Posted on 08/03/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT by BellStar
GALVESTON Tropical Storm Edouard formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and could make landfall near Galveston by Tuesday morning, said forecasters with the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Edouard is the hurricane seasons fifth named storm.
What had been a cluster of storms around a low-pressure system on Saturday was upgraded to a tropical depression Sunday afternoon and then to a tropical storm at 5 p.m. on Sunday. Forecasters expect the storm will strengthen.
The storm was hugging the Louisiana coast and moving west. A tropical storm watch was in effect from Port Arthur to Galveston.
John Simsen, the emergency management coordinator for Galveston County, said local emergency management officials were preparing for what could be a Category 1 hurricane when Edouard makes landfall. Mary Jo Nashke, the emergency management spokeswoman for the city of Galveston, said the citys emergency operations center would open at 6 a.m. today.
Bruce Clawson, the director of homeland security for Texas City said the Moses Lake floodgate would be closed Sunday night as low tide set in and the water level in the lake which serves as the flood relief reservoir for the city was at the lowest point possible.
Simsen said that there would be a conference call of all of the countys emergency management officials at 8:30 a.m. today.
Emergency management officials were also warning those who live in low-lying coastal communities including Galvestons West End, as well as the north county water communities of Bacliff, San Leon and Kemah to consider making plans for a hurricane making landfall.
Tides are expected to be 2 to 4 feet higher than normal,, and Edouard is expected to be a heavy rainmaker no matter where it makes landfall.
Most computer models have Edouard making landfall on or near Galveston Islands West End as a tropical storm early Tuesday morning. The forecasters cone of uncertainty, however, includes areas along the Texas and Louisiana border to as far south as Corpus Christi.
Losers...
"10-20 years have passed and they're still whining about how they got "devastated".
Whining not withstanding, you don't think that people were devastated? People who evacuated and had to wait for a month to come back, who were lucky enough to have still have jobs and homes to which to return ,who cleaned up and rebuilt and went on with their lives, even they were devastated. I can only imagine what it was like to have to leave your hometown knowing you had lost what little you had. I have no sympathy for the ingrates among the Katrina victims, I do however feel real compassion for those cast adrift by circumstances beyond their control.
Y’all need the rain anyway, right?
Stay safe my FRiend, keep us update if you can.....
I lived in Corpus Christi Texas while my dad was recovering at the Naval Air Station during Buelah and went swimming down the street and in the back yard.
A couple of years ago I lived in Punta Gorda and Hurricane Charley destroyed our house......
My family and I did the same thing our family did in Texas........ we picked up, rebuilt and moved on.
It's life, deal with it. My kids kept looking at the tv when Katrina hit and afterwards made comments about "what are they doing?" and "why didn't they pick up all the stuff." " I told them that some people pick up for themselves and others wait around and are lazy in order for others to pick up........ just like real life. Some people are lazy and some aren't. Make sure that your not one of the lazy ones. That's what family and friends are for."
The rain will be nice but getting ready for this stupid storm is a pain.
“Hurricane Dance”...sounds like a good idea. I think I can get several of my neighbors here in Austin to join me.
Settle down, Eddie...leave all that damaging wind out in the Gulf and bring us the rain!!
Are you in an area that typically floods when it rains?
No, but I’ve learned from growing up on the east side of Houston in the Burnett Bay/San Jacinto River area that we get near-maximum winds when a storm comes in at the Houston/Galveston area. As far as winds go, being even a few miles inland makes a big difference.
Also, the bay is our backyard and this house has lots of glass so I’m bringing in everything which could be a projectile.
Not boarding up or anything like that, but it would be silly not to be prepared for high winds and the possibllity of no electricity for a while.
I’m not as familiar with the area on the east side but I see where it floods so easily in certain parts of Houston. Glad you aren’t in that area but yes, even in Fort Bend County, I’m planning to move my grill and remove anything that might fly toward a window!
Let’s try not to work too hard in this heat!
Hopefully, we’ll be finished with these preparations and back here visiting tonight!
:-)
Sorry about that - I’m old and details get out of focus sometimes but you knew what I was talking about. It’s an awesome ride anyway, fish or foul, Boss or Beast! Thank you!
Watch the storm and the waves come in on the Galveston beach and wave cams.
http://www.galveston.com/webcams/
It looks like a beautiful, calm day in Galveston. Calm before the storm I guess. Ed better hurry up if he’s going to arrive by morning...
Ya never know though, it could always stall before making landfall and strengthen or stall over land and rain twenty inches.
Last tropical storm here was Allison, it came through, then circled back around and came back.
Rained 33 inches in 24 hours, flooded the Houston area.....real bad.
Thanx again.
“Also - as close as it developed to the coast, it seems rather odd that it is strengthening so much”
It’s very much like Alicia in 1983.That one formed quickly and came through quickly also. It didn’t linger and drop huge amounts of rain. Lots of wind damage from 100 mph winds and numerous tornadoes spawned. We were spared the flooding from rain for the most part
I hope we do not get a repeat of that...I’ll settle for a nice gusty night with some rain in the morning...
For all intents and purposes, it looks like its going to move slowly through the area and deposit some moisture on us...
I stood outside this evening in the front yard, walked down to the Beamer drainage ditch 2 blocks over, and took it all in...
The ground is dry, it’ll take a lot of water to saturate us into a situation that may give us a little problem...
What I don;t get is the fact that you can voice your concern, based upon experience with your employer, and they look at you like your an idiot...
Why do you need to stay at home??? WE got all this work for you that needs to be done...
blah blah blah...I’ll take a day of vacation then...Not like I want to get paid for a little wind and rain...Geesh, if they only knew the history and what we went thru in June 2001...
I’ll check back in tomorrow...Ya’ll be cool...
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