well they say i should go, but im good.
I’ll be here, and I’m in yellow. I have a feeling there will be a lot of people staying that got caught in that awful experience that was Rita.
Yea thats what i have heard too. I am going to tonights game and then my school as suppose to go to Friday nights game but since they are moving it, it will be write in the middle of Legal Writing and Research class and then civil Pro. So i have a feeling the professors are not going to let us off.
That is appreciated. I had a family friend offer to take us in around the north loop. I think I still prefer to stay put. Thanks be to God Ike has not strengthend at all as predicted. I am all boarded and ready to roll. I do have one little, but I will also have at least four adults here, maybe more. Our sole danger here is wind.
Still, it gives a lot of hope that the storm is so spread out and will not be as strong as past storms.I know how you feel. I got back from the Astros game as was expecting to hear that it strengthed into a cat 3 but its staying a cat 2 which is better though the storm surge is going to possible be massive. I hope people in Galveston don’t try to ride this one out. The very nature of the bay on one side and the ocean on the other means that galveston is going to disappear off the map for awhile when the storm rolls in. I am a nature lover and hope that the power stays on so that i can watch the news coverage between college football gamesI came here to post on my favorite threads and to get my mind off this and failed. So far, except for the track, everything is as good a possible. Ike has not strengthened one bit as predicted. I believe they finally are forecasting only a Cat 2.
Seriosuly i hope everyone either gets out now or bunkers down.Yep i hope everyone gets off the island before the bridges close. All one has to do is look at Issac Storm (hurricane of 1900 still the largest death toll in America) to understand what storn surge can do. I hope the news channels don’t try to send people down there to film it. They themselves could be in danger because the hotel they normal bunker down is the San Luis Hotel which is right on the sea wall and when the surge comes in it will cover the whole island.
They just showed a reporter on Surfside filming a report. She said the she was leaving, though after that report and moving it inland to Lake Jackson. Everyone there is out of the city (fortunately) as it may be razed. I am high enough to be out flood danger and far enough inland to be free of storm surge. Just the wind.
Wow have you been watching the morning news??? the water is already starting to cover the roads and we are still over 16 hours from landfall. They have already had a high water rescue. My parents beach house is right where the storms eye is going to come in. Believe me there is no way we would be riding this storm out. The sad thing is people don’t want to leave because of their experience with Rita but this storm isn’t Rita. It isn’t going to miss us like Rita did. It is going to hit us very hard with lots and lots of water. And right now the roads are wide open. No traffic anywhere so people need to get out!
Link to BBC site with aerial view video of the storm surge flooding even before Ike arrives. If it’s this bad now, in 12 hours it’s going to be catastrophic. My prayers are with all of you. If you are in one of the low-lying areas, please get out. We want you to keep safe.
My mother said she had changed her mind and I did not want her traveling alone. Anyway, I had virtually no traffic on my trip to Corpus Christi. On the bright side, I am just a few blocks from the downtown cathedral and will at least get to attend Mass this weekend.