Hurricane I K E

[TotallyInsane]

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[TotallyInsane]

We sure hope we don't end up with a:

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[Cliff]

i've been seeing the news but my "stubborn" dad does not want to evacuate he is very hardheaded and i can't just leave on my own i'm only 16

I hope by the time you get this that your stubborn Dad has seen the light and evacuated. He should protect you as a loving father should. My prayers,thoughts and hope go to you Paola and everyone else who may be effected by this.
Take Care and Keep Safe.
Your Friend Cliff

[Cliff]

Ike seems to be headed straight for Gail. She works in Houston and lives just outside of Houston. I talked to her earlier this afternoon as she was on her way home in bumper to bumper traffic. She is expecting winds of up to 110 miles an hour at her house. I am 4 hours north of Gail, and we are expecting heavy rain and some wind as well. Both of my kids are in Austin, Texas and they are looking for bad weather as well. Bad enough that they have cancelled the football game Saturday between the University of Texas Longhorns and the Arkansas Razorbacks. So...please think about all of us!!!!

I'll definately be thinking of you Rosanne,and your family, and Gail and hoping and praying that you ride this out OK and that you come thru it safe and well with everything intact.
Words are all I can offer,but my heart goes out to you all.
Hey! I need my daily UTMom 20008 fix.
And don't you worry your pretty little head about some football game,they can always have it another time.
Be Safe
Cliff

[TotallyInsane]

Here's the latest on the hurricane. We are 91 miles from Galveston. OK - now I'm "ALL SHOOK UP"...move over Rosie - I'm on my way

HURRICANE IKE SLOWLY STRENGTHENS...

AT 400 AM CDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.7 NORTH LONGITUDE 91.6 WEST OR ABOUT 265 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER TEXAS COAST BY LATE TODAY OR EARLY SATURDAY. HOWEVER BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE TODAY LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS... AND IKE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST.

IKE REMAINS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 120 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES. AN OIL PLATFORM IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 89 MPH AT AN ELEVATION OF 400 FEET.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE HUNTERS IS 953 MB... 28.14 INCHES.

[marijaep]

Sending prayers to all the members who are on Ike's way. Stay safe

[ehollier]

Here's a Texas translation:

The storm surge just pushes in a sh$tload amount of water from the Gulf of Mexico and as it goes back out to the Gulf, it pulls with it any fricking thing in its path.

When it's all said and done "we ain't got sh$t left"!!!

Very poetic Gail!!! And yes, that's EXACTLY what it did for Katrina and Rita and they are expecting in Cameron Parish as well for IKE. Entire homes -- slabs, brick, garages - everything just pulled back to the water and homeowners are left with LITERALLY an EMPTY lot with nothing on it!!! My husband was done in Cameron after Rita in 2005 and he was just dumbstruck b/c of the destruction. ALL of the city of Cameron was gone - entire blocks of businesses and homes. The weather guys keep saying that this storm is a "surge-maker comparable to Rita" which scares the sh$t out of me. Good luck to you and please let me know how you faired.

[Tommy]

To you all being effected by this storm, you are in my prayers I have been watching CNN and the Weather channel and thinking of you all.

[TotallyInsane]

Liz,
Galveston and Freeport are already flooding and the storm is 16 hours out. Houses are already falling apart. We're 91 miles from the coast and they're saying we will get the hurricane winds from this little babe!! Go to the accuweather.com forum and read all those posts...those people are loving this!!! They're storm chasers and they're just eatting it up...frankly I think I've been much happier with my life as an Elvis chaser and not a darn storm chaser!!!

[tony70]

i will be praying for all of you in the path of ike may God bless and watch over you

[TotallyInsane]

Thanks guys for all your prayers. We all thank you.
To give you an idea how big and powerful this thing is - Rosanne is 4 hours away and they're going to get 55 winds tomorrow and heavy rain!!

Tina Turner tickets were supposed to go on sale tomorrow - guess IKE wanted his 2 cents heard about that!!!!!

[Miss Clawdy]

Here's a 'Lighthouse' for everyone of you, stay safe!

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[elvisfan92]

I hope by the time you get this that your stubborn Dad has seen the light and evacuated. He should protect you as a loving father should. My prayers,thoughts and hope go to you Paola and everyone else who may be effected by this.
Take Care and Keep Safe.
Your Friend Cliff

thank you for you're consern Cliff but he thinks he is doing the right thing by staying here instead of evacuating and getting hurt while on the road

[ehollier]

Liz,
Galveston and Freeport are already flooding and the storm is 16 hours out. Houses are already falling apart. We're 91 miles from the coast and they're saying we will get the hurricane winds from this little babe!! Go to the accuweather.com forum and read all those posts...those people are loving this!!! They're storm chasers and they're just eatting it up...frankly I think I've been much happier with my life as an Elvis chaser and not a darn storm chaser!!!

Gail, I've been watching the "storm chasers" all morning. I understand that Cameron is already underwater and parts of Vermilion Parish (my parish) is also underwater. This is absolutely nuts!!!!!!

[ehollier]

Thanks guys for all your prayers. We all thank you.
To give you an idea how big and powerful this thing is - Rosanne is 4 hours away and they're going to get 55 winds tomorrow and heavy rain!!

Tina Turner tickets were supposed to go on sale tomorrow - guess IKE wanted his 2 cents heard about that!!!!!

[utmom2008]

I have just come from the grocery store and getting gas. There are BIG lines for everything, and I live in the equivalent of "Mayberry". It's already getting darker here and the winds are starting to kick up.

[utmom2008]

Gail, I've been watching the "storm chasers" all morning. I understand that Cameron is already underwater and parts of Vermilion Parish (my parish) is also underwater. This is absolutely nuts!!!!!!

Liz...where are you? Mississippi?
Thanks to everyone for thinking about us!

[elvisfan92]

I have just come from the grocery store and getting gas. There are BIG lines for everything, and I live in the equivalent of "Mayberry". It's already getting darker here and the winds are starting to kick up.

Same Here Rosanne

[TotallyInsane]

I just saw on the weather forum that some of Florida is flooded from the surge....CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT??? From Texas to Florida - oh lordy - where's that crown and coke??? I can just see us sitting on the roof for days!!!!

Thanks for the lighthouse Ms. Clawdy we're gonna need it since this thing is hitting tonight.

[elvisfan92]

lol Gail