Hurricane Ike targets Subsim (Texas)

Jimbuna · 09-12-08, 10:14 AM

Good luck Neal and everyone in the area....thankfully we seldom if ever get anything of this magnitude in the UK

sonar732 · 09-12-08, 10:22 AM

On a side note...nothing on the Subsim.com homepage about Ike even though you are "looking down the barrel"?

Onkel Neal · 09-12-08, 10:45 AM

Ha ha, good point

I'll update now, then going around town on my motorcycle before closing the hatch.

BlueBeard · 09-12-08, 11:51 AM

I seriously hope that you are getting your butt out of there Neal. Where exactly in Galveston is your house?

Regards,
Menno and Jolanda (BlueBeard and Angel)

Onkel Neal · 09-12-08, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueBeard

I seriously hope that you are getting your butt out of there Neal. Where exactly in Galveston is your house?

Regards,
Menno and Jolanda (BlueBeard and Angel)

Not exacly Galveston, inshore a bit

BlueBeard · 09-12-08, 02:32 PM

Well looks quiet on the pictures. I am curious about the before and after effect.

The storm will arrive around 07:00 AM GMT+1 I think.

sonar732 · 09-12-08, 02:37 PM

Department of Energy is estimating roughly 7.8 million households will be w/o power after Ike.

AVGWarhawk · 09-12-08, 02:37 PM

Fear not Neal! FEMA is working up ordering 200 more tractors to pull relief supplies. I'm stroking through my availability now

. I have water tankers on the way....like you need more water

Balls out today for positioning trucks. Tomorrow it is sit and wait out the storm. Then it is balls out Sunday moving in supplies and generators. I'm pulling trucks to Fort Sam Houston and Randolph AFB. As of now, my trucks are slated to be onsite shuttling relief supplies up to 30 days or beyond. Heck, I have 5 trucks sitting in the Reliant Center, Houston. That is right...inside the Reliant Center

I have to make sure my tractors do not blow away

It is now the calm before the storm.

Stealth Hunter · 09-12-08, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueBeard

I seriously hope that you are getting your butt out of there Neal. Where exactly in Galveston is your house?

Regards,
Menno and Jolanda (BlueBeard and Angel)

Not exacly Galveston, inshore a bit

Well ****. It's going to go right over my place, too.

Out of curiosity, do you have a link to this specific map from their site?

patton610 · 09-12-08, 05:14 PM

any Ideas about what they are doing at the Battleship? Last I heard it was ready to sink by itself. this would be a odd storm... carrying the name of a Texan, flooding Texas, and sinking the U.S.S. Texas as well. should change the name to Billy and maybe it will divert to New Mexico.

longam · 09-12-08, 11:51 AM

The traffic is low on the main roads. These Traffic cams could come in handy for an escape route.

http://tinyurl.com/4pnkst

Live Coverage FOX http://www.myfoxhoustonlive.com/

sonar732 · 09-12-08, 12:17 PM

Webcam on I-45 and 61st in Galveston...

Regular Day

Snapshot image showing frontage road access gone.

Rhodes · 09-12-08, 12:45 PM

"It's a big one, and it's going to get bigger," said Lt. Col. Mark Carter, 54, a pilot who has chased storms for 31 years"

in Yahoo know:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/..._us/eye_of_ike

Do not know if is 100% realleable.

Good luck Neal, hang in there!!!

RickC Sniper · 09-12-08, 01:06 PM

http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/arch...2/1385259.aspx

The video on that page shows that seawall in Galveston.

The water is very very high there already, and the storm was 17 hours out.

Isn't this thing still just a cat2? Is it the enormous diameter of the thing that gives it the potential to do so much damage?

09-12-08, 10:14 AM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,964 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Good luck Neal and everyone in the area....thankfully we seldom if ever get anything of this magnitude in the UK __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

09-12-08, 10:45 AM	#3
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ha ha, good point I'll update now, then going around town on my motorcycle before closing the hatch. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

09-12-08, 02:37 PM	#8
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Fear not Neal! FEMA is working up ordering 200 more tractors to pull relief supplies. I'm stroking through my availability now. I have water tankers on the way....like you need more water Balls out today for positioning trucks. Tomorrow it is sit and wait out the storm. Then it is balls out Sunday moving in supplies and generators. I'm pulling trucks to Fort Sam Houston and Randolph AFB. As of now, my trucks are slated to be onsite shuttling relief supplies up to 30 days or beyond. Heck, I have 5 trucks sitting in the Reliant Center, Houston. That is right...inside the Reliant Center I have to make sure my tractors do not blow away It is now the calm before the storm. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-12-08, 05:14 PM	#10
patton610 Swabbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: texas Posts: 13 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	BB-35 any Ideas about what they are doing at the Battleship? Last I heard it was ready to sink by itself. this would be a odd storm... carrying the name of a Texan, flooding Texas, and sinking the U.S.S. Texas as well. should change the name to Billy and maybe it will divert to New Mexico.

09-12-08, 11:51 AM	#11
longam Admiral Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,014 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	The traffic is low on the main roads. These Traffic cams could come in handy for an escape route. http://tinyurl.com/4pnkst Live Coverage FOX http://www.myfoxhoustonlive.com/ Last edited by longam; 09-12-08 at 12:09 PM.

09-12-08, 10:22 AM	#2
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	On a side note...nothing on the Subsim.com homepage about Ike even though you are "looking down the barrel"?

09-12-08, 11:51 AM	#4
BlueBeard The Chief Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 33 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I seriously hope that you are getting your butt out of there Neal. Where exactly in Galveston is your house? Regards, Menno and Jolanda (BlueBeard and Angel)

09-12-08, 02:32 PM	#6
BlueBeard The Chief Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Netherlands Posts: 33 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well looks quiet on the pictures. I am curious about the before and after effect. The storm will arrive around 07:00 AM GMT+1 I think.

09-12-08, 12:17 PM	#12
sonar732 The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Central MO Posts: 1,562 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Webcam on I-45 and 61st in Galveston... Regular Day Snapshot image showing frontage road access gone.

09-12-08, 12:45 PM	#13
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,520 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	"It's a big one, and it's going to get bigger," said Lt. Col. Mark Carter, 54, a pilot who has chased storms for 31 years" in Yahoo know: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/..._us/eye_of_ike Do not know if is 100% realleable. Good luck Neal, hang in there!!! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

09-12-08, 01:06 PM	#14
RickC Sniper Undetectable Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,221 Downloads: 132 Uploads: 0	http://fieldnotes.msnbc.msn.com/arch...2/1385259.aspx The video on that page shows that seawall in Galveston. The water is very very high there already, and the storm was 17 hours out. Isn't this thing still just a cat2? Is it the enormous diameter of the thing that gives it the potential to do so much damage? __________________ Support Subsim http://www.subsim.com/store.html Last edited by RickC Sniper; 09-12-08 at 04:42 PM.