Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Good point Pete
I just switched over a minute or so before he said this, so I don't know if he talked about whether rescue/recovery crews had made it to the west end of Galveston yet.
jpsb hasn’t posted since about 7:30AM... where he went to after that must not be internet capable - and I trust it is somewhere on Earth.
It went from 3.49 to 3.79 here. Oops! lights are flickering here.
I was wondering about the Galvez too. We were there last year and it’s still a grand old hotel. I hope it’s OK.
Have not heard from jpsb since he indicated he would make an evac decision yesterday at 8AM. I thought about him when reports surfaced that a group of people in San Leon were stranded due to flooding and requesting evacuation assistance.
Where are ya at?
(that was 7:30AM yesterday)
Sea Isle, Bay Harbor, and two areas right around Galveston Island State Park are the big built-up areas on Galveston’s west end. Three of those four look like residential/marina communities, with lots of access channels.
Prime candidates for breaching and total loss.
David Paulson (FEMA) stated air search and rescue is in progress. He said, and reiterated that a lot of people did not evacuate as they should have.
Please refrain from posting animated graphics. It bogs down my computer enough that it really hurts my streaming continuity. Simple JPGs & GIFs, even if big, keep my ‘puter much happier.
Sorry.
More from my friend in Lake Charles:
“Yes, so many tornado warnings! Thank so much for the love and prayers, I know they helped us. :))
Now we are getting real bad rain bands, as bad as the main north part of the hurricane. More and more flooding, the water is rising. The wind is still very powerful.
I have a good friend who just purchased a lovely townhouse on high ground. The water is half way up her driveway now. Her sons have to get a boat to get her out. The water is waist high in the street. Her house is built on a higher rise but they believe the high tide will flood her home.
All the beautiful homes on the lake front are flooding, the homes on the lakeside are already flooded. No one, not even the old timers has ever seen this extensive flooding in Lake Charles. High tide is at 4:00 pm CST. They are expecting the worst everywhere on any of the waterways, the coastal areas and the inland towns.
I am checking on Moss Bluff. We did see some pictures on the news. The man who was interviewed said he has never seen the water get this high, five more feet it will flood his beautiful home.”
My niece in Houston and her husband are ok. They evacuated to Austin and just arrived home. Fence down, some shingles missing, and all the palms my brother planted 3 weeks ago are down. No power, but otherwise ok. They live on the south side of the city. Some neighbors fared worse.
I will give you simple text updates on the storms progress.
Looks like we are all lucking out.
Hope the dirty side stays weak
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