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Originally Posted by Flaflyer
(Post 10358069)
When did TV weatherpeople become such bad role models for children?
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Originally Posted by oldpenny16
(Post 10358285)
As far as the way CNN and FOX do weather emergencies.....not good at all.
Our local meteorologists are pretty good, but I'm not sure how the Texas guys are. Stick to reputable sites that use NHC products and you'll get the best information. Avoid any source that uses AccuWeather. |
Originally Posted by SRQ Guy
(Post 10358304)
TWC's Jim Cantore, who used to be famous for showing up at the landfall of major US-landfalling hurricanes is no longer on the circuit. He was sheltering in a retirement home in Biloxi for Katrina, and was on satellite phone on the air as they ran up to the third (and highest) floor and then treaded water near the ceiling during Katrina's surge, praying that the water would go no higher. He has since said that he'll never ever put himself in harm's way like that again. they need to replay that phone call every time one of these morons hangs out for landfall. Being near a "standard" Cat 1 blower is one thing, but approaching these monsters in the Gulf is suicide.
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Wow there are a LOT of people still on Galveston Island. Naturally they will require very expensive and dangerous rescues later. Good grief.
My granddaddy was a fireman in coastal South Carolina. When people didn't want to evac for Hugo, he said he gave them a Sharpie and asked that they write their SSN and next of kin's phone number on their torso. That convinced some to evac. |
Originally Posted by Bonehead
(Post 10358343)
Cantore was on Galveston near the beach last night. I suspect that he's moved a ways inland, but there are still a number of media types (and the requisite low-IQ observers) right by the beach, evidenced on the multiple live feeds that I'm able to monitor.
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Originally Posted by Bonehead
(Post 10358343)
Cantore was on Galveston near the beach last night. I suspect that he's moved a ways inland, but there are still a number of media types (and the requisite low-IQ observers) right by the beach, evidenced on the multiple live feeds that I'm able to monitor.
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Originally Posted by swei0009
(Post 10358383)
Wow there are a LOT of people still on Galveston Island. Naturally they will require very expensive and dangerous rescues later.
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Originally Posted by SRQ Guy
(Post 10358304)
TWC's Jim Cantore, who used to be famous for showing up at the landfall of major US-landfalling hurricanes is no longer on the circuit. He was sheltering in a retirement home in Biloxi for Katrina, and was on satellite phone on the air as they ran up to the third (and highest) floor and then treaded water near the ceiling during Katrina's surge, praying that the water would go no higher. He has since said that he'll never ever put himself in harm's way like that again. they need to replay that phone call every time one of these morons hangs out for landfall. Being near a "standard" Cat 1 blower is one thing, but approaching these monsters in the Gulf is suicide.
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Originally Posted by swei0009
(Post 10358216)
Well if it washes Geraldo away.... Nah, I'm not that mean. Even Geraldo doesn't deserve that. But man is that guy dumb.
This reminds me of the time some guy from CNN was standing in the surf in MYR during a storm. Peter Arnett? |
I would hope that any FTers who live in the impacted areas will post here to let us know that they are okay and, if they can, tell us about their situations.
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Originally Posted by us2
(Post 10358410)
He's still there as of now, pointing out that the island is already flooding and that he's on the highest ground to be found there. The water's already coming over the seawall. I suspect he'll bug out fairly soon. This is going to be one awful mess -- lots of flooding already. Amazingly, they're reporting that many people are staying in Galveston.
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Here's the aviation forecast for IAH from flightaware:
2008/09/12 17:36 KIAH 121736Z 121818 04020G35KT P6SM BKN035CB BKN100 BKN250 FM2200 03030G40KT P6SM VCSH BKN030CB BKN080 OVC150 FM0300 03045G60KT 5SM TSRA BKN025CB OVC060 FM0600 03050G70KT 3SM +TSRA BKN015CB OVC040 FM0900 05055G75KT 3SM +TSRA BKN015CB OVC040 FM1200 17060G75KT 3SM +TSRA BKN015CB OVC040 FM1500 21055G70KT 4SM TSRA BKN015CB OVC040 Subtract 6 hours to get local time. By 9 pm this evening, you'll be seeing 45 knot winds with gusts to 70 kts. They're forecasting near hurricane level winds from 6 am Sat to 9 am at 60 knots (hurricane force is 64kts) with gusts to 75 kts. At 9 am, the winds will still be 55 kts with gusts to 70 kts. Between that, and the storm surge, I expect there to be a great deal of property damage in the metro Houston area; this is a long period of severe wind. I'm really worried about this one; this is an incredibly large metro area to be hit by a storm like this. I hope everyone down there is bunkered in for this and well-stocked on supplies. The recovery could be long and messy. |
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1900 storm
When Cline, then chief meteorologist of the U.S. Weather Service station in Galveston, began his observations about 5 a.m., he noticed gulf water creeping over the low ends of the island. From atop the National Weather Service bureau, which was at 23rd and Market streets, Cline watched storm swells rise, the barometer drop and the winds grow stronger. According to his memoirs, he knew at that moment of impending danger. He rode up and down the beach on his horse urging visitors to go home and residents within three blocks of the beach to move to higher ground. In 1900, higher ground was a relative term. The highest house in the city was at an elevation between 8 and 9 feet. But even Cline's warning would prove fruitless as the night approached. By the peak of the storm, no part of the island remained dry. "In reality, there was no island, just the ocean with houses standing out of the waves which rolled between them," Cline wrote in his memoirs "Storms, Flood and Sunshine," (1945, Pelican Publishing). Throughout the day, Cline sent telegraph warnings to the Weather Service's central office in Washington, D.C. But by midafternoon, lines went down, and he could no longer relay messages. He walked home through deep water and found refuge with some 50 people at his house near the beach. |
I'm at work today - watching these television feeds:
NBC Houston CBS Houston Pier at 61st Street at Galvston, TX is now an island (or some of it collapsed (around 130p CDT 9/12/08) |
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