Posted on 09/11/2008 8:51:57 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
THE coastal city of Galveston, Texas, faces complete inundation from Hurricane Ike, and those who stay behind in one-or two-storey homes "will face certain death", the National Hurricane Centre said today.
"All neighbourhoods and possibly entire coastal communities will be inundated during the period of peak storm tide," the centre said in a special bulletin released at 1.19am GMT (11.19am AEST) ahead of the powerful storm's forecast landfall later today.
"Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single family one- or two-story homes will face certain death," it said.
Slender Galveston island - about 5km off the Texas coast and whose city of Galveston has more than 50,000 residents - could be flooded by a storm surge as high as 6.5 metres.
"Life-threatening inundation likely!" blared the warning from the Miami-based NHC, which said that many residences on the immediate coast "will be destroyed" with widespread personal property damage likely elsewhere.
"Entire flood-prone coastal communities will be cut off. Water levels may exceed nine feet (three metres) for more than a mile inland," it said.
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It’s just a few days over 108 years since the last really big storm came ashore in Galveston.
10,000 died.
That one, nobody knew was coming, since they didn’t have Geraldo Rivera...
But since then, they put in the Sea Wall; built by Gen. Robert - who later became known for writing “Robert’s Rules of Order.
The media is hoping and praying (wait..... they don’t pray) for as many deaths as possible in evil Bush voting Texas.
Latest storm surge is projected to be 25 feet.
“certain death” — please... the Weather folks haven’t read the boy who cried, “wolf!” — they are gambling with such statements and if they lose, future evacuations will pay the price.
Camile and Alicia both came across Galveston Island. I remember listening to a HAM operator from Galveston during Alicia back in ‘83. Lightning struck my ten meter antennae about three weeks ago and blew it completely out of the tree. So I guess I won’t be able to pick up anyone from Galveston this time unless the 2 meter FM repeaters stay up.
I was there 10 days ago.
““certain death” — please... the Weather folks haven’t read the boy who cried, “wolf!” — they are gambling with such statements and if they lose, future evacuations will pay the price.”
Better safe than sorry when it comes to a place like that. It really is a bad place to situate a city as has been proved once before.
I like my news over easy with two extra containers of hyperbole on the side.
My brother has a house on the water (bayside) in Galveston and a house in Houston. The house in Galveston is on 15 foot pillars and 2 stories above that. He couldn’t get there to help because he was out of town. His wife moved all of the electronics to the top floor. She shut the place up with the electronic doors over the windows. BUT they left a Ford f150 in the bottom floor garage, 2 personal water crafts tied up on lifts and a nice boat on a lift under a boathouse with a deck on top that leads to the house. In a brilliant move he said f&^% it and went to his house in Telluride on a private jet. He says” i guess i’m going to find out how good my insurance is”....I love him.
I’ve seen first-hand what 30 foot storm surges can do and it is unbelievable what force moving water can have. It doesn’t seem possible that the sea can just walk up onto the land and wipe it clean. You should read the eye-witness accounts about the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. I suspect the dire warnings for the coast will be accurate if Ike doesn’t lose strength tomorrow.
Whatever the storm surge height is, don’t forget that it doesn’t include the wave height on top of that. If you get a 20 ft surge with 30 ft waves on top, it can smash even the elevated homes to toothpicks.
Best wishes and our prayers for those in harms way.
““certain death” — please... the Weather folks haven’t read the boy who cried, “wolf!” — they are gambling with such statements and if they lose, future evacuations will pay the price.”
Better safe than sorry when it comes to a place like that. It really is a bad place to situate a city as has been proved once before.
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The west end of Galveston is already flooding at high tide today,,,(TWC),,,
The surge may over-top the sea-wall by 5’+,,,
Add high tide,2-3’,,,
Add 15’+ waves,,,
Only 50% of the people bugged-out,,,(out of 65,000+),,,(FOX)
This is no “wolf cry”...
Glorious!
Praying for a weakening of the storm.
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