Posted on 09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse
The report I heard with my own ears was downtown Beaumont under 9’ of water...though I have found no reports online yet either.
Good grief, having a mayor have to say information in two languages... really ticks me...
Why ohh why do we have two languages in America...?
CNN reporter now saying it was Bridge ‘something’ city with 9’ of water downtown. Not Beaumont.
Ok, thanks.
Thanks for the info, BlueAngel. Sounds like Katy and the surrounding areas to the West avoided the worst.
Prior to Katrina, we lived SE of New Orleans, in one of Katrina's hardest-hit areas. We lost our house and everything that didn't fit into our 2 cars when we evacuated. We understand fully the effects of a major storm. I truly hope the impact of Ike is not as great as I fear it will be. I have many friends in the Freeport/Galveston area. Those I spoke to yesterday had already left, and were safe. The casual attitude I've seen on the news from those who wouldn't leave is appalling.
Some "journalist" with the New Orleans' Times-Picayune newspaper wrote a column after Gustav describing the horrors of evacuation, blaming Jindal, FEMA, and everyone, and advocating staying home (in NOLA!) if a storm approaches. His ignorant tripe, and my reply, can be seen here.
After Gustav, I put together GustavHelp.com, a site designed to focus on the medium- to long-term issues following a storm. I wanted to provide a short, simple list of helpful tips, agencies, contact info, etc. I based it largely on our own experiences following Katrina, and with the resources that helped us directly.
We're about 15 miles east of Baton Rouge, and lost power for 3 days, and Internet/phone for 5 days, following Gustav.
Even here, Ike's winds were strong enough yesterday morning to knock over our fully-loaded garbage can!
Last night, I mirrored the GustavHelp site to AfterAStorm.com to make it less Gustav-specific.
It's a work in progress, so if you know of any really excellent links, sites, resources, etc. please tell me about them and I'll add them. (Especially new ones pertaining to Ike.)
I guess I need to put my tagline in Spanish for our DU lurkers.
I guess Ray Nagin has this same special disease...
Nancy Pelosi has also suffered severe outbreaks of this disease recently...
Hotel space is probably very scarce in Louisiana, on the serious side. The Baton Rouge newspaper, The Morning Advocate, had an article about a shortage of available rooms for the LSU - North Texas game (being played tonight in Baton Rouge), and the Southern game (also being played today in Baton Rouge)...
Bridge City makes a lot more sense, and my software shows it underwater at this time, based on surge reports so far. More like 7 feet, instead of nine, but that will vary place to place and the satellite radar elevation data, at the granular level, is not perfect either.
“12 Galveston firefighters managing injured at Ball High”
Good grief..that is the place that the Dhimmwitt mayor sent folks to..while she stayed in the safest hotel on the island...(eye roll)
So if they still keep having fires there’s no way to fight them without water pressure.
from yahoo article....
Kemah Boardwalk at the mouth of Galveston Bay, ringed by million-dollar homes, was submerged, state officials said.
Nothing on the restaurant, or how deep waters are.
yeah, like drilling would help refining.
From what it looked like, I guess the HOTEL where the reporters stayed is on an old fort, which I imagine in those days they were smart enough to build on high ground.
City vehicles were moved there so that Police/Fire/etc could be dispatched from there this morning...
I do believe reports of Galveston Island being under water...
A Motel 6 lost its roof in northwest Harris county. From witness accounts that the reporter shared, it sounds to me like it was a tornado. They also said the 1 guy who stayed in Seaside did survive. Per ch. 11.
Out to make breakfast, kids are here, back in an hour or two.
“wow those are great however does not show that Galveston is 2-4 feet under water like reports say.”
According to the buoys and other stations near Galveston that I’ve looked at, the water has already receded 7-9 ft from the max surge levels.
The pictures we’re seeing now don’t have much to do with what it looked like in the middle of the night - six hours ago.
Doesn’t seem like there was much gray matter there.
Let’s hope the pregnant daughter is passing along the mother’s genes. ;-)
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