Certain Death

[toasty]

Re Hurricane Ike, from the National Weather Service:

MAXIMUM WATER LEVELS FORECAST:

GULF-FACING COASTLINE WEST OF SARGENT...4 TO 6 FEET

SHORELINE OF MATAGORDA BAY...2 TO 5 FEET

GULF-FACING COASTLINE FROM SARGENT TO
SAN LUIS PASS...12 TO 15 FEET

GULF-FACING COASTLINE SAN LUIS PASS TO HIGH ISLAND
INCLUDING GALVESTON ISLAND......15 TO 20 FEET

SHORELINE OF GALVESTON BAY...15 TO 25 FEET

LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!

ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...
WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS
NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY
HOMES MAY FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE
CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD
AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS
WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE
FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY
EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN
MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE
WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES CLOSER TO THE COAST. SUCH WAVES WILL
EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF
HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH
EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/national.php?prod=HUR

I think this sets a new high water mark (no pun intended) in terms of hurricane warning language explicitness. Those of you in the path of this storm, take care of yourself, and find some higher ground.

[88Mariner]

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well, death will come eventually. i can't say that this adds anything. "Also, residents will face certain taxes from the federal government!"

heh. but yeah spooky tho! gtfo.

this is shallow but I hope all the cool clubs down there are spared.

[MJDub]

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Yeah people were flipping shit when they heard that warning. At least it got their attention. A couple of my friends in Galveston were actually staying down there until they heard this warning.

[Jenks]

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"Homes MAY face CERTAIN death"

that doesn't really make sense.

Ike is supposed to be the largest hurricane to hit tx since hugo in 89. the cloud swath takes up the entire gulf of mexico.

hope everyone has gotten out of there. we're expecting severe storms on sunday from ike all the way up in stlouis.

Ike is pissed.

[Steve Graham]

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"Homes MAY face CERTAIN death"

that doesn't really make sense.

Ike is supposed to be the largest hurricane to hit tx since hugo in 89. the cloud swath takes up the entire gulf of mexico.

hope everyone has gotten out of there. we're expecting severe storms on sunday from ike all the way up in stlouis.

Ike is pissed.

that whole phrase is jacked up, but hopefully people pay attention and dont try to ride it out.. thats a big fucker!

[toasty]

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"Homes MAY face CERTAIN death"

Yeah, kinda like "60% of the time, it works every time."

but hopefully people get the message and gtfo.

[lilsensa]

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Certain death = scare tactic......That's what news is all about these days. They never say "Look at this amazing storm that mother nature made"

[Steve Graham]

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I thought it was GWB that caused hurricanes?

[Huggie Smiles]

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joking aside tho - I heard that this fcker is about 500 miles wide! thats one massive storm thats shoving water in all directions!

[Steve Graham]

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yeah, the streets in my neighbourhood and some others near the water were flooded wednesday and thursday, and I'm in Florida

still some decent size waves on the beach where I live

[day_for_night]

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"Homes MAY face CERTAIN death"

that doesn't really make sense.

"PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES MAY FACE CERTAIN DEATH."

how does that not make sense?

[toasty]

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"PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES MAY FACE CERTAIN DEATH."

how does that not make sense?

think he's referring to the disconnect between "may" which implies something that might happen, with "certain," which implies something that will happen.

[Steve Graham]

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and the fact that a home is an inanimate object and cant really die

[i!!ustrious]

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Stay safe guys, Ike looks wack. I'm a bit curious though... why are the warnings so odd with this one? ie. the proximity of the hurricane warnings and the tornado warnings, take a look. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...s.html#a_topad

[toasty]

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Stay safe guys, Ike looks wack. I'm a bit curious though... why are the warnings so odd with this one? ie. the proximity of the hurricane warnings and the tornado warnings, take a look. http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...s.html#a_topad

As I understand it, it has to do with the fact that the storm surge has the potential to submerge most of Galveston Island. If it were hitting a regular land mass, it's probably unlikely that the warnings would be this grave.