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Hurricane Ike: People Not Evacuating Face "Certain Death"
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omgimaninja
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My friends who work in the JP Morgan Tower downtown Houston are looking for a picture of the damage to it. Has anybody seen any pictures?
kkaabboomm
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http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/Ike_blasts_Houston_Galveston.htmlomgimaninja said:
Pristine_Condition
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I haven't been following the thread, (I have lots of friends and family in the affected areas, though everyone I know evac'd to "higher ground," thank God...) so forgive me if this has been posted before.
The Austin American-Statesman is running a Twitter feed as they have gone back into the remains of Galveston:
http://twitter.com/trackingike
The Austin American-Statesman is running a Twitter feed as they have gone back into the remains of Galveston:
http://twitter.com/trackingike
MagicJackBauer
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neptunes said:
Bravo sir
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Chumly said:
Ike said:
WTF :lol
:lol @ Ikeshagg_187 said:
If your wondering what my comment was about its because that if the storm had hit to the south of Galveston the storm surge could have been 8 feet higher than what it was. And with some of the stories about people having to be rescued and staying in 1 story buildings in Galveston it would have NOT been good.
The northeast side of the storm is the worst part and luckily Galveston was spared that
EDIT: Heres a good picture
SSGMUN10000
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As some of you know I was stuck working in downtown overnight. I work in the El Paso building and the windows in our lobbby area got ripped out. Checked out the 17th and 18th floor and 2 offices that were in the same location got ripped to shreds. Wells Fargo building which is the 2nd tallest in dowtown had several windows busted and one window several stories high had what looked like a beam hanging from it.
Got home about 3 hours ago. My patio had some damage, my double doors were broken off the hinges, plants/trees uprooted/broke, some damage to the bottom of the house but nothing major.
Saw a couple houses with trees on them and a few gas stations that seemed to have caved on themselves. No real flooding just wind damage to buildings.
Saw a couple houses with trees on them and a few gas stations that seemed to have caved on themselves. No real flooding just wind damage to buildings.
Cnn has been showing some aerial footage of various neighborhoods and it looks like this was a very very bad hurricane. There is terrible devistation over a massive area from the storm surge, all the way into Louisiana. Everything looks like it's been sloshed and caked with mud, with houses moved off their foundation and everything else. There is also a surprising amount of wind damage.
As bad as this is, it's hard to imagine that this is actually better than they were expecting. It doesn't really look like they dodged a bullet, just maybe got hit with a slightly smaller bullet.
As bad as this is, it's hard to imagine that this is actually better than they were expecting. It doesn't really look like they dodged a bullet, just maybe got hit with a slightly smaller bullet.
Eteric Rice
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Krowley said:
Could have been worse if they had gotten that surge. Much much much worse. Like, houses that were once there aren't there anymore.
If it's anything like Katrina, wait until everything dries. Cracks in the mud about 8 inches deep, and your neighborhood will look like that scene from the old Hulk movie where he goes back to where his old house was.
It probably didn't have fastest winds, but wind speed records aren't reliable for many of older cyclones.camineet said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Nancy_(1961)
Tropical Cyclone is the generalized term. When one forms in the Atlantic Ocean or in the Northeast Pacific, it's called a Hurricane. When one forms in the Northwest Pacific, it's called a Typhoon. When one forms in the Indian Ocean or in the Southern Hemisphere, it's just called a Cyclone.camineet said:
perfectchaos007
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Emenis said:
They let you into Angleton? I heard there was a restriction to get into Brazoria county unless you lived in Manvel, Brazoria, or Alvin. I'm not headed home till Monday.
perfectchaos007 said:
I didnt have any problems getting in. In fact there was a line of vehicles coming into angleton with us and I dont think I saw a cop anywhere.
I DID go to clute though and the cops there were turning people away. I'm guessing if they're doing that in clute then LJ is the same way. If you do come though make sure you have gas since pretty much everything here is closed.
Just saw a bunch of military helicopters fly over my house looking for people.
4 weeks at least.Zoe said:
I went home and checked on my house, I work less than a mile away. My house looks fine, like everyone else i have no power.
One of my friends who's parents live ON galveston bay are real depressed right now, I imagine their house is either not there or not even worth repairing. They were on the bay on one side with a pier to their boat, then like 3 or 4 blocks from the beach the other way.
JzeroT1437
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Time for the Bush administration to save face for the Katrina fuckup. And they will, since it's Texas this time.
This looks awful.
This looks awful.
Eteric Rice
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I'd love to punch Bush in the face still. My old town is still fucked up. They don't even have a Wal-Mart or food store as far as I know right now.
But, the state is so corrupt that any money sent is pretty much stolen by our polititioners. It's not really a surprise anymore.
But, the state is so corrupt that any money sent is pretty much stolen by our polititioners. It's not really a surprise anymore.
Houston has been through this before, all the state and local officials made plans in advance, which didnt exactly seem like the case with Katrina.JzeroT1437 said:
Centerpoint has 7000 electric and tree trimming teams coming starting tomorrow to get power back on. Which is the biggest issue at the moment.
captive said:
mAcOdIn said:
Lets not forget that New Orleans took 3 weeks to fully drain out. Then you had to bulldoze the mud just to drive into some neighborhoods. I know everyone wants to make it out like they are the same thing, but its just not.
And if that hurricane hadn't shifted slighty in the night, you would have seen a higher death toll in Galveston then you did for Katrina.
True. I have been saying througout this thread that it wouldnt be the same and that its not the same.Dirtbag 504 said:
But a lot of people want to blame Bush for everything with Katrina, its not Bush's fault that so many citizens disobeyed orders to leave. It wasnt his fault the levees broke and that New Orleans is under sea level.
say what you want about him as a president, but all the failures of katrina almost none of them are his fault.
Generators are being brought in from all over the state. People are being brought in from all over the state and neighboring states.
Galveston actually has a 90 day cash reserve and passed a law that allows them to borrow 20 million without any referendums.
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