Larry R
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Thanks for the good wishes!
I live near Med Center, I boarded up the back windows, locked all the doors, made sure the cats had plenty of food, extra kitty litter and five bowls of water, and got out. (Wanted to take the cats, but I can't...I'm at the in-laws house and they have a cat so they said my cats weren't welcome... and I didn't have the heart to leave them out in the storm!!)
Our place will be fine, I would have stayed, but we wanted the kids up here at Grandmas. In the Woodlands all the power lines are underground, so there is an excellent chance we won't loose power here. Med Center will probably loose power at some point.
The low-lying areas along the coast and Galveston are going to get scrubbed. The storm surge will be coming in at high tide, at about 4AM, and they say about 20% of the people in the mandatory evacuation zones decided to "ride it out". A lot of them are going to die. The storm surge will hit them in the middle of the night, and there just isnt' going to be any help coming for them. The EMS is already shutting down and preparing to ride out the storm. You know you are in a pickle when the Coast Guard has left the area you decided to stay in.
We are talking about a 20 foot storm surge, and that's NOT including the waves...waves will be higher. The water won't be going away either...as soon as the storm passes (that will take a couple of hours) and the tide drops, then all the water that the storm drops on the whole area will start to drain down to the bay. They will have high water for hours, and it is going to be in the dark. If anyone is haiving a "hurricane party" and getting drunk...well 20 feet of water with 100 mph winds, driving rain, at 4AM and you are passed out drunk.... the math does not work out well....
The key to a hurricane is that it either hits where you are, or someplace else. The key is to be someplace else. Even though this looks like it will be a direct hit on Houston, the storm surge will be limited to the areas near the coast, and the wind damage will be... well it will be interesting.
IT will be "only" a cat 2 when it hits, so when it gets into Houston itself it will be "only" a cat 1. Cat 1 and Tropical storm winds arent' that bad if you have a well built house. They aren't fun, but buildings don't colapse on you, unless you are in a mobile home. The damage comes from wind blown objects...lawn furniture, etc. I am most worried that my neighbors trampoline will wind up in my sunroom.
The big problem is we haven't had an ice storm or a wind storm in a while to clear out the dead tree branches...so all of those will be coming down and messing up the powerlines. After Alicia hit some areas were without power and water for weeks.
You will see lots of scary and tragic pictures out of Galveston and the Bay area (Clear Lake, Seabrook, and the Boardwalk, etc.). Most of the rest of the city will probably be up and running by the middle of next week, at the latest. I will have to be back to check on the cats on Sunday, (the house will STINK) and expect to be back to work on Monday or Tuesday. |
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Loose Cannon
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of course they are all on yahoo answers, ready to answer this, rather than protecting their lives and property |
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sweetmommy
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It's just about to hit Galveston but it's been flooding all day with huge surges. Houston is next but I think everyone who stayed is well prepared. The worst is that it is expected to hit in the middle of the night.
Thanks! |
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stephaniee!
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I live in West Houston, i'm scared out of my mind since my mom is like, if you wake up and hear something like a train come in the bath tub cuz its a tornado... haha
but its really windy right now the power isnt out yet its not storming yet but yeah.
there was no school today but were going back on monday if everythings alright.
we taped up our windows today and moved all the benchs and pots and stuff in our backyard in the garage.
i have a beach house in galveston that been in my family since my mom was a kid so it's kinda sad and hard for me and her...
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nymamiyankee
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a friend of my daughters lives there and is telling her a lot of ppl decided to stay behind and now the coastguard is trying to get them out...although their helicopters only carry 5 ppl at a time..its terrible there..hope things turn out ok...with little or no loss of life |
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rock-out-to-80's
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Yeah i live in Houston (harris county) and were pretty close to galveston. nothing serious yet, but its goning to hit here at around 1:00 am. yikes! its gusting pretty bad but no rain or anthing like that yet,so im pretty sure most of us are prepared(i know i am prehaps TOO prepared)lol but im just having fun on my computer for a few hours until my power goes out soon. everyone in galveston, i hope has left and the ones who haven't.......well......pray. =)
holding out |
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露露
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I'm in Houston right now.. actually lieng on a sofa w/ my dog waiting for the hurricane to comee. still hasn't yet just mild winds and nope i haven't evacuated. galveston is already under water!! ): ): ): but yeah i hope everyone is safe!! |
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green
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hello..i'm from malaysia..and far from here i hope that ppl from houston ang gaveston are just fine.. |
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Cassidyyy.
