Ike from space, about an hour ago...
Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
goodness.
Take care.
It will be fine
I had not looked at the wide angle view of the WV channel - but saw that from the narrow shot. The wide angle you linked is a keeper of a photo, for sure. This thing didn’t care what it was going through - it made its own weather. The ridge that kept it at bay and forced it ever westward must have been extremely powerful... In fact, we know it was - more powerful even than modeled, because all the models kept trying to bring it north much sooner than this - UKMET finally broke with them and brought it toward Mexico instead just about a day or two before Cuba.
This is a very impressive storm. Much more impressive than most of them during the last decade. So unusual, I really think it is going to be extensively studied and we’ll learn a lot more than from the typical hurricane.
Here’s a weird one from the USAToday blog . . .
Hurricane Ike: Son wearing Scuba gear heads to help mom in Galveston
USA TODAY’s Oren Dorell found Matthew DeMyers walking through LaMarque, Texas, this afternoon in full Scuba gear.
“I’m going to Galveston, my mom lives there,” the 22-year-old student says, adding that he hasn’t heard from her since 5 a.m. ET.
DeMyers, who was carrying his flippers, says he plans to get to the Gulf Coast by “walking, swimming, however.”
We know one thing for sure. He won’t be driving there, at least not anytime soon. The highway that links LaMarque to Galveston is flooded. “The southbound lane of I-45 is completely closed,” Texas Ranger Joe Haralson says at a roadblock about four miles from the island. “It’s littered with boats, lots of boats and debris, destroyed docks and pieces of piers.”
Note from a Hugo survivor. For those who have storm damage, BE CAREFUL. We had a number of deaths during cleanup. Damaged roofs are dangerous places and chain saws can be deadly as can portable generators.
Sad. Their remoteness will mean assistance and recovery will be slower than developed areas which have nearby highway access.
“... in fact, we know it [the ridge] was - more powerful even than modeled, because all the models kept trying to bring it [Ike] north much sooner than this - “
(clarification)
Ike from space, about an hour ago...
Did yall just see Senator Culberson on Fox? He said Texans are self sufficient. We have generators, and stock up on food and AMMO. The guy on Fox didn’t know what to say lol
Has anybody heard from jpsb? His last post was on a previous Ike thread, saying that he would be deciding whether to leave or not at 8 am yesterday. (This was at about 7:30 am). He was at a very bad location.
They were back to work within two days. Many larger buildings maintain a significant percentage of unleased office space. The WTC towers had a lot of artists up top, space donated free since they couldn’t rent it out. That gives the ezposed office holders some flexibility.
Probably going to be longer for Chase in Houston. It lost enough windows to get a lot of water inside, putting much wiring, data, TX and electrical, at risk.
Here I think the insurance played a part in the long repair process. The building owners got enough money to look at a total facelift and did that. I’d say the building itself, Chase, Houston, will be operable monday morning, to some extent, the question is how much. If other parts of the building have power and data networking, then they will start with core functions, farm out what they have to to other buildings, and gradually come back online over the next year or two.
Notice how the upper windows survived, while the band of blown out glass seems to be at midheigth? Looks like some wind interaction with the ground or nearby buildings had some effect. More confirmation that conditions were right at, but a fuzz below catastrophic levels. Interesting...
Fox is not alone in this “no Emmy”...
The reporters should all be calling people who stayed in low areas “foolish”... asking, “So what possessed you to make such a foolish decision to stay?”
Our Congress doesn't recognize the Founding Fathers.
He’d be without power unless he’s got a generator based on his location.
War underway at altitude over Missouri.
Ike’s fighting the upper midwest’s trough for dominance.
My money’s on Ike.
Note: Gas prices rose 25c a gallon overnight!
Glad I filled up thurs
These injuries and illnesses are above and beyond GI problems due to contaminated drinking water, lack of refrigeration for insulin, spoiled food, and respiratory problems without of air conditioning.
Yes: Photos confirm NautiNurse’s post#1040 :: Ike is getting less organized and is weakening.
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