ATL: IKE Discussion

[johngaltfla]

When is landfall declared? When the eyewall first touches land, or when the center of the cleared out eye touches land?

When the NEW eyewall hits shore. The declaration will come in the morning.

[Raebie]

Now he's saying 127 MPH gusts. Drama queen.

[fasterdisaster]

HOORAY, Geraldo's camera is beginning to go down.

[Aristotle]

what channel is Heroldo on? (spelling)

[tolakram]

The eyewall is shrinking rather rapidly, but I think i see a north wobble (I hope).

I've got this sped up to judge motion.

[soonertwister]

Sand hitting you at 100 mph just plain hurts.

Sooner, sand hitting you at *30* mph just plain hurts. My wife and I made the mistake of going to Blowing Rocks when Ike was coming near the keys (great place with exposed limestone that at high tide gives a spectacular show of well.... Blowing Rocks) - steady 20-30mph winds drove us and our sandblasted camera glass away pretty quick.

Yeah, but you didn't have to have someone pick the grains out of your skin with a sterilized exacto knife...

[jinftl]

he is up to 127 mph with his gadget. i bet we see a 150 mph gust before long with his sharper image windometer.

now he says 130 mph and then screen went black. he is back though.

117 Mph Gust Where Geraldo is!

That must be calibrated incorrectly, he wouldn't be able to stad

[Aristotle]

he is up to 127 mph with his gadget. i bet we see a 150 mph gust before long with his sharper image windometer.

117 Mph Gust Where Geraldo is!

That must be calibrated incorrectly, he wouldn't be able to stad

What Channel?

[capepoint]

TWC live report from Houston just now showed pretty strong winds, but he was standing under a overhang so may have had some funnel effect.

[ziggylee]

Fox News Network

[tifanij]

Downtown Houston - a lot of wind, a tiny bit of rain, but overall not exactly what I expected by this hour...I'm sure it's coming though. I was on the top of the garage (7th floor) and could see transformers way way in the distance popping off like crazy. I'm inside now, fyi.

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

Where was that guy who said the eyewall was coming RIGHT NOW, an hour ago?

[mtm4319]

305 angle: west end of Galveston Island
315 angle: middle of G.I.
335 angle: downtown Galveston (and the far north end of Galveston Bay)
360 angle: east end of Galveston Bay

[fasterdisaster]

The eyewall is shrinking rather rapidly, but I think i see a north wobble (I hope).

I've got this sped up to judge motion.

It's just the north side filling in, he's hardly moved in that radar loop (put a erasable marker on the center of the eye at the beginning of the loop and the end)

[NC George]

Now he's saying 127 MPH gusts. Drama queen.

I bet it's reading kph - kilometers per hour. 127 kph would be around 75 mph, which I could believe.

[Wx_Warrior]

Not just Geraldo...CNN reporting gust of 125mph..

Also, loser in Orange drove his car into a pharmacy to begin looting but was caught!!!!

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

During Wilma I couldn't stand in the TS winds. No way thats 127mph. His thingie is wrong.

[fasterdisaster]

305 angle: west end of Galveston Island
315 angle: middle of G.I.
335 angle: downtown Galveston (and the far north end of Galveston Bay)
360 angle: east end of Galveston Bay

In short, it's too late for Galveston to avoid the worst.

[PTPatrick]

I dont know about the wobbles, butGFS still has the pass west of Downtown still, which would tell me a passage to R of the bay is still pretty slim chance in the grand scheme since the other models seem to do the same. Having said that, I think picking out motion on these contraction eyes is a futile effort....I give up.

[jasons2k]

LMAO Geraldo claims there was a 127 mph gust. You've got to be kidding me, it's all a show.

They must have it set to KM