Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The eyewall of Hurricane Ike crossed Galveston Island in the early hours of Saturday morning. Reports indicate as many as 20,000 residents of Galveston Island chose not to evacuate as storm surge engulfed the island. The Freeport Chief of Police reported as many as 2000 residents did not evacuate as flood waters swamped coastal communities. There are widespread reports of power outages and coastal flooding throughout the Texas/Louisiana region. The U.S. Coast Guard received hundreds of calls Friday afternoon to rescue people stranded by flood waters along the barrier islands and Galveston Bay communities.
Multiple fires broke out in the Greater Houston area fueled by strong winds. Fire fighting efforts were hampered by flood waters. Brennan's Restaurant, a landmark in Houston, burned to the ground. A 584-foot freighter crippled in the Gulf of Mexico and its crew of 22 survived the storm after The U.S. Coast Guard was forced to abort rescue efforts Friday afternoon due to foul weather
Gulf Coast wholesale gasoline prices jumped to nearly $5 a gallon over fears that water and wind damage could keep the facilities closed for days or longer. Oil companies had shut down 97.5 percent of production in the Gulf of Mexico by Friday morning and were battening down refineries and petrochemical plants in an area that accounts for one-fifth of U.S. refining capacity.
Exxon Mobil reported evacuating workers from its Gulf Coast offshore platforms and onshore facilities in the anticipated path of Ike, shutting down daily production of about 36,000 barrels of oil and 270 million cubic feet of gas..
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Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
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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 III
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Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
I was cooking dinner and just caught the end of it on the news. It looked like it was on the Meramac River (which is far St. Louis County) - I’ll see if what I can learn about it.
A lot of industrial businesses in that area if it where the last break was. I can’t find anything on the local channels yet.
Well, if that town was “The Creek” I know that goofball.
Thank you for your advice. I will be taking it when I get back home tomorrow or Wed. morning.
I really appreciate the information, it means a lot.
Tired, and cranky, and wanting to go home :-)
RS
Thank you.
Just keep the postiive thoughts going, it's keeping me from running down the street screaming... wouldn't want to scare the natives, ya know. ;-)
LOL
I was just watching the live coverage on Channel 13- the reporter was at Gilcrest- he said it looks like Banda Aceh after the tsunami.
He counted the reminas of eight houses- a week ago there were over 200.
On the island they are telling them not to talk so as to give them time to notfy the families..but a national spotlight is needed.
Why ? Seems decent to notify next of kin first.
I just checked the Southeast Missourian website (we used to live in Cape Girardeau) and there are still 4,000 people without power. Ike is quite the storm! Keep me posted on what you find out about St. Louis.
That sounds very ominous.
I did get it and thank you. I am hit and miss with FR today cause cell service spotty. Just left Nacogdoches wal mart and stocked up. THank u for the info
Luckily, I’m using the roofer that roofed my house when it was new. But there are many scammers waiting to take your money if they can.
I am just not finding it... Maybe it was a false alarm?
We are really flooded right now in the area and many levee’s are already water soaked.
I am sure some of them will break over the days ahead as the water rises. Where I am at we are expecting a 14.5’ rise over flood stage. (or 24.5’ over normal day levels)
We are already slightly over flood stage and have had a 10’+ rise since Sunday morning. The other 14.5’ will come between now and Friday. So that will give you an idea of how bad it is here along the Mississippi River from Missouri and on down.
Note I am on the river but not low enough to be bothered by the flooding.
Time to go clean up my kitchen.
Unreal. I’m just shocked that stinker had that much giddy up and go left in him. He probably gained a lot of hot air when he passed over Sheila Jackson Lee’s house.
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