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  • Hurricane Ike Live Thread IV

    09/12/2008 11:29:13 PM PDT · by NautiNurse · 3,713 replies · 8,845+ views
    NOAA/NHC ^ | 14 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC
    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...