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[shadowkat]

Is anyone else tracking Hurricane Ike? Have you seen what I have? A Category 4 Hurricane barreling directly towards Galveston and Houston, Texas. That is a monster. They've issued mandatory evacuation notices, informing people if they stay it is certain death.

Anyone on my flist from Houston? I pray you are safe and far far far away at the moment.

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[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

arethusa2 lives in Houston. I'm sure she and her family left when told to.

[wenchsenior.livejournal.com]

Well technically it's a Cat 2 at this point.

My husband has two grad students that are currently hunkered down at the Welder Wildlife Refuge (along with the residents and employees) in Sinton, about 35 miles NE (inland) of Corpus Christi. We should get some incredible reports from them next week. Not neccesarily good. God, all those beautiful huge live oaks! All those animals!

But Houston/Galveston and northward will likely take the brunt, and Galveston's sea wall is only about 20 feet high - likely too small for the projected storm surges/waves. If this hurricane intensifies, waves could reach 50 feet tall in some places. If the hurricane tracks up the harbor/waterway into Houston, the damage could be incredible.

Still, it might stay Cat 2...