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well i'm in kingwood.
and we are holding up okay.
right now, at least
the wind is starting to pick up.
but we are ready as we will be.
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Jeff in Dallas
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There will be a lot of property damage along the coast but this is just a cat-2 storm. The worst effect for most people in Houston will be lost trees/limbs and some power outages. Just stay inside and don;t go out doing stupid things and everyone will be fine. |
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skizzor09
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South East Houston/Harris County was under a mandatory evacuation. I'm in Northwest Harris County and it's pretty hectic... The electricity has been out for at least 4 hours. On the radio I heard electricity would not be up and running for 18 days to several weeks. When I couldn't go to sleep, I sat in my garage and witnessed a tree falling on my neighbor’s driveway and many transformer explosions lit the sky. Two fences in my back yard are down in sections, exposing other back yards to my sight. Water is over filling the ditches and it's reaching up to peoples homes. The streets are also covered in leaves and branches... go figure. I saw a few police cars around. I guess they were checking for people who violate the curfew?
It's not so bad compared to Katrina and Rita, but Houston hasn't been hit this hard since 2001.
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Chris C.
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I live out here in Humble, just a few miles outside of Houston. As I write its 10:30 pm and were expected to get hit around midnight-ish. Were doing just fine. We've been through this before, and here it comes again. Houston and all the surrounding areas are going to be just fine. Houstonians have always been strong people, that come together, and defeat all the negative of a natural disaster. It's true: dont mess with Texas, even if you are a hurricane! lol. |
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I'm not from there, but anyone who is you're in my prayers tonight |
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firedrago95
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i live in houston. i am pretty scared but i have faith in God. it is very windy and the power turned off for about a couple of seconds a while ago. |
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♥STREAKER♥©℗â€
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I'm in the richmond, rosenberg area and all we are getting is wind. It was a beautiful sunset this evening. Was even bbqing and have a "party" with some friends of mine. At least we are all prepared for the worst if it happens, if not, another party tomorrow.
Yes I am well prepared and so are my friends/family. |
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Katie
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Most of Houston isn't evacuating because of what happened in hurricane Rita (more people killed from evacuating than from the storm), though i hear that people in some southern parts of Houston have been evacuated. I'm not actually in Houston, but a lot of my family is there. My grandparents, aunts and cousins live there, but they are in the woodlands and i here it's not as bad there... But they're going to have to worry about trees. A lot are going to be knocked down, and some of those areas have a lot of trees. THere's also a tornado watch all night tonight...
Power could be out in certain areas for two to three weeks, which could cause a LOT of problems.
From what i hear, there's lots of flooding in Galveston, and the storm is beginning to make landfall there. I don't know as much about that area though...
I wish the best of luck to all you guys in the area's hit hard by the hurricane.
