Hurricane Ike Live Thread IV

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

[stlnative]

I truly hope I am wrong...

read this when you get time if you have not yet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/content/article/2008/09/13/pm-galveston13.html?hpid=topnews

[spectre]

No one knows yet...and that’s the truth. Dallas is getting hit harder than they estimated..groan.

[topher]

They have time to move to Dallas/Fort Worth area... If that is necessary...

Tyler is close to I-20, so evacuating people should not be a problem...

It appears the track is towards Tyler and then to the Texas/Arkansas/Oklahome/Louisiana border area and then into Arkansas.

Hopefully the Hurricane force winds will not reach Tyler and I-20. That will be bad -- just because of the number of people that may be without power in far North Houston (Conroe, etc).

[proudofthesouth]

I totally agree they are idiots (and this includes the media there!).

However, the medical, fire, police, and rescue people who stayed behind are heroes.

[stlnative]

he will look like a roasted marshmellow if he is not careful

[spectre]

I was ill after I read it. I repeat, how many times were they told if they didn't evacuate to write their social security number on their arms? How many times!!

sw

[topher]

It is a TEXAS sized storm...

[abb]

I saw that live shot. I suspect it’s merely a waste gas flare - normal in any refinery. The rain reflects/refracts the light given off and sometimes makes it look ominous.

[spectre]

Yes, they ARE heroes.

sw

[stlnative]

cantore sounds grim. He says... we are on Galveston Island, well what is left of it. (we know the area the media was at is the highest point and the hotel is built on a old military base)

[topher]

That was a live picture from the Weather Channel.

Soneone in the studio asked about the fire in the background, and the reporter said it was just the refinery behind him.

He said he was going to investigate.

Maybe we can get a live shot before... Well loss of signal...

They shut down the refineries, but if pipes break during the storm and debris is flying around, this could ignite a fire and there could be an explosion.

Refineries have trouble not blowing up without being pounded by a hurricane...

[spectre]

Thank you. We've had to "gas up" and conserve gas here in Arkansas due to expected supply disruptions. Waiting for the storm to get here tonight and tomorrow.

sw

[topher]

I hope that is the case -- about the refinery.

The reporter claimed it was brighter than normal. But what do reporters know...

But there should not be any waste gases burning in a hurricane... The refinery should be totally shutdown...

[Uncle Ike]

Cantore - ‘unconfirmed report of roof blown off retirement home’...

Prayers up...

[Allegra]

Can anyone give a quick report about overall damage reported so far? Gotta leave in few minutes and won’t be near the computer until later this afternoon.

I'm not in Houston right now, although it is my home.

I'm getting all of my news from here and from AFN News.

I'm waiting to hear from loved ones in Houston.

[DrewsMum]

My dad is on hurricane watch in one of the chemical plants there and he just said that he was told there was a small refinery fire but they took care if it.

[abb]

It may have been down. But waste or tail gas may still have to be flared off.

[stlnative]

Cantore says it will be many hours before anyone can get out and see what the damage is and the scale of it. He believes it will be huge and awful.

[spectre]

The good thing is the eye might have afforded people the opportunity to save themselves, somehow, someway.

Fox news needs to STAY OFF the election coverage. I don't care about it today!

First light approaches here in Arkansas.

sw

[Rebelbase]

I don't know, just woke up. Last thing I remember was Geraldo getting hit in the head with debris.