ATL: IKE Discussion

[RL3AO]

Newest microwave. Its about 3 hours old.

[jacindc]

For those of you in the Houston/Gaveston area, what is the best news channel to watch? I am watching the 4 station website but I can't decide which one to watch! Thanks!

KHOU. It's got Dr. Neil Frank, former director of the National Hurricane Center.

[rtd2]

Alot of people stayed in Galveston, and it's looking like a fatal mistake for them.

better find some tall WELL built buildings

[curtadams]

http://www.khou.com/ just had a met on discussing the hurricane (sorry, didn't catch his name) and consequent risks. He was good! Gave something like a 15 minute presentation too.

Was it Neil Frank?

Edit : oops, wrong station! It was Frank Billingsley on Channel 2 http://www.click2houston.com/index.html But KHOU is good too. I'm being impressed with Houston media.

[tolakram]

[jinftl]

Look at how far ike reaches in cloudcover and overall circulation!

[Sanibel]

The wind and rain punch will be on the far side of Ike according to that microwave image. The winds should come down to the surface in that thick trailing core wall.

[HurricaneFreak]

Oh my gosh the weather channel showwed that part of galveston is already flooded up to like almost the first floor of each house when they showed the helicopter view

[KBBOCA]

I am so shocked and sobered listening to the livefeed and the news of the rescues that have already taken place.

The station I was watching just reported 62 folks rescued by helicopters from Boliver peninsula already - - they were folks trapped in their cars / trucks on the road as they were trying to evacuate.

Apparently there are still at least 2 dozen folks on Boliver needing rescue, but now it is too dangerous for most of the helos to fly.

Praying greatly for all in peril. Some folks certainly hadn't chosen to stay behind, they just didn't realize how little time they had to get out. That's terribly sad and scary.

[KWT]

The surge is actually closer to 10 feet right now in Galveston .... It's not looking good

Yep thats what the tidal data suggests:

http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcom ... e+Pier,+TX

Around 9ft still and as you say not looking good at all, esp given those waves are already pushing lots of devris onto the seawall, once the winds relaly pick up those will become very dangerous.

[jasons2k]

I have yet to have a single feeder band, but the wind is slowly picking-up.

[BlueIce]

jasons, thats pretty amazing there, the other two houses are on fire as well there and with the flooding as well from the storm surge already, thats pretty scary!

Imagine their homeowner's carrier is cursing and flood carrier is jumping for joy now.

I work for a Foremost/Farmers RV body shop. Our rep told us that they are expecting over 20,000 claims in the Houston area.

[somethingfunny]

Alot of people stayed in Galveston, and it's looking like a fatal mistake for them.

better find some tall WELL built buildings

Upper levels of Moody Gardens?

[Shawee]

The surge is actually closer to 10 feet right now in Galveston .... It's not looking good

has all tide stations live... right @ 10 feet @ Galveston and climbing.

http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/geographic.html

[Texas Snowman]

KHOU reporter indicating that Galveston may be under water for 12 hours when storm surge over runs the island.

[Stormcenter]

Ike's eye looks like it's expanding.

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.ph ... 1&loop=yes

[jinftl]

Watching Stephanie Abrams on TWC now...she knows her stuff....and on a total side note...promise no more....she has the sense not to be wearing one of those ridiculous heavy raincoats reporters in storms usual wear....when it is 80 and the dewpoint is 78...like her counterpart in houston is wearing. not raining mind you.

Oh my gosh the weather channel showwed that part of galveston is already flooded up to like almost the first floor of each house when they showed the helicopter view

[rtd2]

For those of you in the Houston/Gaveston area, what is the best news channel to watch? I am watching the 4 station website but I can't decide which one to watch! Thanks!

KHOU. It's got Dr. Neil Frank, former director of the National Hurricane Center.

neil frank on now

http://www.khou.com/video/?nvid=178826&live=yes&noad=ye

he's off now said eye was larger...almost 70m wide

[Texas Snowman]

Michael Chertoff just said (live news conference on KHOU-TV) that up to 100,000 homes could be inundated by floodwaters...

[Sanibel]

From the looks of that eye I'd say High Island and Sabine Pass should get just about as bad of an impact as Galveston.