Posted on 09/12/2008 5:12:09 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Large and dangerous Hurricane Ike approaching the Upper Texas coast. Mandatory evacuations began in earnest Thursday as an estimated one million coastal residents headed inland. There were widespread reports of gas stations running out of fuel.
The National Weather Service posted dire storm surge predictions of 20-25 ft storm surge along the coast and bay heads. Hurricane warnings covered a 400 mile swath of the Gulf of Mexico.
Wholesale gasoline prices spiked 30 percent Thursday, or nearly $1 a gallon, out of fear of what Ike might do.
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| Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
| Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
| Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
| Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
| Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
| Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
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Hurricane Ike Live Thread II
Hurricane Ike Live Thread I
TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine [Other than that, the tropics are calm]
Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
Sea-freakin'-wall Boulevard. What a bunch of IDIOTS.
I’m really sorry to be making light of your loss.
But....seriously.. houses are already being washed out at Jamaica Beach... and, we’re still 10-12 hours away from landfall.
If I were you, I’d assume my home on Galveston is lost.... then, just hope for the best.
Thank GOD!.. YOU’RE not there!!
Sure hope it works out for you...
I pray they'll come through all right.
KHOU
Slideshow: Ike images
http://www.khou.com/perl/common/slideshow/sspop.pl?recid=12016&nextimage=0
I never heard of anyone saying this. People failed to evacuate for Katrina for all kinds of reasons, good and bad. But this is the first time anyone's suggested to me a significant number of persons thought Katrina was hyped, or that NOLA has nothing to fear from hurricanes.
By all means, let's abandon this fruitless exchange.
You getting any high wind?
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Nary a leaf is fluttering here.
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Good Lord. 16 hours before landfall and look at that flooding. Unreal, and it’s only going to get worse.
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Thank you!
She just emailed and said that they’re staying and things are battened down. But thank you for the locale info. That makes me feel a bit better.
The family has just lost a son in Iraq in April and they’re making sure his belongings are safe with them.
God bless and keep you all safe in the great state of Texas!
There are STILL idiots walking around at the beach. Not on the west end of the island, though—the water there appears to be 2-3 feet deep.
I seem to remember Rita or some other hurricane missing Galveston the same year at Katrina....perhaps they were a bit complacent?
The maritime office for Cyprus said the freighter is owned by Perovo Shipping Co. Ltd. in Cyprus and it is managed by TEO Shipping Corp. in Greece.
A search on Equasis, an international website designed to gather government information on safety issues, showed the freighter was detained in China in May 2008 with 28 deficiencies and detained in Russia for five days in 2007 when 16 deficiencies were found. It was unclear from the site whether there were any serious problems involved. Many other inspections listed showed fewer or no deficiencies including a U.S. Coast Guard check of the freighter in Houston in February which found only two deficiencies.
The website lists the Antalina as a bulk carrier built in 1984.
Check out pic 16 at the slideshow.
http://www.khou.com/perl/common/slideshow/sspop.pl?recid=12016&nextimage=15
The man speaking is Steve LeBlanc, the Galveston City Manager. Water and sewage to the west part of the island is cut off, not to the whole island as I’d heard earlier.
No one can get to that ship to save them now. God be with them. Let us pray.
May God bless and comfort him and may God in His divine mercy bless and protect them all. I will add them to the fervent prayers I have been sending up for all in Ike's path.
I’ve been looking for the famous NWS/NOAA warning about “people not heeding evacuation orders” but can’t find it.
I grew up in Amherst County, not far south of where Camille unloaded, and I know those areas well (Glasgow, Massie’s Mill, Davis Creek). I was just shy of three years old, so I don’t remember any of it, although my mom’s told me that there were helicopters back and forth over our hours for two days hauling people to the nearby junior high, being used as an aid station.
The Tye and Piney never returned to their old banks after that storm. They cut new courses, and to this day, they’re both much more floodprone than they were prior to 1969.
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Has anyone heard anything else about that ship stranded in the path of the storm? I can’t even fathom how frightened they must be!
I missed the % of people they believe stayed on the island..did you hear?
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40% stayed
Will be interesting to see if there is any increas at 5p on intensity. I think Ike is a cat 3, but not sure the winds are mixing to the surface still.
LOL! OK, that’s a well-needed laugh right there!
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