Hurricane Ike

[cowgirlintexas]

lmao!! "cowperson"? is that what that says?!! hahahaha.. nice artwork to boot.. Thanks for the laugh.. I REALLY needed it right about now

Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas

lmao!! "cowperson"? is that what that says?!! hahahaha.. nice artwork to boot.. Thanks for the laugh.. I REALLY needed it right about now

Indeed. It is politically correct.

[santana]

Anyone want to come and hang out in the rain?
Come to Houston......as long as i have something to eat....all should be good.
My nieghborhood has never flooded in 20 yrs.

[cowgirlintexas]

Why would someone want to go hangout where a hurricane is going?

[cowgirlintexas]

"Joy".. they just called for a madatory evacuation for Beaumont Let the traffic jams begin..

[NTamm1215]

As a Houstonian, this is certainly a very signifcant event. The city has been spared of any bad hurricane activity for 25 years with a bad tropical storm here and there in the interim. A landfall at or around Freeport, which is forecast right now, could have a catastrophic effect on as many as 600,000 people.

After the fiasco that was Hurricane Rita preparation, the city is being very careful about what they tell residents to do. They've just now extended the mandatory evacuations inland from Galveston bay.

For those of you that live east of Houston, I hate to say it, but this is eerily similar to the days leading up to Hurricane Rita as the forecasts started gradually shifting east. Of course, I hope somehow we can all be safe, but I don't think that's in the cards.

NT

[cowgirlintexas]

Are you planning on staying or going? What part of Houston do you live? I used to live over off of 290 & 1960 area.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by santana

Anyone want to come and hang out in the rain?
Come to Houston......as long as i have something to eat....all should be good.
My nieghborhood has never flooded in 20 yrs.

tempting fate?
ntamm above says you haven't had a storm in 25 years...i remember when a storm hit galveston years ago, people had hurricane parties and rode out the storm. one house full of folks partying it up got swept out to sea, no survivors.
if you can get to safer, higher ground, i'd suggest it.

[cowgirlintexas]

The hurricane that hit Galveston back 1900 was and still is the worst natural disaster on record.. 8,000 people died. One out of every 6 lost their life. This is why they have the Seawall there now.
Here's the link: http://www.qsl.net/w5www/hurricane.html

C

Lets see what the next update is. I have a feeling this will not be that bad.

[NTamm1215]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Lets see what the next update is. I have a feeling this will not be that bad.

I think there's a good chance you're right. It's starting to tick toward the east, which is a good sign for Houstonians. It's horrible for residents of east Houston and the Beaumont area. We'll see what happens with the 7 PM updates.

NT

[santana]

Originally Posted by Danzig

tempting fate?
ntamm above says you haven't had a storm in 25 years...i remember when a storm hit galveston years ago, people had hurricane parties and rode out the storm. one house full of folks partying it up got swept out to sea, no survivors.
if you can get to safer, higher ground, i'd suggest it.

I have see other parts of Houston flood many times over the years....am i saying never ? NO.....but i seriuosly doubt it.
My next door nieghbor is packing up as i type, he is going to Austin....his wife says he is a big baby....
Now if i was south of here.....i would be outa here.
Galveston verey well might be UNDER water...
good luck all!

The news stations are overblowing it here.

Worry Houston and Beaumont.
And almost all the tracks have it going through Arkansas
again so Z get ready for more rain Sunday and later.

Tracks 36 hrs away can be off 90 nautical miles so
we most likely get missed again. Very lucky.

No 11 inches again in 3 hrs.

There are also some things that might prevent significant strengthening according to the weather geeks on crown-weather.
These guys are usually really good if you can decipher the stuff.
Hope these weakening factors play out for you guys in Houston and
Beaumont.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pgardn

The news stations are overblowing it here.

Worry Houston and Beaumont.
And almost all the tracks have it going through Arkansas
again so Z get ready for more rain Sunday and later.

Tracks 36 hrs away can be off 90 nautical miles so
we most likely get missed again. Very lucky.

No 11 inches again in 3 hrs.

There are also some things that might prevent significant strengthening according to the weather geeks on crown-weather.
These guys are usually really good if you can decipher the stuff.
Hope these weakening factors play out for you guys in Houston and
Beaumont.

yeah, it's gonna be fuuuuun. but at least the tree that was seriously listing (resting on its neighbor like a drunk at a football game) towards my office got cut down today. luckily the smaller tree was there, or that big oak would have been draped all over the building.
now if all the others stay up. but we have a lot of mushy ground already, and too much standing water, rivers are already near record highs.....not gonna be good at all. i crossed one section of the Saline today, i swear it's only 3 feet under the bridge, and well over it's banks. one guy has no yard at all, he has a shallow-water lake. i've been in this area for 14 years, have never seen it like this.
the Arkansas river is way up as well, and is really flowing-as anyone who lives in little rock can attest to.