adminbaberuth Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 May be tomorrow before it speeds up. I have landfall at Freeport Sat. Morning. That said, what can we expect here in the triange if the storm hits in freeport??? Up to Category 1 hurricane conditions. So no evacuations, TVC?
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 THERE'RE COMING I'M SURE.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 So no evacuations, TVC? The 4:30PM meeting should be taking place right now. An answer may come from that but I am not at work today. I might call in a bit as see what is up with it. For THE MOMENT, no evacuations for the general public have been called either voluntary or mandatory. That of course, is subject to change at a moment's notice.
WOSHIGHc/o2001 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 THERE'RE COMING I'M SURE. Is there a certain spot that officials in this area look at to make a judgement for us?? Â Like as soon as it is supposed to go "here", its time to evacuate the golden triangle.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Is there a certain spot that officials in this area look at to make a judgement for us?? Â Like as soon as it is supposed to go "here", its time to evacuate the golden triangle. I've sat in on a few of the weather briefings and decisions (and would be there today if I was working) and it goes a lot by what the National Weather Service/National Hurricane Center forecasts are. I have never seen it be a definitive answer such as, "if it crosses this line, we evacuate". It just depends on the circumstances, the predicted landfall, the certainty of the predictions, etc. Basically the decision is made by men and women with the available data, not by computers.
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 Pressure down to 949 Millibars. Which means it's getting stronger!!
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Pressure down to 949 Millibars. Which means it's getting stronger!! Coop, quit putting the exclamation marks (!!) by your statements. You're getting everyone excited!! ;D
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 Oh by the way if a Cat 4 hits Freeport 3-4 feet of water in Bridge City is possible.
KDOSullivan Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Have any schools cancelled for at least Friday? I don't want to send the kids out in 50mph winds even if it hits Freeport.
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 No word yet! I'm sure there will be evuacations Thursday then no School.
venom33 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 I still dont understand what the hold up is concerning the evacuations and closings.... either crap or get off the pot!!!
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 Their meeting right now i believe.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 I still dont understand what the hold up is concerning the evacuations and closings.... either crap or get off the pot!!! If they had a good idea that it would be near here, they would. Right now the storm looks to land 200 miles away in Corpus Christi.
setexag Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 This doesn't make any sense. Â For Gustav they were so quick to call for evacuations and we were on the WEST side of where it was projected to go. Â Now, we are projected to be on the bad side and it's continually turning and they're dragging their feet to call evacuations.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 Their meeting right now i believe. The meeting usually is at 4:30PM.
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 This doesn't make any sense. Â For Gustav they were so quick to call for evacuations and we were on the WEST side of where it was projected to go. Â Now, we are projected to be on the bad side and it's continually turning and they're dragging their feet to call evacuations. Exactly! We're on the bad side this time with a track that will continue to slowly move North.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 At 5:40PM, the briefing is still in progress.
bullets13 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 i'm an employee of BISD, so i'm going to be upset if they wait long enough for me to be stuck here tomorrow, and then call for an evacuation on friday. Â i'll then end up having to evacuate with everyone else and spend 20 hours in traffic. Â
Guest Penny Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 already met, no change is the word, and the track is north of corpus at this time.
venom33 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 I still dont understand what the hold up is concerning the evacuations and closings.... either crap or get off the pot!!! If they had a good idea that it would be near here, they would. Right now the storm looks to land 200 miles away in Corpus Christi. I understand that, but you'd think they would rather be safe than sorry. How far away did Gustav hit and we ran for the hills QUICK! It appears were gonna get hit,maybe not direct but were gonna get some weather we havent seen in quite a while. Â
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 i'm an employee of BISD, so i'm going to be upset if they wait long enough for me to be stuck here tomorrow, and then call for an evacuation on friday. Â i'll then end up having to evacuate with everyone else and spend 20 hours in traffic. Â Friday is too late. It will have to start on Thursday if the entire area is going to evacuate.
KFDM COOP Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Posted September 10, 2008 Galveston is leaving tomorrow and Cameron Parish as well. A gap with no Evuacation will look really nice.
tvc184 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Posted September 10, 2008 I understand that, but you'd think they would rather be safe than sorry. How far away did Gustav hit and we ran for the hills QUICK! It appears were gonna get hit,maybe not direct but were gonna get some weather we havent seen in quite a while. Â Gustav was a lot closer to us according to the predicted path than Ike. If Gustav would have turned about 5 degrees to the west, we would have been hit. This storm has to turn about 45 degree to hit us.
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