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Hurricane Ike Live Thread III
NOAA/NHC ^ | 12 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

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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Discussion Updated every 6 hours

Buoy data: Western Gulf of Mexico

Forecast Models

Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar
Corpus Christi Long Range Radar
Brownsville Long Range Radar
Lake Charles Long Range Radar

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Additional Resources:

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KHOU Houston
ABC 13 News Houston
FOX News Houston

KPLC Lake Charles
KFDM 6 Beaumont/Port Arthur
KKBMT 12 Beaumont
KRIS-TV Corpus Christi
KZTV Corpus Christi

Brazoria County Emergency Management
Galveston County Emergency Management
Chambers Country Emergency Management
Liberty County Emergency Management

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

Previous Threads:
Hurricane Ike Live Thread II
Hurricane Ike Live Thread I
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)


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Arkansas; US: Louisiana; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arkansas; california; crude; desiel; drill; flordia; florida; galveston; gasoline; gulf; hurricane; ike; louisiana; offshore; oil; oklahoma; prices; refineries; rigs; storm; texas; weather
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To: harwood

My Daughter,SIL and Grandaughter live east of Jersey Village near the 8 & West road exit
Reporting blue skies at 10:00 AM.


321 posted on 09/12/2008 8:24:48 AM PDT by golfisnr1 (Democrats are like roaches - hard to get rid of.)
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To: texasredtop

Ping to the cartoon linked at reply #319.


322 posted on 09/12/2008 8:24:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: CedarDave

Is he walking along with his arms our for balance?

ugggh what is FNC thinking even having him on the air, after Katrina..


323 posted on 09/12/2008 8:25:34 AM PDT by lainie
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I’m concerned too. The storm is 100s of miles away and the surge is already flooding things. Surfside is underwater, Kemah looks to be heading that way, the marina level of water is the same as the street, the water is coming up from storm drains.

Sweet mercy.

I like KHOU coverage. They are saying frontage roads near the area are already starting to flood. Soon they wont be able to get out.


324 posted on 09/12/2008 8:26:03 AM PDT by RikaStrom (The number one rule of the Kama Sutra is that you both be on the same page.../Exeter 051705)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

“They are having trouble evacuating people. Federal officials are concerned.”

The Feds told them to get out two days ago! The dem woman mayor did nothing until 5:00 pm yesterday! Sound familiar?

How do you tell when a democrat has screwed up? They start putting out ‘press releases’ to cover their butts! (eye roll)

http://www.chron.com/disp/discuss.mpl/front/5996000.html

Read the comments section. The people of Galveston know she is a screw up!


325 posted on 09/12/2008 8:26:59 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: mewzilla

I’m not asking anyone to come rescue me. What is your point? Rescue does not necessarily mean save. If I cut my arm off and were bleeding to death, yeah, I might call for help. I would do that even if there weren’t a storm.


326 posted on 09/12/2008 8:27:15 AM PDT by texasredtop
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To: CedarDave

geraldo did say that one wave knocked him under the satellite truck.


327 posted on 09/12/2008 8:27:30 AM PDT by mathluv (The Barracuda and the Maverick will take on the Messiah and the Mouth)
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To: texasredtop
I pay (very high might I add) city taxes so I pay for those services.

Your public servants deserve better from you. And that's the last I'll say on the matter :)

328 posted on 09/12/2008 8:27:34 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: STARWISE

You are right. For the water to be this far up with the storm that far out, it could be catastrophic at my favorite old haunts along the Blue Water Highway. Bridge Bait is probably gone. Unreal.


329 posted on 09/12/2008 8:28:11 AM PDT by kinghorse (Hunkered until further notice)
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To: metmom

“Exactly what is Houston facing as far as storm surge?

How far above sea level is it?”

IAH 97 feet. That in Florida would be a mountain.


330 posted on 09/12/2008 8:28:43 AM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Unless you are nice and thoughtful you will be ignored. Write in Thomas Sowell.)
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To: CedarDave

Gee! I would really hate to see Geraldo go in a storm named Ike!


331 posted on 09/12/2008 8:29:06 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: conservativeinferno

OMG...just watched the Galveston flood simulation. Then watched it again. Speechless.


332 posted on 09/12/2008 8:29:13 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Palin won more votes in her Wasilla Mayoral race than Biden got in his 2008 Pres run)
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Deanne Sherman, a woman calling from Crystal Beach says she and her husband tried to evacuate but by the time she got her things together, the bridge leading to the mainland was already under water and there were rescues under way, so she feels trapped. Says she’s not scared and is in God’s hands.


333 posted on 09/12/2008 8:29:17 AM PDT by lainie
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To: penelopesire
"God Save Them"."

He's trying

"A flood came and a man had to climb onto the roof of his house. As the waters rose a neighbor in a rowboat appeared, and told him to get in. "No," replied the man on the roof, "the Lord will save me."

Then a firefighter appeared in a speedboat. "Climb in!" shouted the firefighter. "No," replied the man on the roof, "The Lord will save me."

A helicopter appeared and the pilot shouted that he would lower a rope to the man on the roof. "No," replied the man on the roof, "the Lord will save me."

Eventually the man drowned and went to heaven, where he asked God why He hadn't helped him.

"I sent a neighbor, a firefighter, and helicopter," said God. "What more do you want?"

sw

334 posted on 09/12/2008 8:29:50 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife (Is He the one?)
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To: NautiNurse
Good morning NN,

We just wanted to tell you thanks for maintaining this list & we are bunkered down on San Felipe @ Nantucket ready for everything!

335 posted on 09/12/2008 8:30:45 AM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: mathluv

geraldo did say that one wave knocked him under the satellite truck.

+++++
That was no wave, that was Bush :-)


336 posted on 09/12/2008 8:31:32 AM PDT by texasredtop
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To: spectre
U.S. Coast Guard helicopters are rescuing stranded people and pets on a stretch of Texas coast called Bolivar Peninsula....CNN...breaking newz

great folks, put rescue squads in harm's way because you would not evacuate.

337 posted on 09/12/2008 8:31:51 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
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To: spectre

Ignorance pure ignorance of all those staying in Galveston........I just don’t understand it? I pray the woman on Fox changed her mind and got out of there.


338 posted on 09/12/2008 8:32:00 AM PDT by Cheryllynn
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To: Sunnyflorida

IAH is way up north. Houston is considerably lower and crisscrossed with bayous. Should be interesting to see how they manage. I live next the massive Addicks Reservoir. We have a levee along Hwy 6 that is pretty durn high. Makes you wonder what the engineers thought was possible in a worst case scenario.


339 posted on 09/12/2008 8:32:31 AM PDT by kinghorse (Hunkered until further notice)
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To: texasredtop

I’m not saying this to pile on you, but surely you realize the difference between bleeding to death last week and tomorrow is whether the rescue worker has to risk his own life in order to respond to a call?


340 posted on 09/12/2008 8:32:41 AM PDT by lainie
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