high as 105 mph."
Local 2 Houston just did a report from Pirate’s Beach. (Galveston West End)
The reporter was on the first landing of a beach acceess bridge when a wave pounded him up to the knees. The lower part of the stairs where he was standing partly broke free and began to float.
Ike is already busting wood structures in Galveston some five feet above sea level, 24 hours out.
Wow.
I'm suggesting again this time as I did the last to contact your media. Your EOC needs a good embarrassment story on the news. Also, contact your Texas State Rep.
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