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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9001 Postby CoCo2 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:23 am

TreasureIslandFLGal wrote:I was out of electricity and fresh water for 28 days after hurricane Fran went through North Carolina back in '96. I learned a fe very valuable lessons for those wanting to hunker down. You need to be sure that you have:

1. lots of water. Besides buying some, fill every container you have with it and get a bottle of bleach to keep the water free of nasties when it starts to get old. You will need lots of water to cool down with when there is no AC. You also need to keep hydrated when doing tough cleanup work afterwards.

2. Bug spray. When screens are blown out, the bugs will drive you nuts at night! All that leftover standing water means that they will quickly overrun the area a week or two after the storm passes.

3. Plenty of toilet paper and a shovel. Your toilet won't be flushing and that wastes much needed water anyway. Plan to dig yourself a new toilet out back if you don't have lots of garbage bags and a bucket.

4. Batteries for a radio. When you are going batty in a few weeks, the last thing you want is for your batteries to all run out.

5. Food for Fido. Be sure you have plenty of pet supplies for them too.

6. Lots of paper plates and disposable silverware. Washing dishes takes up water you won't want to spare.

7. A good variety of foods you don't need to cook. Forget the 72 hours of supplies, you really need more than that if you are going to hunker down. Roads may be impassable for quite some time. If you can get to a store, it will be empty for a long time too.

8. antiseptic/antibacterials. Standing water is like poison and will quickly cause infections. Stay out of it if you can. If not, be sure to douse yourself in whatever you can to kill the germs. After Flloyd, NC looked like post-civil war. So many young people ended up losing limbs to simple infections that were not treated soon enough.

9. Patch a flat. Worth getting since the first few times you drive you will get flat tires. Best bet is to have a bike and its own patch a flat kits. Those with horses fared the best.

10. Medicines. If you take meds that need to be kept cool, you need to evacuate. Don't bet on having electricity back right away to be able to do that. If you don't have an extra month of meds stocked up, better plan to leave as well. If you need oxygen, go too. Keep a good first aid kit if you inted to stay, as medical help won't be available and you will need to be able to treat your own booboo's for a while.

11. A sense of community. If you don't have one yet, don't worry about it. It will be there immediately after the storm. You will get to know your neighbors and be awed by the incredible strength and resilience of those around you. You will all break down at some point, but you will also all get to lift eachother up.

Good luck and stay safe.


Flypaper. After Katrina, too many flys and not enough flypaper. And watch for all the roofing nails in your feet. Good luck to everyone. Please evacuate if you can.
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#9002 Postby Steve » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:24 am

>>Some of them have already run out of certain grades.

Strangely enough, premium was available post-Gustav almost everywhere, so generators were running on high octane fuel. Bank on a repeat of that :mad:

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#9003 Postby stormywaves » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:25 am

Txdivermom wrote:
KWT wrote:Really no one should talk absolutes, not even the pro mets, simply because no one truely know how a system is going to react to something, no doubt they have a better idea but thats no absolute, thats my little piece anyway :wink:

Another piece of bad news, Galveston only calling Vol.evacs. I'm shocked given the chance that Ike could wobble north of the NHC track and slam into that reigon as a huge major hurricane.


I am also terribly shocked by that as well. I can guarantee that if I lived there, I wouldn't be there today.

On Channel 13 this morning someone was in Galveston interviewing peeps. All of West Beach (now under mandatory evac...was voluntary yesterday) was leaving or planning on leaving. They were supposed to wait to 12 noon so special needs folks could be evacuated first. They were interviewing folks on the Seawall going about their regular business. Hanging at the beach, etc. ACK!

BTW, I just saw a caravan of 5 buses go by out my window at my office. They were heading north up I-45.



They announce all of Galveston is under manadatory now about 30 minutes ago...
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#9004 Postby haml8 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:25 am

Txdivermom wrote:
JenBayles wrote:HISD and Ft. Bend ISD schools closed tomorrow. Haven't heard from KISD yet.

Galveston residents go to 47th & Broadway to be bused off the island to Austin. Residents can go to any city bus stop to end up at the collection point on Broadway.


