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So, it's Cat 3 now? Do they think it's going to strengthen again before making landfall?
What's the consensus now on where it's going to hit the coast... Port Arthur area?
It'll go in near the border with LA, continue northward to about Nacadoches, make a clockwise loop while loosing its organization, and return to southern LA as a low pressure system that dumps a lot of rain.
Or at least that's what the magic eight ball told me.
So, it's Cat 3 now? Do they think it's going to strengthen again before making landfall?
What's the consensus now on where it's going to hit the coast... Port Arthur area?
That's quite an advanced Magic 8-Ball...
Mine still says stuff like "Absolutely" and "It is not certain."
Mine told me "It is decidely so."
I stil think it's gonna head more west ...
Strong Cat 3 (still a huge hurricane. The strongest storms that have ever hit the coast in Texas have all been cat 3 storms.
And yeah, I think it is going to hit south of Port Arthur which puts them in the worst of it.
let me see if this works
Ok, didn't work before, let me try again
Looks like the eye is there to me...
I can't get it to show, but I guess you can click the link.
Not to be argumentative, but Carla was a badass.
1961
CARLA (Cat. 4 Hurricane - September 11th landfall)
Carla was a severe hurricane which made landfall near Port Lavaca, bringing flooding from her storm surge 10 miles inland. Originating in the Caribbean Sea, Carla moved slowly across the Gulf, made a small loop east of Corpus Christi, and came ashore near Matagorda Bay with a 22' storm surge. Carla had 150 mph sustained winds, 175 mph gusts, and a central pressure of 27.49". Rainfall totals ranged from 19" at Votan, near Beaumont, to 1.08" at Brownsville. As may happen in large slow moving hurricanes, the surge was higher in the bays than at the coastline, being 22' at the head of Matagorda Bay and only 12.3' on the Gulf shoreline. Eleven tornadoes spun out of the rear portion of the storm in Texas, and deaths totaled 34 in the state, including 22 persons who drowned. Worth noting was the estimated 200,000 people that evacuated the Beaumont-Port Arthur area in a six hour period as Hurricane Carla approached the Texas coast.
Statistics:
Winds (mph): Gusts to 175 mph at Port Lavaca.
Tides (feet): 15.2 at Matagorda, 14.8 at the Houston Ship Channel, 14.5 at Port O'Connor
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/hurricanes/1960s.htm
here, this should work
I was just at Target (where else?
I was talking to the lady ahead of me who evacuated. She said it took them 7 hours to get here.
Man, Grand Isle, LA is getting it right now I bet.
SWC, you're right. I was under the impression she was a 3 at landfall. Good call.
I was just at Target (where else?
I was talking to the lady ahead of me who evacuated. She said it took them 7 hours to get here.
Was there still bread and water available?
Why are people in S.A. panicking? Is it justified at all?
It's not that San Antonians are panicking, it's just that 2.7 MILLION people from Houston are gobbling up the infastructure of the entire state.
EDIT: I should add "like a cloud of locusts" to the end.
I think there's a natural human desire to be part of the story. People want to be afraid.
(Or it could be what SWC said...)
Yes, San Antonians are panicking. Last night in some local H-E-B and Walgreens, there was no water, bread and other essentials on the shelves. That wasn't do to evacuees -- that was due to San Antonio panic.
Well, it's both, Kori. In the small towns that I'm around, the visitors have stripped everything clean and the locals don't stop eating or driving because a hurricane is coming.
I would have to agree. Nice job people.Yes, San Antonians are panicking. Last night in some local H-E-B and Walgreens, there was no water, bread and other essentials on the shelves. That wasn't do to evacuees -- that was due to San Antonio panic.
Well I'm talking about here in San Antonio - San Antonians were already buying up all the goods off the shelves starting yesterday morning - the majority of visitors weren't even here yet.
I'm sure what you are saying will contribute to the problem. I was just inquiring about the seemingly widespread panic of the locals.
It's probably also San Antonians preparing to have large families staying in their homes for a while.
I imagine it has a lot to do just with the thought of running out of food/gas/water that is creating the panic of the locals.
Of course panic is not justified. Getting prepared is OK...I mean, I picked up some water and batteries, but not an excessive amount...enough for a few days. Around here the biggest problem we might have is loss of power for an extended period of time...and in the central and southern parts of SA there could be severe flooding.
Hurricane force winds were never forecast for this area, even when Corpus looked to be the target.
But people like to think the worst.
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