Hurricane Ike Live Thread IV

NOAA/NHC ^ | 14 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[txhurl]

Everybody tried to talk jpsb into evac, nobody got through.

[arkady_renko]

Thanks all of you for offering up a prayer. The river has not yet crested, but by my measurements seems to be about a foot below their forecast. We have water surrounding our building, but I feel pretty sure that we will escape flood damage. Thank you. As always, there is some bitter with sweet and the water flowing around my building is continuing on towards town and has flooded some low laying houses. No injuries.

I'm going to take a few minutes to read this thread and then hit the hay. Sleeping on the floor at the business is just like staying at a Holiday Inn Express!

Thanks again!

[NautiNurse]

Good advice. I have minimal scripts permitted for that site.

[STARWISE]

Sounds like he’s in a good higher area and
in a good strong home ..

We’re lookin’ for ya, jpsb. Check in when
you can. We’ve got prayers going strong.

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Thursday, September 11, 2008 10:53:03 PM · 874 of 993
jpsb to NautiNurse

“This storm is no stronger Alicia in 83, San Leon will be OK. Just about everyone here is staying. My neighbor has a concrete/stone three story house. I will be fine I am on the high side of San Leon (12’), I worry about the folks staying on the low side (4’)of San Leon.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2079371/posts?page=874#874

[stlnative]

where was jpsb staying?

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for checking in. You are in my prayers again tonight. Take care, and keep us updated on your situation.

{{{hugs}}}

[txhurl]

San Leon.

[shield]

You need to check out the reports from Wayne Delpheino[sp]. He talks of how many people were probably killed in Crystal Beach and Gilchrist; those are from reports of people from those areas. He just gave a report...they'll probably have it up again. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/index

[1066AD]

Many were not at water’s edge before Friday night !
Don’t know about Bolivar but in many parts of west Galveston there were dunes ahead of the stilt houses.

[STARWISE]

GMTA .... ;)

[txhurl]

San Leon devasted by Ike, note lack of leaves on trees.

[STARWISE]

Hang in there ... may the waters
have receded by morning. Stay safe.

[STARWISE]

Ooh .. they were .. didn’t know that.
Thanks for that info. I’ve seen so
many at water’s edge, I thought it
was allowed.

[shield]

You should have seen all the leaves in my yard and driveway. I described it to my family...a carpet of leaves on my driveway.

[txhurl]

more San Leon photos

[Jaded]

The thing I noticed about the leaves is that they were mulched. A lawn mower doesn’t even do that good a job. On the windows that were boarded up, there were leaf pieces parts on the glass.

[stlnative]

I am thinking about you and praying.

Thank you for checking in. I am sure you have been busting your butt all day trying to keep that flood water out.

Make sure if you have to walk through any of the water that you get a series preventive hep shots and tetanus.

I went through this crap in 1993 (chest high flood water) trying to save stuff that was up high in a business of a friend. I had to go get the hep shots and tetanus shots to make sure I did not catch anything after wading in 1993 flood waters.

[stlnative]

Oh no...

[STARWISE]

Agonizing decimation in those photos.

[txhurl]

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To: jpsb

OK jpsb and anyone else feeling invincible, this is the post where I make an idiot out of myself. (Again.) I don't care. Four days ago Ike was on the east side of Cuba. I looked at it and sort instinctively knew where it was headed. The 'X' in this picture represents where I thought it would go:

Now, I'm no weather genius, not a psychic, not a prophet. Maybe just a lucky guess. I posted the pic on here on the 9th. I would really like to be wrong on the little red X. I have nothing invested in being right and would gladly be a fool. This is one case where I'd love to be a complete idiot and a laughingstock.

You need to clear out if you can. Just as I saw the track in my pea brain, I got the idea there would be 500-600 fatalities. Boy, I really hope everyone looks back at this post in a few days and says, "What an idiot, Renko. No fatalities at all! Not even a dog." I'll relish being the idiot again. It would be delicious to be wrong.

So, let me be the idiot for anyone on the fence thinking of leaving. Let me nudge you into your car and out the driveway. If in two days it was all hype and Ike is a bust, come back here and make fun of me. I'll provide a picture of me you that you can put lipstick on! At least you'll be alive and I won't have any regrets.

This is a big storm pushing a bunch of water. Water weighs around 8 pounds per gallon. The surge will crush a house - doesn't matter if it is one story or two. Get away from Galveston and low lying areas and come back in a few days and make fun of Arkady Renko. I'll love it.

May God bless and give everyone in the path wisdom.

898 posted on 09/11/2008 9:33:09 PM PDT by arkady_renko

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[arkady_renko]

OK jpsb and anyone else feeling invincible, this is the post where I make an idiot out of myself. (Again.) I don't care. Four days ago Ike was on the east side of Cuba. I looked at it and sort instinctively knew where it was headed. The 'X' in this picture represents where I thought it would go:

Now, I'm no weather genius, not a psychic, not a prophet. Maybe just a lucky guess. I posted the pic on here on the 9th. I would really like to be wrong on the little red X. I have nothing invested in being right and would gladly be a fool. This is one case where I'd love to be a complete idiot and a laughingstock.

You need to clear out if you can. Just as I saw the track in my pea brain, I got the idea there would be 500-600 fatalities. Boy, I really hope everyone looks back at this post in a few days and says, "What an idiot, Renko. No fatalities at all! Not even a dog." I'll relish being the idiot again. It would be delicious to be wrong.

So, let me be the idiot for anyone on the fence thinking of leaving. Let me nudge you into your car and out the driveway. If in two days it was all hype and Ike is a bust, come back here and make fun of me. I'll provide a picture of me you that you can put lipstick on! At least you'll be alive and I won't have any regrets.

This is a big storm pushing a bunch of water. Water weighs around 8 pounds per gallon. The surge will crush a house - doesn't matter if it is one story or two. Get away from Galveston and low lying areas and come back in a few days and make fun of Arkady Renko. I'll love it.

May God bless and give everyone in the path wisdom.