Hurricane Ike

[cowgirlintexas]

http://www.stormpulse.com/

Here it comes........

[Nascar1966]

I am in the mandatory evacution zone. The track keeps on getting closer and closer to where i am at and my work wont let me go yet. I still have to be at work in about 2 1/2 hours. If it stays on the current track I am staying and will have to deal with about 10 hours of CAT I winds. Here is another excellent hurricane website, thisw one shows all the models, http://tropics.hamweather.com//. Any advice on how to deal with the work situation.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

I am in the mandatory evacution zone. The track keeps on getting closer and closer to where i am at and my work wont let me go yet. I still have to be at work in about 2 1/2 hours. If it stays on the current track I am staying and will have to deal with about 10 hours of CAT I winds. Here is another excellent hurricane website, thisw one shows all the models, http://tropics.hamweather.com//. Any advice on how to deal with the work situation.

Tell them you are going out for some fresh air - and bolt.

When you comeback in a few day they will be glad that you are alive and will have forgotten you skipped out early.

[Nascar1966]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Tell them you are going out for some fresh air - and bolt.

When you comeback in a few day they will be glad that you are alive and will have forgotten you skipped out early.

Bolt as in a Charger? At least I have some Bacardi and Canadian Windsor.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

Bolt as in a Charger? At least I have some Bacardi and Canadian Windsor.

Perfect...I also understand that a CAT 1 wind cures a hangover - so giver!


Above all stay safe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The maroon part would not be good.
A little move west and bang for all the people that have
come up here.
95 mph winds.

Looks like it might be going more North now.
Who knows.
Maybe they will have time to retreat back.
Too much info too early possibly.

For weather freaks this is a good site.

http://www.crownweather.com/ike.html

Hell now they are evacuating Galveston.
This is getting a bit much.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by pgardn

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The maroon part would not be good.
A little move west and bang for all the people that have
come up here.
95 mph winds.

Looks like it might be going more North now.
Who knows.
Maybe they will have time to retreat back.
Too much info too early possibly.

Mark me in by Beaumont

[cowgirlintexas]

What is starting to worry me is that Hurricane Rita did the same thing here 3 yrs ago. About the same time of year too. They kept saying it was going into Victoria/Galveston and then to wake up the day the storm was to hit to hear "It's moved farther to the east and is going to hit Beaumont".

It is looking like Ike just might do the same damn thing...I usually go to Houston, but they will be evacuated by this time tomorrow I imagine.
This really is going to be a monster. Best of luck to anyone that is in this ones path come Saturday a.m.

IH 37 is loaded down with people from South Central Texas
coast heading to San Antonio. We will have to open the gym up
again. Fleeing like ants.

It is really kinda sad. There are a lot of poor people
that dont live on the water, but still have to evacuate.
They really dont have the bucks to just pick up and leave.

One good thing people dont give the Churches credit for.
They will send volunteers and get these folks gas money
to get back. And they dont have to claim they accept Jesus
Christ as their savior to get help.

Hopefully they have something to get back to.

Cowgirl... your friends in Houston could get ripped up
if this moves further north. Its to the south of you this
time around most likely. So you might also get some
bad stuff.

If it goes more west the people that are fleeing from
the south to San Antonio will retreat right into the
storm that pounds us.
Messed up stuff.
Laredo might have been safer but they cant hold the influx.

I hope people are overreacting. The gas stations and
grocery stores are getting mauled.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Nascar1966

I am in the mandatory evacution zone. The track keeps on getting closer and closer to where i am at and my work wont let me go yet. I still have to be at work in about 2 1/2 hours. If it stays on the current track I am staying and will have to deal with about 10 hours of CAT I winds. Here is another excellent hurricane website, thisw one shows all the models, http://tropics.hamweather.com//. Any advice on how to deal with the work situation.

tell your work to bite you. unless you're essential to search and rescue, or are a public official (police, fireman) you don't need to be there. neither should they.