Posted on 09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Large and dangerous Hurricane Ike approaching the Upper Texas coast. Mandatory evacuations began in earnest Thursday as an estimated one million coastal residents headed inland. There were widespread reports of gas stations running out of fuel.
The National Weather Service posted dire storm surge predictions of 20-25 ft storm surge along the coast and bay heads. Hurricane warnings covered a 400 mile swath of the Gulf of Mexico.
Wholesale gasoline prices spiked 30 percent Thursday, or nearly $1 a gallon, out of fear of what Ike might do.
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| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
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Hurricane Ike Live Thread II
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TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine [Other than that, the tropics are calm]
Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
txflake wrote:
Ike has assumed control of the GOM waters, he’s like Neptune or Triton.
I think this is worse than 1900: if they had seen their streets flooding early in the A.M absent the seawall,
they would have evacuated. By horse and carriage, at 10mph, or even at a fast foot pace, at least enough
to outrun the surge and waves.
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The Galveston streets flooded to 18 inches as early as 0900 in 1900.
The people stayed because the forecast was for fair weather, and the ‘cyclone’ was assumed to have entered the Atlantic and disappeared.
The words “hurricane” and “cyclone” were forbidden in official forecasts, so as not to scare the taxpayers.
txflake wrote:
Ike has assumed control of the GOM waters, he’s like Neptune or Triton.
I think this is worse than 1900: if they had seen their streets flooding early in the A.M absent the seawall,
they would have evacuated. By horse and carriage, at 10mph, or even at a fast foot pace, at least enough
to outrun the surge and waves.
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The Galveston streets flooded to 18 inches as early as 0900 in 1900.
The people stayed because the forecast was for fair weather, and the ‘cyclone’ was assumed to have entered the Atlantic and disappeared.
The words “hurricane” and “cyclone” were forbidden in official forecasts, so as not to scare the taxpayers.
People are part of the problem. They need to calm down!
Running to the gas station at once is like running off a cliff with the rest of the herd.
Geraldo is about to get blown away!
SE Texas went batsh** for good reason because Rita was a Cat 5 at one point. A Cat 5 is basically a hundred-mile wide F-3 tornado. This storm was not a major wind threat that far inland by comparison. But ANYONE within the 30 foot storm surge map of the Houston area should have left. That is a million or so out of the four million who hit the road during Rita. A big difference - that is manageable. And anyone on the coast or right on the bay who stayed ... it is just beyond rational human comprehension. We are truly living in stupid times.
Be safe and keep us posted!
i think so too.
Yeah..I can see that logic for sure after being there for the first time this past weekend. It was a bit pricy, but we got the off season rates. The shelling was really good at the north end of the island where there are no hotels or houses. We had a really good time. No spring breakers and very few people around.
they interviewed a lady on Fox this afternoon, by phone, she said her victorian home was over a hundred years old and they were staying put......God help her.
lol @ Geraldo
Don’t matter.. Pumps are still gonna get hit.. Gasoline supply going to get cut down with the refineries going down.
I expect $5.00 this weekend.
Godspeed to you...
Prayers up for you all.
Tatt
Is he going to be out in that (maximum wind)?!? I would rather not see splatter Geraldo on a building.
It is very wrong of me to morbidly want to see a big sheet of corrugated steel come by at 100 mph and take Geraldo out to sea, never to be seen again.
It is wrong. Lord help me . . .
If you saw him on CNN, then it is the same guy I saw and he is ok. He is a camera man and they showed another short live shot of him again just a few minutes ago.
water lapping up on geraldos feet as we speak.
Geraldo on now. I almost can’t stand to watch this, hate to see anyone hurt or killed.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2080674/posts?page=372#372
Take a look at the post linked above, and the link contained in that post.
These folks standing outside....many of the deaths in 1900 were cause by folks being decapitated by flying roof shingles...macabre detail
One other thing: The San Luis hotel where the news people will be spending the night is built on old Fort Crocker.
When my parents were first married and living across the street from Ft. Crocker in late 1945, there were still German POWs housed there, and my mother could see them out and about.
There is very little "high" ground on that island. Aunt and cousins of my grandfather managed to survive the 1900 storm. They lived a slight rise in the middleof the island, s. of the Strand area (downtown)..
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