I notice that Katy, Klein, and Cy-Fair haven't closed for tomorrow. I think this is intentional as a way to encourage people in north Houston to stay and not clog the freeway. Probably a good idea, but I sure wish they'd close. I think we'll have some major rain storms tomorrow and think of all the teen drivers on the roads. (I have one)


Not accurate information KISD is CLOSED on Friday:

http://kisdwebs.katyisd.org/Communicati ... icane.aspx

In response to the expected impact of Hurricane Ike, the following changes to the Katy ISD operational schedule have been made:


All after school activities for Thursday, September 11 have been cancelled (except for YMCA After School programs). This includes both athletic and fine arts practices and performances; after school tutorials; curriculum nights; and parent orientations

All Katy ISD schools and facilities will be closed on Friday, September 12.

All Katy ISD facilities will be closed Saturday and Sunday and all weekend activities are cancelled.


School Re-Opening

Immediately after the storm passes, Katy ISD officials will take the following actions to determine when classes will resume:

Assess every campus building and facility to ensure that they are safe for occupancy. This includes making sure utilities are on and any cleanup/repairs have been made.
Assess that roads are passable and that it is safe to get to and from school.
Ensure that district faculty and staff are ready to return.
At this time, classes are expected to resume Monday morning. Should district officials determine that further school closures are warranted, an announcement will be made through the following communication channels on Sunday afternoon:

http://www.katyisd.org
http://www.school-alerts.com (sign up ahead of time to receive alerts via e-mail)
Katy ISD school closing hotline: 281-237-0175 or 1-888-543-5473
Houston area television and radio stations
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#9005 Postby tallywx » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:26 am

JenBayles wrote:Cy-Fair ISD IS having school tomorrow. What idiots!


http://www.cfisd.net/key/2008/key_091008ike.pdf

That's the most idiotic thing I've heard. As someone who has a law degree, I can say that they would be MAJORLY liable if someone gets hurt.

DISCLAIMER: THIS POST IS NOT MEANT TO CONSTITUTE OFFICIAL OR UNOFFICIAL LEGAL ADVICE OF ANY SORT.
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#9006 Postby pablolopez26 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:27 am

I think people should watch what they are posting here in regards to evacs and stuff. Please people, watch your news or go to your counties websites for info regarding evacs. Not here!!!!!
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#9007 Postby ConvergenceZone » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:28 am

Yikes people seem to be getting a bit nasty on here....not use to that...

Anyway, hope everyone stays safe and takes care with Ike's arrival...
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9008 Postby jinftl » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:29 am

This is interesting...and let's hope the case at landfall

THE NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED MAXIMUM FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 103 KT 100 NMI
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...BUT SFMR AND DROPSONDE DATA
INDICATE THAT THE SURFACE WINDS IN THAT AREA WERE ONLY AROUND 65
KT. IN FACT...THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING AT THE SURFACE RECENTLY THAT
QUITE SUPPORTS THE CURRENT 85 KT ADVISORY INTENSITY.
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#9009 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:30 am

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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9010 Postby PTrackerLA » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:30 am

Hurricane warning all the way to Morgan City?! I didn't see that one coming, must be thinking gusts to hurricane force in squalls along the coast. Not good at all.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9011 Postby Stratusxpeye » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:31 am

The board will not let me search to quote my post, but I posted yesterday morning that I did NOT think IKE would strengthen and here we are :) There were some members questioning my thoughts but like I said I just don't see IKE getting his act together prior to landfall. Possibly a CAT 3.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9012 Postby rtd2 » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:33 am

jinftl wrote:This is interesting...and let's hope the case at landfall

THE NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED MAXIMUM FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 103 KT 100 NMI
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...BUT SFMR AND DROPSONDE DATA
INDICATE THAT THE SURFACE WINDS IN THAT AREA WERE ONLY AROUND 65
KT. IN FACT...THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING AT THE SURFACE RECENTLY THAT
QUITE SUPPORTS THE CURRENT 85 KT ADVISORY INTENSITY.




this thing is basically a 100 mile wide eyewall!
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#9013 Postby JenBayles » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:34 am

Txdivermom wrote:
JenBayles wrote:HISD and Ft. Bend ISD schools closed tomorrow. Haven't heard from KISD yet.

Galveston residents go to 47th & Broadway to be bused off the island to Austin. Residents can go to any city bus stop to end up at the collection point on Broadway.


