And it's still almost 900 miles from you.

 

I think that quote is saying what it will be like when the storm passes. Ike is a monster, but he's not THAT big.

 

Btw, I follow Ike here:

 

http://www.noaawatch.gov/2008/ike.php

 

But Steff's site is very good as well.

Edited September 11, 200817 yr by whitesoxfan101

I think that quote is saying what it will be like when the storm passes. Ike is a monster, but he's not THAT big.

 

 

I didn't say it was.

And it's still almost 900 miles from you.

Hehe, yea, that's for when it's supposed to be here.

 

Hehe, yea, that's for when it's supposed to be here.

 

 

OK. It's still nearly 900 miles from you.

Well the good news is the eye is supposed to be east of here. I just hope this thing doesn't get any funny ideas to go 50 miles west then the projection, or we're screwed here.

 

They have "Inland Tropical Storm Warnings" here... bizarre.

 

"Slam Tex"?

 

I hope for Texsox's sake it's wearing a condom.

"Slam Tex"?

 

I hope for Texsox's sake it's wearing a condom.

At this point it's larger than Katrina. So somehow i doubt it.

Kap, buy mosquito spray, like a case of the stuff. The damn things are still everywhere even after weeks of aerial spraying.

 

Good luck to everyone.

We got a pretty good amount of rain earlier this week - the bugs are horrendous. Now we're going to get 5+ inches of rain this weekend. My yard is a friggin' jungle and I can't mow it.

 

 

So the National Weather Service, when you paraphrase, is saying "get the f*** out of Houston, seriously, if you stay you're going to die."

So the National Weather Service, when you paraphrase, is saying "get the f*** out of Houston, seriously, if you stay you're going to die."

 

CNN Breaking News

People sheltering at ground level at Galveston Bay when Hurricane Ike hits face "certain death," the weather service warns.

Well, here in Lubbock we have received over 8 inches of rain today and it's still pouring with it supposed to rain all day tomorrow as well. This is nuts, and it's not even from a hurricane yet.

I have a friend that just flew into Houston Tuesday to spend a week at his parent's house. It's weird in that Ike is only a CAT 2 but they are saying that the storm surge is expected to be high and the pure size of it will cause wind damage in a large area. Without a strong eyewall, is this storm going to hold strength at its level longer than say if it were stronger at the eyewall and inflicted more direct damage before dying off?

 

Does that make sense at all?

I have a friend that just flew into Houston Tuesday to spend a week at his parent's house. It's weird in that Ike is only a CAT 2 but they are saying that the storm surge is expected to be high and the pure size of it will cause wind damage in a large area. Without a strong eyewall, is this storm going to hold strength at its level longer than say if it were stronger at the eyewall and inflicted more direct damage before dying off?

 

Does that make sense at all?

Most cat 4 or 5 storms have a really intense, small area of powerful winds. This one is a cat 2, probably a 3 later today that is MASSIVE so the winds are just going to beat the crap out of you for a few hours and then shift and blow the other way for a few hours longer. When you add all that rain... it makes it bad for trees and stuff falling.

 

They haven't changed the forecast here at all - in fact they said something about all that rain in Lubbock PHF just talked about is going to combine right over D/FW with Ike, Plus the wind. I bet we get at least 8 inches of rain around where we live if that happens.

Nature exposes our weaknesses.

 

I was asked about the home we just placed at camp. Up on top of a raised slab, on a point jutting out into the Laguna Madre. I said basically we just flipped off mother nature and said come and get it.

Here's a picture of our football stadium yesterday.

Holy crap that's a lot of water.

 

Holy crap that's a lot of water.

 

In related news, The Texas Tech swim team will be holding meets in the football stadium . . .

So the National Weather Service, when you paraphrase, is saying "get the f*** out of Houston, seriously, if you stay you're going to die."

 

If you never have, read the story about the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston. This one is projected to be bigger.

Dude, Galveston is screwed. It's 200 miles offshore and it's already pushing water over that wall.

 

My wife's aunt is in Baytown - she's staying with my wife's cousins. I'm actually really worried about them. There's a lot of my in-laws family down that way, and they all need a prayer.

Anyone in Baytown needs to go. They are in very serious danger. They almost didn't rebuild Baytown after 1983 because it was so bad from the storm surge.

This feels like it is going to be pretty bad, if not really bad. I REALLY hope I am wrong though.

This feels like it is going to be pretty bad, if not really bad. I REALLY hope I am wrong though.

 

As do I, if I have to go 2 weeks+ without internet, TV, and video games I am not gonna make it man

 

We got the house all boarded up and s***, im just hoping the power doesnt go out

Let us know how you do, sir.

 

 

You can come live with me shadows

 

I don't know if this website has been mentioned in the thread yet, but it's pretty cool www.stormpulse.com