Weather service warns of 'certain death' in face of Ike

frogman68 · #1 09-11-2008, 10:18 PM

(CNN) -- Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night. The unusually strong wording came in a weather advisory regarding storm surge along the shoreline of Galveston Bay, which could see maximum water levels of 15 to 22 feet, the agency said.
"All neighborhoods ... and possibly entire coastal communities ... will be inundated during the period of peak storm tide," the advisory said. "Persons not heeding evacuation orders in single-family one- or two-story homes will face certain death."
The maximum water level forecasts in nearby areas, including the shoreline of Matagorda Bay and the Gulf-facing coastline from Sargent to High Island, ranged from 5 to 8 feet. But authorities warned that tide levels could begin rising Friday morning along the upper Texas coast and along the shorelines of the bays.

Weather service warns of 'certain death' in face of Ike - CNN.com

Will this be the governments fault (Feds or Local) for the ones who dont leave and are killed ?

Seems to me I would be taking the first thing outta there

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Robb · #2 09-11-2008, 11:20 PM

I was watching Houston news and they were showing a lot of houses that looked like this:

Come Saturday, I don't think we'll be seeing them anymore.

frogman68 · #3 09-12-2008, 06:42 AM

Last time 'certain death' was warned: Katrina - CNN.com

so I guess that answers my question

Decent · #4 09-12-2008, 07:09 AM

I just wonder if this time when people stay and they shouldnt, if there's going to be a huge uproar when a rescue operation that should never have to be set up in the first place because the warning is saying things like 'certain death' and 'total communites innundated' and nobodys actually ~expecting~ anyone will actually stay after hearing warnings like that, takes a couple days in getting there?

Kid Lester · #5 09-12-2008, 08:15 AM

Certain death is near the bottom of the list of options in any given situation.

I would never pick that.

witchofthedogs · #6 09-12-2008, 09:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kid Lester

Certain death is near the bottom of the list of options in any given situation.

I would never pick that.

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I have always argued that there is nothing that I own that is worth dying over. Houses, furniture, clothes, belongings can be replaced. The lives of my friends, family, and companions cannot. Pack up the car with the laptop, the dogs, our emergency kit, a couple of bags of clothes and the necessary documents and get the hell out of dodge.

I'd rather be alive to miss the things I left behind than the alternative.

Chase · #7 09-12-2008, 09:57 AM

laptop?

so you can get on TD right?

:P

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witchofthedogs · #8 09-12-2008, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chase

laptop?

so you can get on TD right?

:P

Well, duh.

witchofthedogs · #9 09-12-2008, 11:19 AM

By the way, if you haven't read the book Isaac's Storm (Isaac's Storm | Home), you should. It's an amazing and horrifying story about what happened in Galveston after the storm of 1900.