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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I believe the absence of dunes after a storm like this complicates any rebuilding permits, there’s some special rules about it all.
This has to be very hard on the young men/women in national guard many of whom are in ages of 18-20
They grow up fast in the military
Going to bed soon. Tomorrow will be at a Palin/McCain rally in Vienna Ohio(near Youngstown/Warren area)
thanks to all for the informative posts. I love graphics (sad ones here) and REALLY love maps.. so was busy checking out all your contributions.
Thanks again to Nauti.. you are really appreciated.
A lot of people in NE Ohio (just under million households) still w/0 power. I was lucky it was just 15 hours here
Good night everyone
Doesn’t even look like any of
the exposed windows smashed in.
FAA
Issue Date : September 15, 2008 at 0000 UTC
Location : TEXAS COASTLINE, United States
http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_8_8191.html
TANKS,Star,,,
I think the mobile homes are in what some are callin’ the “lower end”(?) on the blogs...
Cropped, it almost looks like a doll house sitting there.
Did you click on the little picture. They have San Leon marked as Boliva Penn (sp) (isn’t San Leon by Texas City?)
LOL,,,Na’,,,Cut da’ boy some slack,,,
He’ll have a tale to tell Fo’Sho!...;0)
That will be interesting to learn.
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There are folks hanging in there today
in Galveston. Don’t imagine they’ll be
able to stay there much longer.
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Ike’s Aftermath
GALVESTON, Texas (CNN) — As Galveston’s leaders on Monday repeatedly urged its residents to stay away, people who never left tried to make the best of their muggy, tree-strewn, powerless city.
Rest here
http://endoftheagerecord.blogspot.com/2008/09/ikes-aftermath.html
Could this be info on this house?
The most successful project implemented by the Government to protect and enhance the Texas Coastline is on the Bolivar Peninsula in the Rollover Pass area in Gilchrist.
Already new resort developments are being constructed, including Audubon Village.
The homes there are hurricane resistant and are built in a factory in Gilchrist.
http://www.bolivarchamber.org/Gilchrist.aspx
The stories of the people in
old trailers/mobile homes who
survived are simply incredible.
Well if so, the only one coming out of the hurricane proof home factory that was not a “lemon”, just happened to maybe be the only sided in lemon yellow siding.
He was in a stone house, second floor, so he’ll have a good story to tell.
I see San Leon here on this map,
which finally gives me some
directional/location reference.
http://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/notam_print_8_8191.html
Note the zone stops at the far
west end .. so that area seems
to apparently be OK.
Well if so, the only one coming out of the hurricane proof home factory that was not a “lemon”, just happened to maybe be the only ONE sided in lemon yellow siding.
San Leon is marked wrong on that map. San Leon is by Texas City which is above Galveston Island (Google Maps has San Leon to the west of Texas City along the bay shore)
This is a house that was billed to be Hurricane-resistant in Gilchrist.
Didn't see it in any of the what's-left-standing photos.
Rollover Pass:
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