San Leon,Texas Devastated by Hurricane Ike pt.3 (
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Images taken in San Leon,Texas along Bayshore Dr.and Ave A 1/2 Tuesday afternoon. The devastation caused by Hurricane Ike is something that will take this community years to recover from. Relief crews from both the National Guard as well as the Red Cross were seen this afternoon. Quite a few residents will find that they no longer have a home when they return. Those that rode the storm out along the bayshore are fortunate to be still with us as there have been quite a few fatalities in just this small community.Electricity is weeks if not months off...and water service will be a week or more before it can be restored. Crews were out this afternoon shutting off service to meters that had no home any longer. The mosquitos are out in clouds but at least
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Mostly what I was trying to do was stick a pin in and see if it would die down. And I don't think I made a statement about anyone except the person from last year. When I noticed just now that I didn't have my location on my blog profile, I put it on there cause someone could make the same assumption about me. Hopefully it won't come to that. By the way, I probably wouldn't have paid any attention but it was implied that someone was going after StormW, and after last summer, I'm sensitive about that. Have a good night.
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Pottery -
I think the person in the beginning of the article is not talking about the same house - they may be confused. The woman at the bottom of the screen in the comment section who says it is her mother's house does not say anything about remodeling it - only that it took two builders and her mother and her husband to work on it.
That is AMAZING.. this blog is AMAZING.. When I first came to this blog a few years ago it was because I needed to know what happening with the STORM at the time. Now I know that the long lasting effects of the STORM. And I can feel like I am part of the recovery after the STORM. It has changed my outlook of following a STORM. From BLOB to INVEST to TD, or maybe right to TS. To Hurricane to landfall and to the AFTERMATH.. If you just watch mainstream news you just get HYPE. Here you get the FACTS even if you don't want to hear them. I hope I am never ever in that cone again, but living on the gulf coast of FL that probably won't happen..
But Press, Pat, and all the rest Thanks for caring so much. It makes me want to be a better person.
I grew up outside of Corpus Christi and my brother-in-law currently works in CC. I agree that CC did the right thing by closing schools and evacuating early; however, it should be noted that the actual NWS projected path had Ike aimed at CC for several days. I used stormpulse to watch the projected path from Tuesday until landfall. Starting Tuesday, the projected path had Ike aimed directly at CC. Initially, the advisories had Ike almost making landfall at CC before it veered north up the coast. And, it the NWS discussion at that time, it was stated that many models showed Ike making landfall before turning north (and that is a true statement, I was watching the models too). CC waited until Wednesday morning to make the call to evacuate their special needs folks. It was about that time that the models and the NWS advisories started shifting the storm north. Probably the earliest Houston and Galveston could have called for mandatory evacuations, based on the path projected by the NWS, was Wednesday night.
On Wednesday night, I read a post on this blog stating that reverse 911 calls were going out in the Texas City area (I believe) telling them to "Hunker down and take it." I checked the City of Houston Emergency website and found a statement there that Houston would make the evacuation call at 7:30 Thursday morning.
There was a dramatic shift north in the projected landfall from Tuesday to Thursday morning. This had many in East Texas scrambling. Emergency planning sessions were not fully underway until Thursday when the first shelters were open and special needs folks pulled from places like Beaumont.
This short timeframe may be one reason why the only real choice for Houston may have been to shelter in place. If they had waited for Galveston to evacuate and then put their people on the road, it is likely that many would have been caught in traffic again. And, I am damned proud of Houston. They did hunker down and take it.
I cannot and will not speak as to what went on in Galveston because I do not know; however, the time frame was short for many cities and communities which lie north of Matagorda Bay were land fall had been projected.
try zooming on it . But i may be seeing sumffin that isnt there with these tired eyes lol
Good point Pottery - it is not really clear from the website or the post from the daughter.
I am curious as to the time difference between the Google Earth before pic and the post-IKE pic - how many years in between?
I don't really remember last summer - but I sure do remember more recent events. Jealousy is a terrible thing. Sad to see a wanna-be who is willing to stoop so low as to try to discredit somebody like StormW in some kind of hope of advancing themselves.
