davidiowx wrote:Snowman67 wrote:Jr0d wrote:This is a significant hurricane. 100mph winds is nothing to take lightly.
Again my concern is because this is 'only' a cat 2, aome may not take it as serious as Laura, especially surge wise. Given the large windfield the surge could potentially be as high if not higher than Laura in a lot of areas and this may catch people off guard.
Agree completely. I went through Ike which was a category 2. I am probably 80 miles from the coast and had significant damage in my area. It was such a massive storm that it had impacts that were very far reaching from the center.
Yeah I think this is going to be another Ike type scenario. Ike was much stronger than most people think. I was in the med center inside the 610 loop and chimneys were blown off entire apartment blocks. Reliant Stadiums roof had parts of it torn off and it was supposedly rated to handle Cat 5 winds.
Ike had a huge storm surge and a massive wind field with it, which cause destruction for hundreds of miles. Delta appears to be on track to arrive in a similar size (maybe a tad smaller?) with some significant storm surge as well.
Exactly my concern being northeast of Houston. Too close to the edge of the cone. BTW rain just starting here in Splendora.
