Comments on: Ike getting better organized; Rita’s revenge?

By: Hucbald

Hucbald — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:21:36 +0000

One thing to remember with, “worst case scenarios” is that they are all theoretical. One of the doomsday scenarios I learned with FEMA was a cat 5 ditting NO at just the right angle. The problem is, due to the Mississippi river delta, early interaction with land would prevent all but an unprecedented super-storm from maintaining its integrity as a cat 5. Look what Katrina did, and it’s obvious that much less than worst case in the theoretical sense can be worst case in a practical one, or at least close enough to it.

The chances of a real worst case ever happening are so small as to vanish into nothingness, but Ike will be practically indistinguishable from what you’d imagine a worst case being, I think, unfortunately.

This is probably a historic storm, again, unfortunately.

By: Leland

Leland — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:42:52 +0000

Power starting to go down near me. Less than a mile away, and I’m 35 miles inland (Atascocita). Staying up now looking for Tornados.

In comparing Gustav/Ike to Katrina/Rite, don’t forget we just had Eduardo as well.

By: Ironman

Ironman — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:22:32 +0000

Linked your posts at another blog

http://thenextright.com/ironman/if-you-thought-energy-was-a-big-issue-this-summer

The impact to the energy markets could be severe and not short lived

By: Ubu Roi

Ubu Roi — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:14:43 +0000

The only saving grace is that we’re not below sea level. Otherwise, this is looking pretty grim. I wish I had a clue how many did not evacuate from Clear Lake. Really worried for my cousin in Baytown, 77523. Evac information is out of date at Harris County Office of Emergency Management.

There’s some serious “stuck on stupid” going on here, and it’s a collective failure of the public, the media, and the government.

Heard idiot talking heads on TV talking about people trapped on a church roof by the surge in Montgomery County. Try Matagorda, Montgomery is north of Houston. There was some speculation about the storm surge in Dallas, too. There was some speculation that the storm seemed to have “stopped.” They can’t tell a wobble to the west or a contracting eyewall from actual movement?

Don’t trust these idiots doing standups for information, get it from people who have a clue.