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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
Like I said last night, Ike will let us know when it clears its eye.
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Please refrain from comments about death tolls, not enough people getting out, people killed by trees, etc.
We're terrified enough. We did not make our choice to hunker down lightly (we are inland) and to that end are looking for useful information. Thank heavens I've been a member here for years and we feel very well prepared due to all the posters that I've come to consider friends (even though they don't know I"m here). Thank you Storm 2k. You guys are the best.
We're terrified enough. We did not make our choice to hunker down lightly (we are inland) and to that end are looking for useful information. Thank heavens I've been a member here for years and we feel very well prepared due to all the posters that I've come to consider friends (even though they don't know I"m here). Thank you Storm 2k. You guys are the best.
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KWT wrote:Has there been any overspill into New Orleans by the way?
Because the waves seem to have been high enough overnight to suggest there may have been?
All is well. They shut a whole lot of flood gates, and they're doing their job. No problems reported.
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collegebroke wrote:Please refrain from comments about death tolls, not enough people getting out, people killed by trees, etc. Thank you Storm 2k. You guys are the best.
Sadly in this case I think with the severe situation with the monster surge coming in, this is a rare event where it is justifiable...
Juat hearing a fraighter with 22 people is stuck in the gulf 90 miles SE of Galveston.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
NW core coming into view on radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=HGX&product=N0Z&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=HGX&product=N0Z&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
Sanibel wrote:The storm has a hard border when it encounters the trough that allows the trailing part of the storm to build in from behind while the new wind direction on the edge of the trough allows the system to tighten and vent up the trough.
Thanks for answering that for us.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
This storm is incredible. It seems so powerful for a CAT2.
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Amazing loop. Ike is an incredible storm.
Amazing loop. Ike is an incredible storm.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
Sanibel wrote:NW core coming into view on radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=HGX&product=N0Z&overlay=11101111&loop=yes
Doesn't look like Ike will be much of a rain event in the NW quad.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
I just took a drive to checkout the bayou a quarter mile from me here in Texas City. It is still at normal levels.
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You are inland and made the right choice to hunker down out of the surge. Trees will not be the killer in this storm...surge will. Inland from the surge is safe. You will experience a hurricane. It will be loud and scary but you are safe.
There is still a small window for lives to be saved so if there is any chance people here can make a last ditch effort to get loved ones into a shelter out of the surge, at the risk of having to say things that are unpleasant or pessimistic to hear, they should be said. Jim Cantore estimates 30,000 left in Galveston...half the city. I hope he is wrong. If you know any of those 30,000.....tell them to go to a shelter.
There is still a small window for lives to be saved so if there is any chance people here can make a last ditch effort to get loved ones into a shelter out of the surge, at the risk of having to say things that are unpleasant or pessimistic to hear, they should be said. Jim Cantore estimates 30,000 left in Galveston...half the city. I hope he is wrong. If you know any of those 30,000.....tell them to go to a shelter.
collegebroke wrote:Please refrain from comments about death tolls, not enough people getting out, people killed by trees, etc.
We're terrified enough. We did not make our choice to hunker down lightly (we are inland) and to that end are looking for useful information. Thank heavens I've been a member here for years and we feel very well prepared due to all the posters that I've come to consider friends (even though they don't know I"m here). Thank you Storm 2k. You guys are the best.
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Re: ATL IKE: Category 2 - Discussion
OMG!!!! DOWNTOWN GALVESTON IS ALREADY FLOODING, The strand is flooded 

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AdamFirst wrote:NFL pushed this Sunday's Ravens/Texans game to Monday night at 7:30 PM.
We'll have two Texas teams (Cowboys) playing on Monday night.
Monday night is a Joke...Count on that being canceled...
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stayawaynow wrote:crazycajuncane wrote:KWT wrote:The feed I've been watching has been showing that i9ndeed the waves are already starting to overtop the seawall...and thats before the first high tide peak and with Ike many many miles away
The first thing I wanted to see is a feed of SeaWall Blvd. Do you have a link or is this on television?
Thanks,
CCC
http://flhurricane.com/ikecoverage.html
This is the most amazing link I've found to see what's happening there locally in TX. Thank you!
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KWT wrote:Has there been any overspill into New Orleans by the way?
Because the waves seem to have been high enough overnight to suggest there may have been?
Very close to New Orleans. See attached link. Areas directly below New Orleans are flooding and will get worse when the wind changes direction out of the south later this evening.
http://www.nola.com/hurricane-ike/index ... nds_t.html
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