Hurricane Ike Live Thread Part II

NOAA/NHC ^ | 10 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[TornadoAlley3]

great to hear from you, be careful of all of that stacked up roadside debris from Gustav. Continued prayers sent.

[Rightly Biased]

Now those are some Huge Avacados
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Flying out to Florida this morning

Yall Stay safe

I will check-in in 2 weeks when I get back

Thanks for your diligence NN

Gods Speed to all in Ikes Path <><

[fatima]

Take care Rightly Biased.

[SeaHawkFan]

A natural sponge is the best thing going when you want to wash up in a rustic area. They hold lots of water for rinsing.
A Chamois also works well for washing and drying.

[Guenevere]

Sure hope you're not reading my post this morning....

..because you're too busy evacuating!!...get outta there!!

And God bless!

[Guenevere]

God speed and safe returns, Dog Gone!

[Enosh]

I'm wrapping my mind around that footage, as I know the area well. Pirate's Beach and the West End in general is a place where you can drive your car right down to the water and park on the sand.

With the waves already washing away foot bridges from the dunes, the water is already over the top of the cars, if any were there. There is no beach.

Yow.

[AFPhys]

JPSB

GO.

The wind is not the thing to look at here. The table of “typical storm surge from Cat.2, etc” is not the thing to look at.

The critical item in this storm that makes it unusual is the SIZE and central PRESSURE - water is getting sucked up in a huge area. The storm surge is going to be much higher than typical, as they’ve reported overe and over.

Anyone under 20 feet ASL is going to be swamped. The waves driven in addition to that are going to pummel structures that are swamped.

I hope you’re gone. arkady was right - let him be the idiot you can get a six pack from him or something later on.

[AFPhys]

There is a whole lot around Galveston Bay that will not be there on Sunday.

[WestCoastGal]

Al Roker on the Today show reports the Galveston seawall is 7’..........I’m sure it’s 17’ So he says the surge will overtop the wall by 13’. They should check their sources.........but of course they’ve had everyone busy on Sarah’s interview trying to find fault with it.

[tiredoflaundry]

Just wanted to send my prayers to all who are in he path of this storm.

[TornadoAlley3]

Listening to Internet BR radio live right now...numerous reports of flooding from IKE, power outages, school closures, sounds like BR was not prepared for this on the heels of Gustav. lots of high water and traffic lights going out in areas that had gotten power back after Gus. Schools calling in saying they are closing, no power.

[NautiNurse]

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