Comments on: In Local Weather

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:49:05 +0000

In 1928 a hurricane over Lake Okeechobee caused the death of 1800 from drowning. It’s the water, not the wind.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:58:57 +0000

Galveston, September 8, 1900.
The definative lesson on what can happen.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:37:02 +0000

It’s the water, and if you look at the Houston area you’d see why. The bay and ship channel are going to magnify the effect of the already high surge, and there will be the rains to add to it.

Hurricane Danny stalled at the mouth of Mobile Bay in 1997 and emptied it. It was a small hurricane and only Category 1, but it sucked all of the water out of the bay.

Ike will be pushing water into the bay at Houston and up the channel.

That’s why they want all of the low areas evacuated, because they will definitely be under water.

By: Jack K., the Grumpy Forester

Jack K., the Grumpy Forester — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:05:52 +0000

I notice that both the NHC and the NWS are trying to impress people as much as possible about the potential impacts that such a large storm could bring. The Houston/Galveston NWS office hurricane warning statement says "ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH." That'd work for me...

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:21:39 +0000

Part of Dauphin Island is under water; the beach road through Mississippi is awash; and the storm is pushing water inland on the “toe of the boot” of Louisiana. It is filling the entire Gulf.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:25:24 +0000

cool!

yep, it’s been a bit breezy here today.