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Houston Exodus 2008
Mixed Mashed Articles by Pat Darnell  |  Aug 2, 2014  |  Bryan TX

[Picture LINK] ... 2008 Exodus in Texas: The traffic is almost all one way out of Houston on Interstate Highway 45 as hurricane Ike approaches. Photo: AP

The 99 problems with Houston:
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93. That guy at work that invites you to a pool party in Katy
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'via Blog this'

CONCLUSION
Need we say any more about this?


______________________Reference
http://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/houston/the-99-problems-with-houston
https://nathanmaxfield.wordpress.com/tag/why-i-dont-like-texas/
http://theskinnyonbenny.com/blog2/archives/1018
http://www.theage.com.au/world/gulf-residents-face-certain-death-from-ike-20080912-4fjb.html
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-ike-five-years-later-photos-20130926

Like a Super Slow Motion Poke in the Eye.....

09.12.2008
A developing disaster
by Tom Kirkendall [SOURCE]
The extreme storm surge of Hurricane Ike is causing a disaster in Galveston, Texas, which is about 50 miles southeast of Houston. The Coast Guard announced earlier today that the authorities believe that Galveston Island will be completely submerged for at least 12 hours.

The Galveston City Manager and Mayor were just interviewed on local television at 3 p.m. They estimated that between 25-40% of Galveston's residents (10-20,000 people) did not heed the mandatory evacuation order and have remained on the now-almost completely flooded island. It is now too late to evacuate the island.

Ball High School and the San Luis high-rise resort facility on Seawall Blvd have been opened as relief centers for Galveston residents who stayed. However, widespread flooding on the island makes getting to the centers risky, to say the least.

It is currently estimated that over 2 million residents of the Houston metropolitan area near the coast evacuated over the past several days. Many of those residents will likely have neither a livable home nor power when they return.

This is looking very, very bad.

[PHOTO SOURCE]

Checks and Balances

Hurricane Ike UPDATE
by Pat Darnell [SOURCE]

Texas Gov. Rick Perry of Texas issued a disaster declaration and activated 7,500 National Guard troops, according to the New York Times, and residents and workers in Brazoria County south of Houston were ordered to leave by 10 this morning.

Ike, which killed 80 people in Haiti and Cuba when it barreled through those islands over the weekend, is a Category 2 hurricane with winds near 100 miles per hour (155 kilometers per hour), according to the weather service. It will become a "major hurricane" in the next 24 hours, the agency said -- possibly strengthening to a Category 3 storm.

[2nd SOURCE]
Ike is still being steered by a strong upper-level high that extends across the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Deep South of the United States. This ridge should remain in place through Friday and keep Ike on a west to west-northwest course through Thursday. Conditions will be favorable for intensification over the next 24-36 hours as water temperatures along Ike's projected track are at least 82 degrees and wind shear remains relatively weak. Ike is a large hurricane with a small central core and strong winds extend far away from the eye.

Ike's surface pressure fell rapidly Wednesday evening, but the surface winds have not rapidly responded to these pressure falls which may indicate that Ike still has to consolidate its energy toward the center of circulation and then perhaps strengthen from the center outward. Once this happens then Ike should increase to Category 3 strength, perhaps as early as midday Thursday.