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Look Out Corpus Christi, Here comes Ike

Looks like it will all but miss us here just like Rita, it's gonna veer to the east. Hopefully it will come in no stronger than a Cat 2.

Looks bad for Houston/Galveston. God help 'em.
 
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?5day#contents
 
I am sure we will be fine here in west Fort Worth but those poor people in Galveston/Houston are gonna get SMACKED...

I am watching the news right now and the storm surge is already coming over the 20' sea wall at Galveston...
 
AJ,

I feel sorry, in a way, for those idiots who decided to ride the storm out. Granted, if I was a college grad, feeling immortal, I probably would have mad the same choice. But darn, when the authorities tell you you are facing certain death, sanity ought to take over.

Mike
 
AlabamaJack said:
I am sure we will be fine here in west Fort Worth but those poor people in Galveston/Houston are gonna get SMACKED...

I am watching the news right now and the storm surge is already coming over the 20' sea wall at Galveston...
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Yup, he ain't kidding.

Check dis out...

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Forecasters say coastal storm surge flooding of up to 20 feet with a few spots to near 25 feet above normal tides, along with large and dangerous battering waves can be expected to the east of where Ike makes landfall.

The surge extends a greater than usual distance from the center due to the large size of the storm. Water levels have already risen by more than five feet along much of the northwestern Gulf Coast.
The storm surge from advancing Hurricane Ike slams onto Galveston Island. September 12, 2008. (Photo by James G. Lea)


The onset of tropical storm winds began along some areas of the Texas coast at about 10 a.m. today and the onset of hurricane force winds is expected late this afternoon.

Throughout the night, the state's emergency management team directed numerous rescue missions to evacuate citizens with medical special needs from these areas before sunrise this morning.

Texas Task Force 1 is currently conducting high water rescues along the coast. The task force launched a rescue mission Thursday evening, evacuating 476 medical special needs patients and some family members by air and ambulances.
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http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2008/2008-09-12-091.asp

and he's right about idiots too; nice tits...bad planning...

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Why you shouldn't stand next to a 17' seawall in 25' surge

Hurricane Ike: Galveston says 25% ignored evacuation order
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/09/hurricane-ike-g.html

Youtube vid from AP:
Yikes...:shocked:

Best of luck folks. :(
 
the last word from local news was that only one resident of galveston island did not evacuate....
 
I saw on the news this morning the devestation in Texas (I think) and it was just horrific...

Some town with a population of 60,000 was totally leveled....

I truely hope all our forum users are ok, and my heart goes out to the tens of thousands that don't have a home to go back too....

I read in another thread that the storm missed AJ by 75 miles..That's not a great distance when talking about the power of Ike, so he was very lucky....
 
moyboy said:
I saw on the news this morning the devestation in Texas (I think) and it was just horrific...

Some town with a population of 60,000 was totally leveled....

I truely hope all our forum users are ok, and my heart goes out to the tens of thousands that don't have a home to go back too....

I read in another thread that the storm missed AJ by 75 miles..That's not a great distance when talking about the power of Ike, so he was very lucky....
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While I've never been in a Hurricane they are no joking matter that's for sure. Honesly I hope everyone on here that was where it was a potent storm is ok. As for me. I'm so freaking close to Canada that Hurricanes just mean a really rainy day or two by the time it gets here..lol!
 
you know, now that I see this thread pop back up...we haven't heard from Rob and he lives in Corpus...
 
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