Posted on 09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
What town/area do you live in? Have you ever referenced a map that estimates how high the surge needs to be to reach your neighborhood?
Are there really people staying in the Flagship Hotel during
this storm? That would be suicide.
I don't get that, either.
I am sure it is a very hard decision to pack up the family & pets & few important things knowing that all might be gone in next day or so...and not there when you return
We (well me) are much to tied down to our “things” in life. Something like this puts in in perspective.
I think maybe we need a new or alternate measurment system for hurricanes. The Saffir Simpson scale is only useful to a point and it seems that we continue to be in a time where massive GOM storms are going to produce historic surges... the cycle should last at least another few years in my opinion. There’s no doubt in my mind that some folks are looking at a cat 2 before everything else and assuming things will be OK. I sure hope the figures are not comparable to Katrina when all is said and done, but this has a pretty good shot to rank up there in the top 5... maybe top 2 all time costliest/deadliest storms in the U.S.
We discussed this already. She’s “in the orange” of the map linked Post#51, and is aware of the surge factor.
Thinks other environmental factors in her immediate area are favorable.
I don’t know any more than that. It’s a tough call - she’s made it for herself, and seems to have all the knowledge taken into account. It’s up to her... like I said, I’m just happy jpsb seems gone - he, I’d be deathly afraid for.
My sister is in League City..I guess you could say the Kemah side of League City. She has neighbors staying and is pretty calm..said they'll make a decision around noon. Said they'd just go to a local conference center, about a mile from her house, if they do leave the house. She thinks I'm just being my old emotional self when I say they may want to consider leaving the area!
Just got an e-mail from a friend who lives in that area in Clear Lake. They have left, and she says it’s looking bad for that area.
Do you think people would stay around for something like this???
I grew up in Texas and my grandmother used to talk about the 1961 hurricane. Do people just not know about what can happen now?
Oh well, sending my prayers that people will be okay.
We just finished policing the yard & now setting all emergancy supplies in one area.
It is cloudy outside, but not a lot of wind.
Recon data continues to say Ike might be a cat 3 now.
11:33 am, Texas time: We have property in Conroe. Will someone please tell me the current weather there and do you expect the weather to impact that area as well, like Houston?
As long as your property didn't flood during Allison, IMO you should not face flooding from this storm. You will probably lose some trees and/or limbs.
We (well me) are much to tied down to our “things” in life. Something like this puts in in perspective.
I'm living with a friend on Burnett Bay, fourteen feet above sea level. (Her home has the bay as a back yard.)
I left many sentimental items in her home, happily, as I knew my real treasures (fiancee, sons, family, friends from my area) were already in or headed toward safer areas.
Life is too short to worry about "stuff" - no matter how precious!
I am wondering, how are all the reporters out there going to survive the storm?
i apologize if this has been posted: evacuation routes as follows:
UH grads: I10 west
Baylor grads: 45N
UT grads: I10 east
Rice grads: 59 south
A&M grads: 610 loop
Galveston Island is going to be under water.
Period.
That and the waves are going to wipe away and float away most of the structures now in existence there.
The picture I posted in #360 shows only a 13foot surge. 15ft will every part of it underwater. The waves and tide will make it even worse.
This is going to be much worse than Katrina.
God Help Them.
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I am so behind on this thread.God help anybody that did not get out.
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