Ike is Bigger than Hannah
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"" TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE MORNING FRIDAY... AND SPREAD INLAND TO THE HOUSTON AREA MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. WINDS OF AT LEAST TROPICAL STORM FORCE WILL THEN POSSIBLY LAST ABOUT 24 HOURS.
DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF IKE... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL REACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE EVENING ON FRIDAY... AND THE HOUSTON METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY LAST FOR UP TO 8 TO 12 HOURS.
PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HARRIS... LIBERTY... BRAZORIA... GALVESTON... AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM COMES ONSHORE.
VERY DANGEROUS WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES IS LIKELY.
NATURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES BECOMING UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF HEALTHY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED... MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF NEWLY PLANTED GROUND CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED.
... INLAND FLOODING...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THR"UGH SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
... TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AS IKE MOVES ONSHORE. YOU SHOULD PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS."
"Houston, Bellaire, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Humble, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Jersey Village, Richmond, Alvin, Bay City, Angleton: Sustained winds 80-110 mph winds, 5-10" rain with flooding in poor drainage areas, isolated tornadoes."
Lulz.
DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK AND STRENGTH OF IKE... HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL REACH THE COASTAL COUNTIES LATE EVENING ON FRIDAY... AND THE HOUSTON METRO AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY LAST FOR UP TO 8 TO 12 HOURS.
PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 100 TO 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HARRIS... LIBERTY... BRAZORIA... GALVESTON... AND CHAMBERS COUNTIES. WIND SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 115 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR WHERE THE CENTER OF THE STORM COMES ONSHORE.
VERY DANGEROUS WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE AND DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES IS LIKELY.
NATURAL DAMAGE WILL INCLUDE ALL TREES WITH ROTTING BASES BECOMING UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. NEARLY ALL LARGE BRANCHES WILL SNAP. BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND ONE HALF OF HEALTHY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED... MOST COMMON WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF NEWLY PLANTED GROUND CROPS WILL BE DAMAGED.
... INLAND FLOODING...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THR"UGH SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL.
... TORNADOES...
THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AS IKE MOVES ONSHORE. YOU SHOULD PLAN TO SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AWAY FROM WINDOWS."
"Houston, Bellaire, Sugar Land, Missouri City, Humble, Kingwood, Pasadena, Pearland, Jersey Village, Richmond, Alvin, Bay City, Angleton: Sustained winds 80-110 mph winds, 5-10" rain with flooding in poor drainage areas, isolated tornadoes."
Lulz.
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Now who didn't see that one coming from a mile away. Of course I refer to Ibun's post of the I love Ike button but the same could be said for Ike the Hurricaine. Stay safe Arlo. I'll be praying for ya and all the inhabitants of the general Houston area as well as all other states that will likely get some tremendous rain from this. I just hope our drought plagued state gets some of it.
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I keep associating the name "Ike" with the Fire Emblem character. Which is vaguely appropriate, because he's one tough customer.
See other much-maligned creatures in my webcomic: http://downscale.comicgenesis.com
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I call shenanigans on it being your earliest memory.Ike is a pussy of a hurricane. Andrew was a bigger storm. (also one of my earliest memories.)
Who sleeps shall awake, greeting the shadows from the sun
Who sleeps shall awake, looking through the window of our lives
Waiting for the moment to arrive...
Show us the silence in the rise,
So that we may someday understand...
Who sleeps shall awake, looking through the window of our lives
Waiting for the moment to arrive...
Show us the silence in the rise,
So that we may someday understand...
pants you Bacon! I just got power back. D:
Still no internets. I'm leeching from school!
Still no internets. I'm leeching from school!
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Who sleeps shall awake, looking through the window of our lives
Waiting for the moment to arrive...
Show us the silence in the rise,
So that we may someday understand...
Who sleeps shall awake, looking through the window of our lives
Waiting for the moment to arrive...
Show us the silence in the rise,
So that we may someday understand...
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