Weather service warns of 'certain death' in face of Ike

CNN ^ | Sept 11, 2008

[RDTF]

(CNN) -- Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night.

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[Psycho_Bunny]

I do not like Ike.

[RDTF]

Live thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2079371/posts?q=1&;page=1#1

[mnehring]

[scooby321]

In the panhandle of Florida , Destin we lost part of an island and its road. Be scared of this one.

[Always Right]

Prayers for all the people in the Gulf Coast, especially those in Texas. I pray this storm weakens.

[humblegunner]

Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate

Damn. What am I supposed to do with all of this beer then?

[al baby]

You too funny

[antivenom]

put it in your car

and

FLEE!!!!!!

to the next ice house!

[antivenom]

put it in your car

and

FLEE!!!!!!

to the next ice house!

[Rebelbase]

IIRC, Ike went from a Cat 1 to a Cat 4 in 27 hours a week or so back. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get any stronger.

[gusopol3]

now Harry Truman sitting on Mt. St. Helen’s , that was certain death.

[antivenom]

Ike is leaving the deep water in the Gulf...it should not get stronger but does drag ONE hell of a surge with it though...

Talk is now that with the 20 ft surge we could see 50 ft waves

YIKES YIKES double IKE YIKES!!!!!

[Old Professer]

Landfall is over 24 hours away; TDEM is evacuating to San Antonio, less than 200 miles from the coast, Ike is still a wide, slow, low-wind storm; the biggest concern is water surge and whether it strikes at high tide.

Looks like lots of rain.

[metmom]

Is the Texas coast looking at high tides this weekend? There’s a full moon slated for the 15th. Landfall at 2 AM should mean that it would be at high tide time.

Storm surge of 20 feet on top of a high tide is not good news,especially with those kinds of waves.

[Bubba_Leroy]

[wastedyears]

Jeez, Galveston was already wiped out by a hurricane in the early 1900s.

[antivenom]

NO...not earlt 1900, it WAS 1900!

[isom35]

[wastedyears]

Bubba, if that storm track for Ike holds true, most of AK, MO, AR, IL and IN will have to evacuate, as well as half of KY and OK, and a quarter of TX.

It looks like this storm has the potential to do more total damage than Katrina.