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daloern s
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Galveston did not do well. The east part of Houston and Downtown did not do well either. Luckily I live in a part of town where the electricity did not go out. HEB (the local grocery store) was open yesterday. It looked like a bread line. Everyone in line had at least 1 bottle of alcohol. The part of town I am on was not heavily damaged. I am a little bored and tired because I am stuck at home. At least the TV and the internet work. |
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barrackisamuslim
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I am currently working at the Incident Command Post here at Reliant Center. All is going as planned contrary to what the media has been trying to spew at times. They are doing their best to try and blame FEMA for everything which in turn they can blame Bush. Pods are being set up all over the city and hopefully by the end of this shift there will be over 30. They are there for food, water and ice for the residents affected. This is not a handout so if your not affected don't come here thinking that. |
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&tiffany;
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we filled the bathtubs with water and our power went out friday night 11pm central. we got power back yesterday (sunday) morning at maybe 10:45 am? out air conditioning was out too, so we slep on the floor on the first floor of our house saturday night. we took showers by pouring water from the tub on us in the shower. ooh cold...our neighborhood still has no power (mostly) only the newer homes have power at the moment. lots of districts are closed for the rest of the week. (in houston) |
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Karrie L
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What is more important now is that we all get out and be the Houstonians that we are and come together as a community like we always do. This is the time to step up to the plate and take care of each other. I live in Katy and all I want to do is get out and help where I can. This has been a devastating punch to our gut, please remember the folks in areas such as Orange County, Beaumont, Bridge City that don't get the news coverage that Houston and Galveston get. Houston please get out and volunteer if you can do that magic that we always do when the time calls for it. I am proud of my city and the way we come together when the need arises. Let's get out there a make a difference folks...it's been a tough blow..but we are TOUGHER...FEMA is fine but what we do best is come together and help our fellow Texans. Let's all thank God that the death toll is very low considering the size of this storm. |
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The Logical Approach
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I do not cope with hurricane Ike, I let hurricane Ike cope with me. |
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weezyf.baby
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Well i live in northeast Houston and were holdin up ok. There's no rain but the winds are pretty strong right now. Hopefully everything goes okay.Our family decided were gonna ride this one out so wish us luck! |
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boilerrat
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All is good in Stinkadena!!
We are eating good and watch the storm coverage just like everybody else-- We have 25-30 mph wind and it just started to sprinkle- |
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loulu
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Thank you for your concern. We seem to have come out better than expected. By that I mean that those who took the mayor's warnings and directives left before the storm came. Those who chose not to are alive, as the death toll is considerably low. In Cypress (NW Houston suburb) some of us have power and some do not. Lots of trees down, fences down and a lot of roof damage. Gas is in short supply, as is food, but most we prepared and are not without anything. Neighbors are helping each other and we are all so very thankful that we came out with the damage that we encountered. At this time, m heart goes to those in Galveston and the other coastal cities whose homes were destroyed. God bless ~ |
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Ralph
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Its getting worse wind is getting stronger by the hour. Instead of being scared of kind of excited cuz this is my first Hurricane experience. |
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envyitachi89
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I live in Katy, Texas which is to the left of Houston. Right now, its pretty calm cept for some high winds. I saw a projected path of Hurricane Ike on Google Earth and the projected path goes straight through my School. :p |
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sheila <3
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i live in sugar land and it was bad!!!! galveston island was all under water and the winds were sooo strong that it seemed like someone was screaming! it was scary.........but it's all over now im just praying for everyone- i was at a better place then others...: ) |
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ღ♥fᴙєѕн Ïᴙᴉᴎᴄєss♥ღ
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I just got power back an hour ago. It was out since Friday night/ Saturday morning. On Saturday about 95% (1.5 million) of Houston had no power and most of the people who did lived in the Galleria area. Today I think it went down to 80%. Most of the people I know still don't have power. Yesterday my power was on for about an hour then it went out for the rest of the night. Then it came back on today. I have 7 leaks in my room, 1/4 of my fence fell down, trees down everywhere, school cancelled till Thursday. Galveston just looks terrible. And you know the weird thing. If a catagory 2 hurricane did this to Houston what would Rita have done.
God Bless Southeast Texas |
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Beksters
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West of Galveston is almost completely underwater.
Even though it is "just" a category 2, the storm surge is what is so dangerous. so many areas in southeast texas are going to be water. as a resident that lives in southeast texas, flooding and tornadoes are my main concern.
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bella.vita08
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I live between Houston and Galveston. I evacuated 3 days early and it took me 5 hours to get to Austin (a 2 1/2 hour trip). I will be going back home tomorrow. My apartment is fine, but almost everyone is still without power. I have several friends who has very extensive damage to their homes. |
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MR2008
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i have a home at the end of the island where the san luis pass is....anyone know how it is over there? how high are the flood waters? |
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