Geez, the seawall is being blown apart by the wave surges

[rainbow4321]

Per one of the local channels...chunks are flying thru the air.

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html

[Lex]

1. Well. That's not good.

nt

[Occulus]

2. Holy Frak. n/t

[MichaelHarris]

3. I left an ex-wife

in Galveston after she had an affair. She used to cry when it rained a just tiny bit. I bet she's crying her ass off right now.

[Tunkamerica]

5. That, my friend, is a country song waiting to be written

[MichaelHarris]

7. hahahahahaha

man you're right

[uppityperson]

13. Just don't forget to put the truck and the dog in the song also.

too funny.

[MichaelHarris]

19. she kept both dogs

but one was real ugly.

[uppityperson]

21. Aw, dang. But the truck?!?!? You must've kept the truck.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

8. So true and so many words rhyme with Ike!

lol

[alphafemale]

18. um....

"Whore Eyes Crying in the Rain"

"Cry Me a Storm Surge"

:D

:shrug:

[Tunkamerica]

25. I like the second better

the first seems more angry than sad

[Breeze54]

4. Stay away from it.

;)

[geomon666]

6. The strongest part of the surge hasn't even hit yet.

As the eye passes the winds will shift direction and that will create an even bigger surge and faster winds.

[EFerrari]

9. The live station on DirecTv says the eye is crossing the coast right now.

Damn, I'm learning much more about these storms than I ever wanted to know.

:grouphug:

[geomon666]

10. Yes the eye is over Galveston right now.

Within about an hour or an hour and a half, the strong side will hit.

[HooptieWagon]

11. OK, Hurricane 101 - lesson 1

The word "hurricane" has it's origins in the language of the Caribe aboriginals (pre-colombian inhabitants of the Carribean), and then was adopted into spanish and english languages.

[Bryn]

23. I think it was named after a dragon

or something like that. I read it somewhere.

Edit: Found the book

'In Central and South America and the Caribbean there was a dragon called Huracan; hurricanes were named after him.' From "Dancing with Dragons" by D.J. Conway.

[geomon666]

12. 100 mph wind gusts reported in Clear Lake.

From The Weather Channel.

[EFerrari]

14. They're saying a million customers without power but

a whole apartment building can be counted as one customer.

[rainbow4321]

17. Earlier one of the TV news channel said that when all is said and done

There may very well be 5 million Texans without electricity. Between where it made landfall and then those who are in it's path as it makes goes across the state.

[geomon666]

15. 12ft storm surge at Galveston now

Against a 16ft surge wall.

http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/plotcomp.shtml?station_info=8771510+Galveston+Pleasure+Pier%2C+TX

[rainbow4321]

16. Live feed is showing all water, seawall covered

http://www.khou.com/video/?nvid=178826&live=yes&noad=yes

Has good live stream coverage.

The reporter at the scene said the only way you know there IS a seawall there is when a wave looks extra bumpy (as it passes over the seawall that is under the water)

[geomon666]

20. KHOU reports 4.5 million without power. n/t

[geomon666]

22. Hurricane force wind gusts being reported at Houston airport.

Updated: 9 min 42 sec ago
75 °F / 24 °C
Light Rain Mist
Humidity: 94%
Dew Point: 73 °F / 23 °C
Wind: 56 mph / 91 km/h / 25.2 m/s from the North
Wind Gust: 78 mph / 126 km/h / 35.0 m/s
Pressure: 28.69 in / 971 hPa (Falling)
Visibility: 1.2 miles / 2.0 kilometers

[geomon666]

24. Town house in SW Houston collapses.

Emergency crews were able to evacuate the family. No injuries reported.

[Th1onein]

26. My family home is in Bacliff, TX

About fifteen minutes north of Galveston. We're supposed to be the highest elevation in Galveston County, but that's not saying much. I'm sure I'm going to lose it. And it is NOT insured, because it won't pass specs. It's old, had a fight with termites at one time, not in the best shape. I grew up in it, my son and my mother and father spent their last days in it. It's going to break my heart to lose it.

And, you know, I woke up at exactly 3:12 am, when the hurricane was making landfall. I have a bad feeling.