The forecast track in stormpulse illustrates a direct hit on Houston in the 8PM update.
This now looks pretty solid - and awfully bad for Galveston
Yeah, that what it looks like, making land east of Freeport.
The new slightly adjust track, happens to put me on the clean side, although I don't think that will make a difference, considering how tight that fit is going to be. But I am taking all the positive that I can get.
Need ya to move that storm track to somewhere other than Houston as I washed my Jeep today.
Thanks in advance!
Everybody take care!
Here’s an update from Central Louisiana:
We’ve already had winds strong enough that some homes in Alexandria have lost power tonight.
As I’ve said before, the thing that scares me the most is the fact that we’ve got debris EVERYWHERE left over from Gustav. People in my neighborhood have been using chainsaws around the clock to cut down parts of damaged trees (and yes, this is *Pineville* and the pine trees do break in the middle). For the most part, the branches are stacked neatly at curbside (though pickups that don’t seem to be scheduled very often), but that isn’t going to mean a thing when tropical storm force winds send them flying in every direction.
Another thing that caught my eye was a discussion thread on The Town Talk, Alexandria’s newspaper with an online forum. Someone wrote in to complain about the stupidity of their neighbors who dispose of tree parts and other storm debris by tossing them into drainage ditches, thereby hindering the flow of water and creating floods.
I realize that Gustav is probably last week’s news in many people’s minds, but it’s just way too soon for this part of Louisiana to be hit again by Ike. The thought of all these severed tree limbs turning into flying projectiles is very scary to me, to put it mildly!