2008 Atlantic hurricane season

[gatorback]

the worst case senario for sure

[civil42806]

Its going to be bad, I'm in Mobile right now 400 miles away and they had to close the causeway due to flooding

[thelakelander]

more images:



















full set of images: http://www.chron.com/index.html

[gatorback]

AP

The death toll from Ike rose to 28, but many of those were far to the north of the Gulf Coast as the storm slogged across the nation's midsection, leaving a trail of flooding and destruction. Glass-strewn Houston was placed under a weeklong curfew, and millions of people in the storm's path remained in the dark.


Rescuers said they had saved nearly 2,000 people from waterlogged streets and splintered houses by Sunday afternoon. Many had ignored evacuation orders and tried to ride out the storm. Now they were boarding buses for indefinite stays at shelters in San Antonio and Austin.

[Traveller]

Anderson Cooper is such a pimp.

[gatorback]

AP

Two days after Ike battered the Texas and Louisiana coasts before striking Houston, the death toll rose to 30 in eight states, many of them far to the north of the Gulf Coast as the storm slogged across the nation's midsection, leaving a trail of flooding.

A massive effort was under way across Texas to get food, water and ice to people who had no power. It could be weeks until the more than 2 million without power have their lights turned on again. Lines snaked for blocks down side streets at gas stations that had little fuel to pump, and thousands packed shelters looking for dry places to sleep.

"Quite frankly we are reaching a health crisis for the people who remain on the island," said Steve LeBlanc, the city manager in Galveston, where at least a third of the community's 60,000 residents remained in their homes.

[gatorback]

If you want to help:

By Mail:

Make your check payable to "Capital Area Food Bank of Texas" and mail to:

Capital Area Food Bank of Texas
8201 South Congress Ave.
Austin, TX 78745

Please write your name, address and phone number on your check. 

By Phone:

You can phone in your donation. Call Cheryl Dunn-Smith, at 512.684.2103, to make a one-time gift.  You may also set up a recurring donation or installment donation by phone.

[gatorback]

900,000 without power in Houston.

[Jason]

That's insane. 

Any mentions of looting?

[gatorback]

Looting in Texas? Looting is a hanging offense in Texas.  Seriously, you'd have to be a real nutjob to be looting down there.

I found that if the damage estimates are accurate, that Ike will be the 3rd costliest US storm after Katrina and  Andrew.   

[Lunican]

Oblique aerial photography of Bolivar Peninsula, TX, on September 9, 2008 and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike. Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. In addition to the loss of houses, the evidence of inundation here includes eroded dune face and sand deposited well inland of the shoreline.

[apvbguy]

Oblique aerial photography of Bolivar Peninsula, TX, on September 9, 2008 and September 15, 2008, two days after landfall of Hurricane Ike. Yellow arrows mark features that appear in each image. In addition to the loss of houses, the evidence of inundation here includes eroded dune face and sand deposited well inland of the shoreline.

reports are that the authorities are close to declaring marshal law in this area to force out the people who never left, the authorities claim it is still very dangerous there and they don't want people to stay there

[BridgeTroll]

My view is that the homes left standing should be allowed to stay until they are destroyed in the next storm.  The rest should not be replaced and the area be allowed to return to beach and dunes...

$.02

[gatorback]

2,000,000 w/o power in Ohio.  Death toll up to 48.

[gatorback]

My view is that the homes left standing should be allowed to stay until they are destroyed in the next storm.  The rest should not be replaced and the area be allowed to return to beach and dunes...

$.02

That land is way to valuable ie tax revenue to be just sand dont you think