To be honest, I really have no idea how I got implicated in that list in the first place. I have my suspicions, but without knowing for sure I'm not going to go making accusations I can't back up.
Have a good evening - Stay Safe.
Can be a long time between updates. When I first got google, of course I googled my house. The lot to my left had trees in google. There were houses there when I googled it. That would make the pic 'Pre-Ivan since the townhouses built on that lot were built after Ivan. They updated a few months ago to show the townhouses. Give you an idea of how out of date google earth can be
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sorry it been so long since i did it i dont even remember now
I may have included you in a list there in error. Remind me though, was it you who had exposed Amanda by seeking her avatar and bringing her/him down ?
Or am I grossly mistaken. If so, more apologies.
If not, I found that was really strange........
to: Atlarge@foxnews.com
Hey G.
I am in Rochester NY, and my buddy is in New Jersey, both of us are wondering one thing, does CNN helicopter pilots "have-a-set" to fly into the "no-fly-zone" and video tape what the real new may be, what is it, this "mayor" doesn't want us to see....maybe 1500 body's in trees that is said to have been seen?
hey take two helicopters out, record each other, and film as you go...show us what they are hiding, heck the worst thing that could happen is they could try to shot one of them down...which would be news also..
I serious doubt your pilots will do this, maybe they would if you guys would let them have their "sets" back for a while.
thanks anyways
ex-veteran with a set
houston.
ROFLMAO!! (Sounds right up Geraldo's alley) :)) :))
Oops !
Hi, just got on, saw your question. Had to re-figure it out.
Firstly, when you uploaded it, did you do it under "upload a photo" or "upload a portrait"? If you did it in "upload a photo" (like I did the first time), you'll have to redo it under the portrait one. Under the place where you browse for the picture file, you check the box "Status - Primary Portrait for Bio".
If I'm not mistaken, that's it. Once it's approved, it's your avatar. I don't remember having to do anything else.
Still looking for a comeback are you :)
Someone posted one the other day.. you missed it :)
Ohhhh fiiiiiiiiine!! Rub it in!!
The longer range CMC 00Z has three
1 Starting in the Caribbean
1 off the East Coast
1 coming in from the Atlantic
This info updates itself. If you use the toolbar at the top you can see the values for several different altitudes or layers in the atmosphere. Date and times at the bottom.
Ummmmm ahhhhh oh oh..
Where did I put that Halo polish..
Its been calling for those three for 3 runs now.. and you have to remember, its been the best early detection model so far this year.
Nope - I wasn't the one who found that. All I did was the same as I had with a few of the others - I pointed out and questioned some of the inconsistencies in 'her' story and persona. I can't remember who it was that posted the link to the avatar pic.
Kinda funny really - I was chastised via WUMail for 'picking on that sweet kid'. LOL
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And hey it is so COOL to be so ahead of the news. My co-worker can't figure out why I know what happening before they hear about it on the news!!
I guess the break is gonna end soon.
I don't remember who got the picture part of it.. but I have to give the Mishy credit for being the first to smell a rat.. she was onto it via email to me on the first night.
Yup you did good lol
Yup. :-)
I am Sorry.
Dont go picking on "sweet kids" in future. LOL
Its still 5-7 days away.... but at one point.. it has all three active at the same time.
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1) What 16 year olds hang out in a blog until 2...3 am?
2) Vocabulary...not very 16 year oldish
Personally, I think this was an adult MALE
Its my POGO mini. I hate pictures.. but Love WU and POGO.. thanks everyone for taking the time to respond!
The resemblence is stunning.
Of course I don't really look like a fire station either.lol
That was one wild and crazy night! About the weirdest situation I've ever seen on this blog.
I missed the chinacohen thing. I came in right after the explosion went off, and, since half the blog posts were missing to bans, I couldn't tell what in tarnation happened.
Whoever did the picture thing should be remembered. If anyone can remember the date, I'll slog through the comments and find it.
He said hin nik was txhurricane or sumffin close to that
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