tindog sings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIUPCfIihQ4
-------------- Original message from "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>:
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> All, (Rudy - could you repost to the Healey lists?)
>
> Since so many of us have friends or family in the impact area, I thought I
> would provide a meteorologists take on the situation with Hurricane Ike.
>
> First of all, as a comparison, Ike *may* be as strong as the fabled 1900
> Galveston Hurricane that took around 8,000 lives. This is a difficult
> comparison to make because in 1900 there was no warning for those poor
> people as the worst of the storm hit at night and we didn't have the
> satellites and ocean buoys we do today. Forensic evidence holds that this
> storm was a Category 4 (131-155mph sustained - 145-180mph gusts - Storm
> Surge 13-18 feet) when it made landfall. You can see the eerie similarity
to
> Ike's path and strength here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galveston_Hurricane_of_1900
>
> The current forecasts for Ike show the eye making landfall at around
> midnight CST tonight just southwest of Galveston and continue north
> northwest along a path just to the west of I-45 from Galveston to Houston.
> It is forecast to be very close in strength to the 1900 storm at that time.
> You can see the latest information on Ike storm at:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
>
> Compare the two. They are almost identical. The storm surge going up into
> Galveston Bay and the Houston ship channel is scary. Much will depend upon
> how well the Galveston seawall holds up. It wasn't there in 1900.
>
> If you are still in contact with anyone in the storm impact area, please
> urge them again to leave while there is still time to get out. I just
> got off the phone with Leo Speichinger in Baytown trying to convince him to
> get out... Baytown will be hit very hard.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:13 AM, wrote:
>
> > With all the news about Galveston Texas getting the brunt of the
Hurricane
> > Ike, I was just having some thoughts of our members there. Having been
to
> > some
> > Texas Roundups in the past, I have seen many beautiful Healeys, both big
&
> > Bugeye.
> > Any word on our friends?
> > Rudy Streng
> > Lenoir, NC
> > BN4 & AN5
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