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Approaching Galveston
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Well,
they don't say cancelled on the board...but that is exactly what my
flight was....luckily they booked me on the next flight two hours later.
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So I
chilled out at the TGI Fridays in the airport...updated my blog and
took this quick self portrait shot.
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Once in
the air, it was great. Here flying somewhere over Alabama or
Louisana...taking a picture of one of the outer feeder bands of
Hurricane Ike.
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Here is
the blockade by the Surfside Police...for obvious reasons.
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This
would be a very bad idea to willingly cross. Many did, but it was
mostly emergency personnel.
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This is
the Causeway over to Freeport, Texas. Already the surge has
shutdown the access. |
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flooding...here along the way to Galveston, Texas. |
A
police officer scopes out the flooding and takes picture. At
least this area prepared. Boarded up buildings were everywhere. |
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Galveston Seawall
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This is
Chris Collura, my chase partner for this intercept....taking HD video
of the storm surge on the seawall in Galveston....that's the Gulf of
Mexico behind him.
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When
the waves hitting the seawall were not in the way, you can see the
turbulence of the Gulf waters beyond...very dangerous, and deadly.
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The
wave action was very cool to watch.
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Using a
faster shutter speed, you can see the water in stop motion. This
was difficult to do because of the limited daylight available.
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Unlike
the previous spot, debris is already being found on the roadway
here. Likely some docks and piers that have been destroyed.
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To try
to give some scale on the waves, I took this shot. The
yellow/black sign is about 8 feet high.
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It's
hard to illustrate the height of these waves crashing on the seawall,
but they were around 35 feet here...and some were around 50 feet.
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Perhaps
this shot will provide a little better scale of how big the waves on
the seawall were.
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Normally
this is the road out to the hotel seen in the distance, and it's all
land between here and there....but now is under 4-10 feet of water.
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Chris
in the distance...again, this view shows lots of water...were land
should be...you can see the buildings on the distant right side.
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The next morning....after the Eye passes.
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few of the structures survived that were on the water side of the
seawall. |
This is
what was left of a majority of the structures....unknown if anyone was
killed in these buildings. |
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damage was not extensive, with most building fared OK, but signs and
trim were often damaged. |
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Air Rescue -
Two trapped on roof of building at the seawall.
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Here is
an air rescue in progress for some folks that foolish
rode the storm out in this structure. Most buildings along coast
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destroyed. |
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Multiple Housefire on Beaudelaire Circle
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Galveston
firefighters try to assess what action to take since the fire hydrants
have no pressure. |
Meanwhile,
the last house of a row of 7 becomes totally envolved. Yet
another danger of hurricanes. |
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Collura
2008 Tropical Season
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A
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B
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C
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Dolly
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Eduard
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Fay
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TS
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H |
Hanna
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H
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H |
Josephine
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TS
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Kyle
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L
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M
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N
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O
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Additional there were _ un named systems
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TS=Tropical Storm
ST=Subtropical Storm
H=Hurricane
Italics
indicated retired names this season.
Bold
Indicates systems I intercepted
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* Gaston was reclassified in the post
season analysis.
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