[PenultimateManStanding]

Are you thinking about Ike? The Hurricane watch people are urgently warning folks to GET OUT OF GALVESTON! They are using phrases like "certain death." With this one, it isn't the wind strength so much as the surge due to the fantastic size of it. Then comes the damage to refineries and the aftermath of that. Blue sky in Galveston with the storm nearly 200 miles away and already 15 foot waves crashing over the sea wall.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')"We started seeing water come up on the streets, then we saw this. We just loaded up everything, got the pets, we're leaving," Tony Munoz, 33, said. "I've been through storms before but this is different."

[blukatzen]

Shanny, If I recall correctly, your parents still live in Houston? I hope they're on their way out to you. I hope Aaron gets his family out of harms' way, gosh this must be difficult with a new baby and all.

My best to all of you Houstonians and Texans.
Stay strong.

Blu

[PenultimateManStanding]

Most in Houston are being told to sit tight, I read, to avoid the traffic bottleneck of Rita which caused more loss of life than the storm. It is 50 miles inland but there is a major shipping channel and Ike may head straight up it. It's eerie to think that the main fury of the storm will hit around midnight.

[PrairieMule]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I')t's eerie to think that the main fury of the storm will hit around midnight.