here is a good link for windspeed. i think http://houstonhidefromthewind.org/ the website name sounds dumb btw.
Posted this in the PREPAREDNESS thread by Swoly... ---- Come 8-9 AM the interstates are going to start to clog up. Just spoke with my Dad, they took longer to get from Lake Jackson (Freeport area) to Conroe than usual on Wednesday night, and at that point only southern Brazoria County had announced mandatory evacuations. Everything south of HWY 35 in Brazoria County is on Mandatory evac beginning Thursday at 8 AM. Stay safe!
If Ike reaches category 4 and stays on that projected path, would people in Sugar Land (my family, to be specific) be advised to evacuate or stay put?
Thank you for repeating it (I think we should) IROC it. I also posted these alternate routes from downtown out west and northwest:
Yea either tomorrow night or friday morning I'm living in downtown and going up to my parents place. I'll probably go on the streets and take shepherd northbound then it turns to veterans memorial all the up to fm 1960 area to avoid I-45.
Wow this sounds pretty scary. To all of you in the storm's path, good luck with whatever you decide to do from here on out.
I would definitely recommend evacuating. If you look on page 36 here, Behad posted a wind graph for 77477 (Stafford) which is right next to Sugar Land. The graph shows wind gusts up to 110mph. This is based on a Cat 3. I wouldn't stick around if it gets up to a Cat 4.
New 0z models for Sept. 11th are out and for this group of models it dosen't look like one of them changed from the previous run when they are compared together. The cmc might have nudged north a little bit but I can't really tell. 0z GDFL w/ landfall in Freeport 0z HWRF w/ landfall in Corpus 0z GFS w/ landfall in Matagorda Bay 0z CMC w/landfall it looks like somwhere in Galveston Also not listed is the UKMET but from this graphic which displays the new 0z run for it this track it appears it hasn't changed as well from it previous run and the NOGAPS is on the east side of Galveston Bay now. Also here is the updated official track which is showing a WNW movement by IKE now.
Here's what really pisses me off. UH is still stalling and will be open on Thursday and will not make a decision until at least 10:00 a.m. Thursday. That means I have to drive south for an hour to work and then at 5 try and fight traffic for those that are evacuating to go back home. *****!!!!
Well we are evacuating tomorow... Or i guess its today now . Driving up to the Woodlands for a bit then we may go up to Dallas if it stretches out too far north.
I happen to be going to SA this weekend. Tennis tournament is gonna get rained out I'm sure but we already pricelined the hotels. They are willing to cancel under such cirumstances but it'll probably be better to be out of harm's way anyway.
I haven't paid attention to this at all but you guys have finally convinced me to consider waking up to it. I live in the Montrose area and I'm planning on rehearsing all weekend just north of downtown. Also, my girlfriend drives to and from Huntsville every weekday for work. Should I make sure she stays home Friday? Should I cancel my rehearsals? Freak out and evacuate? Please advise. All I'm seeing on the Chronicle site and weather.com seems to forecast a storm inside the loop but not any kind of catastrophe. Am I reading it wrong? Any advice appreciated.
Hutsville is pretty far up. You should be ok untill it moves up. I live in Galveston County area (Friendswood) which is a flood plain so we need to get out. But I am only going to the Woodlands area.
