KFDM COOP Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Posted September 12, 2008 They may be on their own now.
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 From Entergy With Hurricane Ike bearing down on the upper Texas coastline, officials with Entergy Texas, Inc. are advising power restoration in the wake of the storm may take weeks. “Hurricane Ike’s path has potential to cause massive power outages throughout our service area, both along the coast and in the areas we serve north of Houston,†said Joe Domino, president and chief executive officer, Entergy Texas, Inc. “This storm is also expected to create a huge storm surge, which will also impact our restoration strategy.†Although the eye of the storm is expected to make landfall in the Galveston area, its large wind field, combined with a particularly treacherous east side of the storm, will mean a hard hit for Entergy Texas. Once the storm has passed through the area, the first step will be to assess damage. Crews are prepared to move into Southeast Texas to begin the restoration work.
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Jerry Jordan on top of the Rainbow Bridge: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up
greg88 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Wow... I'm really anxious to see what happens. How about the goofy mispronunciations on the weather channel? Earlier I heard a guy say "Lake Sabyne".
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 All is well gabe...you make it thru traffic?
RonBurgundy68 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Any predictions on how long the power will be out? I'll guess around a week and a half to two weeks...
Gasilla Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 The neighborhoods in BC that are on or near the water are in deep trouble, I'm afraid. I will have photos up soon. There are several that already have water in them and you could literally see the water rising as we watched. Most of BC above Texas Ave is fine right now, but at the rate it's coming in, this early, it's pretty scary. We didn't go over to the Bayou Oaks addition, but all of the additions we went to near the water were pretty much in the same shape.
Gabe Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Made it through at about 11 p.m. last night, I turned a 4 1/2 hour drive into a 9 hour one! It wasnt bad until Lufkin and that didnt last once got past lufkin
NDNWarrior Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Any news of flooding in Groves?
venom33 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 just talked to kogt, they said not much was happening...
Bobcatfan4life Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Cantore just said a 10ft surge just reported in calcasieu parish louisiana
TNTITANS Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Any word on how Vidor and Lumberton are?
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Cameron/Calcasieu will be saturated.
RonBurgundy68 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Any word on how Vidor and Lumberton are? My dad and a few friends are still in Vidor, and they said not much is happening right now... Why aren't they getting anything Hoop?
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Here is the radar loop....Hit animate. Then refresh browser ever-so-often. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up
adminbaberuth Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Looks like it Ike will land west side of Galveston Bay. Worst case for Houston downtown. Maybe as Greg said at the 8 pm stream. PA seawall might not be topped.
snafu Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Vidor is smooth sailing. I am 4 miles North of IH-10 on FM 105. Some small gust no rain as you can tell still have power no generator on yet :-D
KFDM COOP Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Posted September 12, 2008 So far the Port Arthur Sea Wall is holding but as the winds go south as IKE makes Landfall around Gaveston expect some flooding in Port Arthur, keep your fingers crossed!
LUFAN Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 We made it to Pensacola this morning. We ran into some of the outer bands last night around Baton Rouge... It is pretty windy over here. We ran into very little traffic, but we did see some roads that were flooded out in Alabama. Hope everyone stays safe.
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 Thanks coach!!! You are our vidor lookout...Parents have a home there...Keep me/us posted!
BMTSoulja1 Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 I was informed that the Neches River at Pine Street in the north end of Beaumont is starting to rise toward the street!
HoopInsider_Cooper Posted September 12, 2008 Report Posted September 12, 2008 High tide for Galveston so the next 5 hours - they not only will deal with MAJOR surge, but high tide.
KFDM COOP Posted September 12, 2008 Author Report Posted September 12, 2008 Surge at Sabine Pass is fixing to really go up as winds become S/SE then Galveston is next.
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