An estimated 90,000 people in the Houston and surrounding counties with mandatory evacuation orders have chosen not to leave.
They only declared mandatory evacs where officials felt that the surge would be so bad that life was unsustainable. They had everyone else stand pat so the mandatory evacs could get out.
Sometimes Texas stubbornness makes me a little sick to my stomach...
edit: Just heard that 20,000 of those people are on Galveston Island alone.. 7:20 PM
Friday, September 12, 2008
Batten Down the Hatches
Currently busting out flashlights, closing up the rest of the doors etc.
As this thing comes through I'm going to snap as many pics and videos as possible without endangering life and limb. I'll probably lose power but will be able to log in intermittently using a mobile nextel card and my laptop.
If you want to be on top of it bookmark the blog or snag the RSS feed, the posts will probably be coming in bursts the rest of the way in.
Rescues are going offline for Galveston soon, best of luck to everyone there.
As this thing comes through I'm going to snap as many pics and videos as possible without endangering life and limb. I'll probably lose power but will be able to log in intermittently using a mobile nextel card and my laptop.
If you want to be on top of it bookmark the blog or snag the RSS feed, the posts will probably be coming in bursts the rest of the way in.
Rescues are going offline for Galveston soon, best of luck to everyone there.
Ike Getting Stronger
Crazy. The closer Ike is getting to the coast, the stronger he gets. The winds are now at 110mph (1 mph short of Cat 3). Not only that, the pressure is dropping.
Good luck to those 40% of the population that stayed on Galveston Island.
They're predicting 30+ ft. waves.
The seawall is 17 ft. tall. The math does not bode well.
Good luck to those 40% of the population that stayed on Galveston Island.
They're predicting 30+ ft. waves.
The seawall is 17 ft. tall. The math does not bode well.
whoaaaa
Just had our first 20+ mph gust through Spring... still looks like we are a few hours from anything significant but it's definitely not getting sunnier...
Just plain Idiots
Now, I'm all for a good hurricane party. But these people are just idiots. Good luck and God Bless.
Welcome to Lake Surfside
every time they show the bridge to Surfside they are another couple hundred yards further inland. It looks like 4-5 ft of water is going almost half a mile into the mainland. I hope that guy got his permanent marker out before it got wet. It's not funny to joke about but I can not believe that guy wouldn't leave...
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