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Ptarmigan · #12421 Postby **Ptarmigan** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 am

I heard on the CBS station for Houston that there is a trailer home on fire in Baytown. Brennan's in Downtown Houston is on fire and has burned down.

fasterdisaster · #12422 Postby **fasterdisaster** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 am

Some menacing looking mesovortices popping up in the eyewall and inside the eye as it makes landfall.

Shoshana · #12423 Postby **Shoshana** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 am

Aristotle wrote:BTW There is a rather Large Fire in Houston right now. Nobody knows whats going on. Fox news.

Could be Brennan's - burned to the ground according to KHOU

NC George · #12424 Postby **NC George** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 am

Hfcomms wrote:f the walls are 16' and 3' of sand has built up......

Then the top of the wall is still 16' higher than sea level. The sand could be 8' deep, but the top would still be 16' over sea level. Just means the storm surge has to run up a bit of sand before it hits the wall.

kurtpage · #12425 Postby **kurtpage** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:43 am

Aristotle wrote:BTW There is a rather Large Fire in Houston right now. Nobody knows whats going on. Fox news.

It is Brennan's (sp) resturant...they said that it has burned down and the firefighters are in defense mode (trying to stop it from spreading to other buildings

fasterdisaster · #12426 Postby **fasterdisaster** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 am

mtm4319 wrote:
Brent wrote:Storm just took a HUGE wobble west. Watch out Galveston!!!!!

I see a little wobble, but not a huge one. Still looks generally NNW to me.

I wouldn't call it NNW, I'd say NW. He's going to split about halfway between Jamaica Beach and Sweetwater Lake on the island.

Aristotle · #12427 Postby **Aristotle** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 am

fasterdisaster wrote:Unofficial prediction: landfall looks like it will be 7 miles SW of Galveston, 3-4 miles ENE of Jamaica Beach.

Jamaica Beach is already toast. You can't hurt whats already dead!

It will be interesting to see. All those home are generally on stilts to avoid surge. Me thinks those stilts are not high enough tonight. Jamaica beach is wishing they had a 17 foot Seawall tonight!

:wink:

#12428 Postby **jasons2k** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 am

Jason_B wrote:
Category 5 wrote:
How many false wind reports from Geraldo alone have we had tonight? I agree there needs to be laws against this. Such misinformation is inexcusable.
And how exactly you know this is false? It's a ctegory 2...you can get category 3 gusts.

For one thing, he wouldn't be able to stand on his feet...it very obvious that anemometer is reporting kilometers, not MPH

soonertwister · #12429 Postby **soonertwister** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:44 am

Category 5 wrote:135mph is a cat 4, and if it was real, the result would have a million youtube hits by now.

It was a gust report from a handheld weather anemometer that could have been stored in the glove box of their truck, for all I know. Not reliable.

Noles2006 · #12430 Postby **Noles2006** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:45 am

IMO, Ike is definitely the strongest he's been in days... storms seem to ramp up in the NW GOM and Ike is following that trend...

Radar shows small mesoscale vorticies rotating around the inside of the eyewall... amazing to watch (watching the radar on MSNBC and CNN)... Ike is one wicked dude right now... serious situation for those who stayed behind in Galveston...

#12431 Postby **cycloneye** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:45 am

southerngale wrote:The Weather Channel just reported that the highest recorded wind gust was 84mph in Beaumont? I'm pretty sure that's what I just heard. Geezum.

I heard it too.I saw that the city still has power in the shot that the reporter showed.

AL Chili Pepper · #12432 Postby **AL Chili Pepper** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:46 am

Sitting here watching, it just occurred to me...Frederic '79.

Same date, same time.

Aristotle · #12433 Postby **Aristotle** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:46 am

soonertwister wrote:
Category 5 wrote:135mph is a cat 4, and if it was real, the result would have a million youtube hits by now.

It was a gust report from a handheld weather anemometer that could have been stored in the glove box of their truck, for all I know. Not reliable.

Reliable? Reliable? Yea its Reliably false! Looks like he is in the eye right now winds have gone down some.

fasterdisaster · #12434 Postby **fasterdisaster** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:46 am

Houston about to get hit by edge of eyewall in about 15 or so minutes.

Noles2006 · #12435 Postby **Noles2006** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:47 am

fasterdisaster wrote:Some menacing looking mesovortices popping up in the eyewall and inside the eye as it makes landfall.

Yeah man... gotta be some intense gusts in those bad boys... yikes!

#12436 Postby **jimguru** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:47 am

kurtpage wrote:
Aristotle wrote:BTW There is a rather Large Fire in Houston right now. Nobody knows whats going on. Fox news.

It is Brennan's (sp) resturant...they said that it has burned down and the firefighters are in defense mode (trying to stop it from spreading to other buildings

Confirmed - it is Brennan's Thick black smoke everywhere, 2 alarm fire, 1 child and 1 adult taken to hospital with burns. Stream now coming over ABC13 HOUSTON.

PTrackerLA · #12437 Postby **PTrackerLA** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:47 am

Did anyone catch the streaker on TWC behind the reporter in Beaumont? :lol:

Complete idiot but I did have to rewind because I thought I was seeing things. Beaumont power seems to be holding up well so far.

jinftl · #12438 Postby **jinftl** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:48 am

Once I turned him off and TWC on, i felt my brain start to work again...then when TWC met was in winds as bad and was saying they were gusting to 75 mph...click! light bulb! Totally believe there were 100 mph gusts..prob higher in places...and yet to come

jasons wrote:
Jason_B wrote:
Category 5 wrote:
How many false wind reports from Geraldo alone have we had tonight? I agree there needs to be laws against this. Such misinformation is inexcusable.
And how exactly you know this is false? It's a ctegory 2...you can get category 3 gusts.

For one thing, he wouldn't be able to stand on his feet...it very obvious that anemometer it reporting kilometers, not MPH

Wx_Warrior · #12439 Postby **Wx_Warrior** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:48 am

that's downtown Beaumont....We have reporters out and about and several areas are dark.

#12440 Postby **fci** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:48 am

Jijenji wrote:
fasterdisaster wrote:Unofficial prediction: landfall looks like it will be 7 miles SW of Galveston, 3-4 miles ENE of Jamaica Beach.

Hey I called that first a couple pages back! Between Jamaica beach and Sweetwater Lake.

You will both win the cash prize for best prediction.

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