Beaumont area in state of PANIC! (Houston, Austin: transfer, pharmacist, military)

[Korel]

It's not the rain fall I would be worried about, it's the storm surge. Anybody living less than 20 feet above sea level is gonna get flooded.

[Rocket Power]

Well Sabine Pass and Port Arthur may be in trouble if this 20 foot surge happens. Hope the levees in PA don't break.

Still, folks inland are panicking for no reason. I stayed and sat through Rita so this will be nothing compared to that.

[5stones]

this one is going to be a big flooding mess.

The storm is still 100's of miles off cost and the waves are already going over the seawall. This is the storm that brought 50ft waves crashing into Cuba. The seawall is about 17ft high, the next 24 hours is going to get interesting.

The just rescued people from surfside who didn't head evacs. Luckliy the winds and rain haven't come yet so they can get those who refused evac orders and now are stranded out.

All that water could very well get pushed up the ship channel..and that will be a mess.

This is a HUGE storm.

Beaumont...you are going to get more than 1-2" of rain and 20-30mph winds. I hope you are ready for a LONG night as it probably will make land fall around 1am.

it's going to flood, Houston is going to flood, it floods during bad thunderstorms. the bayous swell etc...

On the side note...ANYONE see GERALDO Rivera just get ounded by the storm serge? knocked flat on his butt! now that was funny and worth watching!

[love roses]

Had to eat a little bit of crow on how high the water will get. I just watched some coverage of Galveston, and was somewhat surprised by how high the water is right now, although I didn't go into a state of panic. I was taken off guard just a bit by how much water and debris already washed onto seawall blvd. but wasn't alarmed by the flooding already happening in the Clear Lake area. I called my mom, but she was busy boarding up so I'll have to see what's up later with her.

It's totally nuts here where I'm at though. I can't believe how many evacuees actually came to Hutto.

[austinnetx]

If you live near the shore, the bayou, or a river in the Freeport-Galveston-Houston-Lavaca area, you need to move now!!

The storm surge is already up to ten feet in Galveston and is projected to reach 20+ plus.

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Ike will hit somewhere near Galveston.

[love roses]

I haven't heard from my friend in Brazoria and she lives pretty close to the Brazos River. She may have evacuated to Bandera though but not sure. Brazoria was mandatory evac too.

[Icy Tea]

You have the Weather Channel and other news media doing their best to panic the elderly and shut ins by hyping this like crazy. Certainly people in the most dangerous areas need to get to high ground or evacuate and people in at risk structures need to take precautions. But mass hysteria isn't going to help the situation and will only hinder emergency efforts.

[NOTAM]

Geraldo Rivera gets on my last nerve. there is something very skeevy about him. not sure how to describe what i feel when i see him. just very disturbing to look at. he's such a "sensationalist" and i just cant teke him seriously. i cant believe major cable news networks would even hire him. he reminds me of a sleazy used car salesman

Originally Posted by 5stones

this one is going to be a big flooding mess.

The storm is still 100's of miles off cost and the waves are already going over the seawall. This is the storm that brought 50ft waves crashing into Cuba. The seawall is about 17ft high, the next 24 hours is going to get interesting.

The just rescued people from surfside who didn't head evacs. Luckliy the winds and rain haven't come yet so they can get those who refused evac orders and now are stranded out.

All that water could very well get pushed up the ship channel..and that will be a mess.

This is a HUGE storm.

Beaumont...you are going to get more than 1-2" of rain and 20-30mph winds. I hope you are ready for a LONG night as it probably will make land fall around 1am.

it's going to flood, Houston is going to flood, it floods during bad thunderstorms. the bayous swell etc...

On the side note...ANYONE see GERALDO Rivera just get ounded by the storm serge? knocked flat on his butt! now that was funny and worth watching!

[Avengerfire]

Have some of you on here saying this storm is not that big a deal seen the pics from space of this thing? It is almost the size of Texas.

[Eastender67]

Originally Posted by love roses

Had to eat a little bit of crow on how high the water will get. I just watched some coverage of Galveston, and was somewhat surprised by how high the water is right now, although I didn't go into a state of panic. I was taken off guard just a bit by how much water and debris already washed onto seawall blvd. but wasn't alarmed by the flooding already happening in the Clear Lake area. I called my mom, but she was busy boarding up so I'll have to see what's up later with her.

It's totally nuts here where I'm at though. I can't believe how many evacuees actually came to Hutto.

when you've got you foot in your mouth.

(Hurricanes are a different breed of cat but some people just don't get it. Never will either.)