Hurricane Ike Information and Helpful Links

[Category 7]

I read this on another forum.
This is fairly strong wording.
If I was located in that region of the country, I'd be sure to move well inland for the duration of this storm.



GULF-FACING COASTAL AREAS FROM MATAGORDA TO HIGH ISLAND INCLUDING
GALVESTON ISLAND...12 TO 16 FEET

LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!

ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING HIGH TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION
ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN
DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE
COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL
PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL
LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE
WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES
WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A
MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK
BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH
WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION
OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM
BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.



Hopefully, this hurricane will experience entrainment of dry air, pass over relatively cooler Gulf eddies and weaken to a weak Category 1 just before landfalling. With any luck Ike will landfall over parts of the coast that are sparsely populated.


Edit: I have changed the title of this thread as of 146pm CDT on September 12, 2008.

[digitaldahling]

I have a really close friend who lives in Kemah. I'm hoping he's gotten out but I haven't been able to reach him by cell.

The Texas coast will remind us all of the MS coast before Ike's done. Just sickening.

[DanKellFla]

[Category 7]

Southeast Texas Weather Graphics
To view the images, just mouse over the links below. Clicking on the link will take you to that website as well as clicking on the image. Get your point and click forecast below the main image as well as the hazardous weather outlook for Southeast Texas.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/graph_haz/g ... stHGX1.php

[Category 7]

This excerpt is from the Southeast Texas local AFD (Area Forecast Discussion). It is as follows:

.DISCUSSION...
HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS
IN ANTICIPATION OF HURRICANE IKE`S UPCOMING UPPER TEXAS COASTAL LANDFALL
STILL ANTICIPATED FOR SOME TIME LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT 9 AM TOMORROW MORNING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CALLING FOR WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCH RAINFALL TOTALS
WITH ISOLATED 6 TO 10 INCH AMOUNTS. THE VERY LARGE SIZE OF IKE IS EXPECTED
TO LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE EVENT ALONG PORTIONS OF THE UPPER
TEXAS COAST...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THE EYE MAKES
LANDFALL. TIDE LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING FROM 2.0 TO 2.5 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL IN AND AROUND GALVESTON BAY...AND WAVE HEIGHTS ARE 9 FEET AT
BUOY 42035 AND 12 FEET AT BUOY 42019. EXPECT A GRADUAL RISE IN THESE
VALUES OVERNIGHT WITH A SIGNIFICANT RISE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

PLEASE REFER TO OUR HURRICANE IKE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR THE LATEST
EXPECTATIONS ON THIS IMPENDING HURRICANE EVENT.

Please click this link for more complete information.

[Category 7]

Check out this Hurricane Ike Advisory from Stormpulse:
It's really informative.
http://www.stormpulse.com/fullscreen/hurricane-ike-2008

[Category 7]

STORMTRACK.COM has some useful information about what is going down in Galveston.
http://www.hurricanetrack2.com/

Rick Sanchez on CNN has a live Twitter account you may want to follow. Those of you located in SE Texas may have useful information for him.
http://twitter.com/ricksanchezcnn

[Florida_brit]

http://www.meteopt.com/forum/ike/

http://www.severestudios.com/cgi-bin/st ... son&uid=24

http://www.stormtrack.co.uk