Ike is not there yet...

[klott]

but downtown Galveston is already flooded with over 4' of water. It goes from Mobile to Mexico, I have a feeliong New Orleans is about to be wiped out again. God help those folks.

[Michael R. Boyett]

Not sure where you are getting that information from...Galveston is not yet getting rain from Ike much less widespread flooding. N.O. is not feeling any affects of Ike either.

[klott]

They Keep showing pictures on CNN! Are they that desperate to generate news?

[Carl A. Brown]

Originally Posted by klott

They Keep showing pictures on CNN! Are they that desperate to generate news?

Yes just like allways

[Michael R. Boyett]

There's no doubt the residential west end of the island which is not protected by the seawall is starting to feel the effects of the surge but I think depicting 4' of water in downtown is an overstatement at this time. That may very well happen but it will be later this today and evening.

[Michael Bazzo, CMI]

They may be speaking of the surf side beach area

[Michael R. Boyett]

Could be Surfside but I suspect they are showing Jamaica Beach, a little closer to Galveston proper.

[John McKenna]

Listen to live coverage at
http://www.ktrh.com/main.html

[David C. Macy]

Good luck to anyone in the path of Ike.

Here in NE Ohio it was a very dry summer. I had about a 1/2 inch of rain in 2 months. Now today we have had an inch of rain and it is supposed to rain for the next 3 days.

It looks like Ike is heading this way and is gonna dump a few more inches after that.

This is when I inspected a lot of homes during a dry time and then people get wet basements now and may start calling. (I try to document as best as I can)

I always like to watch the weather channel when the reporter is standing in the path of the storm.

The storm surges are unbelievable.

Please take care down there!!

[klott]

I just watched it again, Geraldo was standing in 1' of water on top of a Sea Wall that is 15' high, and the waves knocked,(funny) him down. There is a famous Restaraunt behind him, on top of a Pier, and the water inside is a 1' deep. There is a parking lot, and the water is over the car's tires. Saw houses, with first floor walls knocked out. Water is supposed to rise another 9' when Ike comes ashore, for a total surge of 25'. You guys hang on and be safe. Why didn't ya'll evacuate?

[Michael R. Boyett]

I also just watched video at KHOU ( ~7 minutes into the video though) that showed waves breaching the seawall. I was watching one of the offshore drilling platform weather monitors showing 125 mph sustained winds earlier as well. It's gonna get bad now.