I notice that Katy, Klein, and Cy-Fair haven't closed for tomorrow. I think this is intentional as a way to encourage people in north Houston to stay and not clog the freeway. Probably a good idea, but I sure wish they'd close. I think we'll have some major rain storms tomorrow and think of all the teen drivers on the roads. (I have one)


Katy IS closed tomorrow. Don't know about Klein, but Cy-Fair is still saying they'll be open.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion

#9014 Postby KWT » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:34 am

jinftl wrote:This is interesting...and let's hope the case at landfall

THE NOAA AIRCRAFT REPORTED MAXIMUM FLIGHT-LEVEL WINDS OF 103 KT 100 NMI
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER...BUT SFMR AND DROPSONDE DATA
INDICATE THAT THE SURFACE WINDS IN THAT AREA WERE ONLY AROUND 65
KT. IN FACT...THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING AT THE SURFACE RECENTLY THAT
QUITE SUPPORTS THE CURRENT 85 KT ADVISORY INTENSITY.


Indeed got to be a good thing, but then again I'm willing to bet the winds in the eyewall will be getting right down to the surface.

Hurakan, Ike certainly is a huge hurricane, even if it landfalls somewhere away from Galveston they will almost certainly feel major effects from Ike, pretty crazy stuff!
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#9015 Postby HURAKAN » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:36 am

Comparison purposes:

Charley:
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Ivan:
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Katrina:
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Rita:
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Ike:
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#9016 Postby Txdivermom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:36 am

JenBayles wrote:
Txdivermom wrote:
KWT wrote:Really no one should talk absolutes, not even the pro mets, simply because no one truely know how a system is going to react to something, no doubt they have a better idea but thats no absolute, thats my little piece anyway :wink:

Another piece of bad news, Galveston only calling Vol.evacs. I'm shocked given the chance that Ike could wobble north of the NHC track and slam into that reigon as a huge major hurricane.


I am also terribly shocked by that as well. I can guarantee that if I lived there, I wouldn't be there today.

On Channel 13 this morning someone was in Galveston interviewing peeps. All of West Beach (now under mandatory evac...was voluntary yesterday) was leaving or planning on leaving. They were supposed to wait to 12 noon so special needs folks could be evacuated first. They were interviewing folks on the Seawall going about their regular business. Hanging at the beach, etc. ACK!

BTW, I just saw a caravan of 5 buses go by out my window at my office. They were heading north up I-45.


ALL of Galveston Island was declared a Mandatory Evac area about an hour ago.


Yes, I saw that and corrected my post.
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#9017 Postby Just Joshing You » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:37 am

What was the annular index on that katrina picture?
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#9018 Postby JenBayles » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:37 am

ALL OF MATAGORDA COUNTY NOW UNDER MANDATORY EVACUATION. Per Channel 11 at 10:37 a.m.
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#9019 Postby KWT » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:37 am

The other thing that is amazing:

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES

With winds reaching 275 miles out from the center, Ike's got to be up there with some of the largest hurricane in the Gulf ever?
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#9020 Postby Txdivermom » Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:38 am

vbhoutex wrote:
Txdivermom wrote:
KWT wrote:Really no one should talk absolutes, not even the pro mets, simply because no one truely know how a system is going to react to something, no doubt they have a better idea but thats no absolute, thats my little piece anyway :wink:

Another piece of bad news, Galveston only calling Vol.evacs. I'm shocked given the chance that Ike could wobble north of the NHC track and slam into that reigon as a huge major hurricane.


I am also terribly shocked by that as well. I can guarantee that if I lived there, I wouldn't be there today.

On Channel 13 this morning someone was in Galveston interviewing peeps. All of West Beach (now under mandatory evac...was voluntary yesterday) was leaving or planning on leaving. They were supposed to wait to 12 noon so special needs folks could be evacuated first. They were interviewing folks on the Seawall going about their regular business. Hanging at the beach, etc. ACK!

BTW, I just saw a caravan of 5 buses go by out my window at my office. They were heading north up I-45.


INCORRECT INFORMATION!!! Galveston island is under mandatory evacuation orders as well as zones A and B in the Houton metro area.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE YOU POST!!! THIS IS ESSENTIAL!!!

If I missed something here I apologize in advance. I am getting ready for some nasty weather!!!(Just on a break at the moment).


Well, you did miss something. I corrected my post!!!! And when I posted it, the evac info had just recently come out. BUT like I said...I WENT BACK AND CORRECTED IT!!!! Check that first!
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