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They have water in their parking lot.

Galveston Fire Department reporting water rising 1 foot every 45 minutes. **Guys, also...Not that we don't believe you, but post a link if you can about a report you are hearing. Everyone is on edge now. If you read it on another board or see it on a media website, paraphrase it and give us the link**

Louisiana storm surge prediction for Ike

Watch Geraldo go down in some Ike surge!!!!

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Coast Guard rescuing people in High Island and Sabine Pass who failed to listen to evac orders.

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NHC 10pm advisory is out. Movement: WNW 12 mph Winds: 100mph Forecasted to make landfall as a Cat 2 over the heart of Galveston Island. I am afraid the Golden Triangle will never be the same. Bridge City, Port Arthur, Sabine Pass.....I hope everyone got out.

Yes, Greg reported that as well....Like I said...Ike's wind will be nothing like Rita, but the water will be.

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The Examiner will have tons of photos beginning early Saturday morning. All updates in the Hurricane Ike thread.

Good update from Greg B....Was asked if the eye made landfall closer to us, what would happen then? He said probably not much of a difference. Hurricane force winds will reach all the way out to Lake Charles now and the main focus with Ike is storm surge/water due to large wind field. The only way we would feel less symptoms is if he landed further south. Greg continues to suggest to leave low-lying areas!

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And they were afraid to evacuate the area?

I dont think the wind damage will be worse but it will be bad enough. Water damage is the issue here...Dirty side storm surge. We were in the left side (north wind) of Rita.

Hardin County now calls for a voluntary evacuation.

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NHC 4pm update....adjust track now nearly west end of Galveston Island.... Movement: WNW 10mph Winds: 100mph 000 WTNT34 KNHC 112047 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 43 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 400 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008 ...IKE HEADED FOR THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA TO BAFFIN BAY TEXAS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS COULD REACH THE COAST WITHIN THE WARNING AREA BY LATE FRIDAY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM SOUTH OF BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MISSISSIPPI-ALABAMA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. AT 400 PM CDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 510 MILES...820 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS AND ABOUT 400 MILES... 645 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS. IKE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR...AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH A TURN TO THE NORTHWEST EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IKE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE UPPER-TEXAS COAST BY LATE FRIDAY. HOWEVER...BECAUSE IKE IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE...WEATHER WILL DETERIORATE ALONG THE COASTLINE LONG BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE COAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH...160 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. IKE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE PRIOR TO REACHING THE COASTLINE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM...FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 275 MILES...445 KM. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIRCRAFT RECONNAISSANCE DATA WAS 950 MB...28.05 INCHES. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 20 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF IKE MAKES LANDFALL...EXCEPT AT THE HEADS OF BAYS...WHERE SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 25 FT COULD OCCUR. COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. ABOVE NORMAL TIDES IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO. IKE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TEXAS COAST AND OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES POSSIBLE. REPEATING THE 400 PM CDT POSITION...26.0 N...89.4 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB. AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 700 PM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 1000 PM CDT. $$ FORECASTER FRANKLIN

Please turn TV to KFDM Ch 6 @ 3:55..Greg will be on soon with a full update.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has sent 7500 National Guardsmen to Galveston and has told everyone: GET OUT NOW

The furthest north was GFDL into Galveston Bay which is bad bad news... NHC big update @ 4pm... Also, Orange has a curfew (dusk to dawn)...Doubled patrol so stay inside. If you want traffic updates, we have live cams on www.theexaminer.com and click on Hurricane Ike.

Tyler County issues a voluntary evac... Also, spoke with Gabe from OL and he says ZERO problems on Hwy 69.

EURO - freeport/Galveston... Now a consensus guys.

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