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Its gonna wimp out.
Sincere prayers and best wishes to all in the path of this storm!
Fire still raging at Brennen’s in downtown Houston. (FOX
has a camera on the scene - left bottom screen on FOX now)
Yeah, I am pretty worried about those levees in Louisiana. I live between Mobile and Pensacola. The causeway over to Mobile has been closed for a couple of days now. And when I went down to play golf this morning, there water over part of the road that is closest to the bay. If there is that much surge hundreds of miles from the storm, imagine what it can be like near it.
In Cypress, lost power an hour ago. Wind is howling. Darkest place in the world right now.
New vortex data. Eyewall has now closed:
Storm IKE1: Observed by AF #301
Storm #09 In Atlantic Ocean
Total Flights For Storm #09: 35
Date/Time of Recon Report: September 13, 2008 05:59:50 Zulu
Position Of The Center: 29 ° 00 ‘ N 094 ° 40 ‘ W (29.00° N 94.67° W )
Minimum Height Measured At Standard Level Of 700 Millibars: 2705 Meters (Normal: 3011 Meters)
Maximum Surface Winds Were Estimated At: 79 Knots (90.85 MPH)
Estimated Surface Winds Were Measured At: 32 Nautical Miles (36.8 miles) From Center At Bearing 143°
Maximum Flight Level Winds Near Center Were 093 Knots (106.95 MPH) From 222°
Maximum Flight Level Winds Were Measured 047 Nautical Miles (54.05 Miles) From Center At Bearing 139°
Minimum Pressure: 954 Millibars (28.170 Inches)
Maxium Flight Level Temperature / Pressure Altitude Outside The Eye: 10°C (50°F) / 3045 Meters
Maximum Flight Level Temperature / Pressure Altitude Inside The Eye: 16°C (60.8°F) / 3047 Meters
Dewpoint Temperature / Sea Surface Temperature Inside The Eye: 12°C (53.6°F) / NA°C (NA°F)
Eye Wall Was Characterized As Being: CLOSED
Eye Form Was Characterized As Being: E09/48/32
Center Fix Established Using: Penetration Radar Wind Pressure Temperature
Center Fix Established At Level(s): 700 Millibars
Navigational Accuracy Measured At: 0.02 Nautical Miles
Meteorological Accuracy Measured At: 1 Nautical Miles
Other Information:
1: Maximum Flight Level Temp 17 C, 147 / 11NM
2: Maximum OUTBOUND AND Maximum Flight Level Winds Were 109 KT NE Quadrant at 06:15:30Z
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAREPNT2.shtml?text
any news from Texas City?
If they have good insurance they would stand to make more money that way than selling in a sluggish market.
Many business owners want OUT for many reasons..
Of course for big claims like this there will be profound investigation before payoff.
In both cases they would get the $$ value & retain the land(lease contract) depending on the ownership/use provisions.
I had a client in NC who did that (and was caught) at NC when a hurricane came thru. He was buried in a major mortgage(over collaterally... sound familiar?) in a very slow market with beach property. He thought this would help. He went to jail instead.
Looking at the animated radar, it appears Ike is tracking north, now. We’re getting pounded in League City, now.
Thanks, NautiNurse.
Prayers for all in harm’s way.
Post Office St on Galveston Island 7 feet under water per Twitter.
Pounding rain just stopped. Looks like I’m on the western border of the eye, now.
Landfall recorded at 2:35 CST.
60 miles East of Waco, TX - Winds are just now starting to come out of the North at 7 mph. We’re seeing the outer bands of Ike just south of Bryan TX - and the storm is just now making landfall at Galveston!
Official time of Landfall was 2:10 AM CDT. Oops
Things are really going to town here in Cypress. Sounds like my house is getting power washed. Every once and a while I can here debris hitting the house but nothing broken yet.
It occurred to me shortly after talking to him that the ceiling could cave in and I called his mobile to tell him to please get out and he's not answering now.
We've been friends for 25 years and he is one of my dearest closest friends. Please pray that he will be OK.
I'll post if I'm able to get hold of him.
