Well, there we have it, Hurricane Ike has emerged into the Gulf of Mexico and is rapidly growing in intensity as he makes his trek across the warm waters of the gulf. The satellite demonstrates that Hurricane Ike is pulling it together to grow in intensity and size now that he has emerged off the Cuban shores. Hurricane Ike has development some deep convection around his core giving an appearance of an impressive eye wall. The official forecast has Ike impacting the Texas coast as a major hurricane, a category 3, but intensity is a tough thing to forecast, and he could easily come in below or God forbid... above that forecast. GUIDANCE IS TIGHTLY CLUSTERED. THEY ALL BRING THE HURRICANE ASHORE ALONG THE TEXAS COAST IN ABOUT THREE DAYS...AND SO DOES THE OFFICIAL FORECAST.
As with every morning, I watched TWC this morning to get a quick glance at what was going on while I was getting ready. I was extremely bothered when they showed a few video clips this morning. First, they showed a large group of people in the Keys standing by a beach wall as the storm surge from Ike crashed over in large waves, leaving them up to their waist in ocean water as more waves crashed over. HELLO PEOPLE... DO NOT PLAY IN STORM SURGE!!!! What is wrong with them?! Of course, the Weather Channel gave their brief statement of, "thankfully no one was hurt", but WHY ON EARTH WOULD THEY SHOW PEOPLE OUT PLAYING IN STORM SURGE AS IF IT'S THE THING TO DO?! As if that wasn't bad enough, they flashed an SUV driving through many feet of flood waters... now, to Nicole's credit, she did emphasize that in addition to the very serious risk of being carried away, drowning, and endangering others in the consequential need for a rescue, it's just plain bad for your vehicle. Duh, stupid people. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN! It really bothers me when they show this stuff as if it's ok. They shouldn't be glorifying people playing in dangerous situations. Jeff, if that is your work... sorry for the attack. If it's any consolation, I really love your time lapse work. :D
My wonderful gtb and sweet bf (same person for those who are confused) and I went on another one of our splendid afternoon outings and had a wonderful time exploring a dirt road neither of us had traveled. I had a wonderful time catching the scenes around us and shooting the very curious cows (which, might I add, were much smaller than Wisconsin cows...) I will just post some of my favorites. Caution, there are lots... :O) You know me.
Sorry, I don't know what's up with my sepia obsession lately. It comes in fits and spells... I'll stop for now.
Now, for the less curious, but interesting... is the grass really greener?
Uh, excuse me ma'am, you missed a spot...
In closing, I would like to say that I think we have the most beautiful weeds here... (Amended... according to information from a reliable source [Thanks, Christine!] My pretty yellow "weed" as I called it, is not, in fact a weed at all. "That beautiful yellow flower that you took image of is a native plant. Chamaecrista fasciculata - Partridge Pea and yup, just like the name says it is in the legume family. We have those down here, all over the place right outside my fence." There you have it folks. 
2:45 Update: I am awfully close to this MD... 
THE OUTER FRINGE OF HURRICANE IKE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE FL PENINSULA. STORMS ARE INCREASING IN COVERAGE ACROSS SERN GA ALONG A MOIST AXIS EXTENDING NNEWD ALONG THE COAST. SUPPORT A MARGINAL SEVERE THREAT WITH THE MORE PERSISTENT STORM CLUSTERS OR LINE-SEGMENTS.
Have an outrageously wonderful day, or perhaps moodles!
~Dewdrop
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Ike, Ike, Ike...
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Crazy Ike, just have to wait and see what he does.
ReplyDeleteLove the new pictures, you 2 sure have a lot of fun on lunch breaks!
We actually lost power Monday night for 7 hours from some storms!!
I know. I hope the models have been right.
ReplyDeleteWe try to enjoy life as much as possible... carpe diem and all that. Thanks.
7 hours?! Holy cow!
I'm sitting here at the pc and looking out of the window facing southeast. Thinking about you, it's rolling into town. Nasty looking! Rain, rain, rain!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Teresa. I watched those outer bands roll in. I was surprised at all the thunder it produced... interesting for a tropical storm, but I guess where it was so far from the actual center... it makes sense. We needed the rain.
ReplyDeleteI hate to say this like I just did in my blog, but Ike is going to be a historic disaster. The Houston Emergency Mangement people have dropped the ball big time. Very sad that we haven't learned our lessons after Katrina. I predict this will be a borderline Cat 4 at landfall with an incredible surge and wind damage. I hope I'm wrong, but this is going to be another historic event.
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Mikey, I'm glad you made it safely back. I am afraid to agree with you... almost makes it seem so. Something like 3.6 million in Houston. I don't see how. Let's pray we don't end up with another "Katrina".
ReplyDeleteOkay you two, stop that, I have family (hopefully evacuated) in Houston.
ReplyDeleteOkay Miss Dew - change that name from pretty weed. :P
Glad to see you made it home safely.
Christine, that's not fair. You have family everywhere along the coast... which confuses the fool out of me.
ReplyDeleteName changed. Happy, dear? ;O)
Yes, thank you. I apreciated the radar support/update.
*laughs* Yes, what can I say, we like water and are like fish out of water if we aren't near it in some way shape or form. ;)
ReplyDeleteFrom Corpus to Key Largo and up the other side to North Carolina, we've got the coast covered. While normally this is a great thing, times like this - well, stink.
And yes, I'm happy now, thank you. :)
Nice post.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all the photos.
Not too many, publish more.
Come visit our Partridge Pea and some info, Click here.
They are an interesting plant.
Troy and Martha
PS: The Partridge Pea is toward the bottom of the post.
ReplyDeleteI have to go outside and check out all of these clouds coming in.
Too early for effecst from IKE, but we may get a little rain.
Troy
Love the photographs of the cattle. I have 2 brothers living and working in Turks and Caicos, on the island of Providenciales. Did not hear from them for 2 days. Ends out the eye actually hit the Grand Turk island, still close for comfort in my eyes (PUN). Last week my skywatch photo was about them. Much better photo than I posted this week. By the way we are from Clarkston (close to Stone Mtn), so they are Georgia Boys.
ReplyDeleteMOOOOOOOO. I love your cow pictures! When is the wedding?
ReplyDeleteI sure your family has gotten the heck out of dodge, unlike the several that are just going to "ride" it out. I think it'll require more of a swim though.
ReplyDeleteTroy, I'll post em as I get em Troy. Thanks. Love your Patridge Pea explanation. Very interesting. Hope Ike doesn't hit you too hard.
Leedra, glad you finally heard from your brothers. They did take quite a hit with that cat 4 storm. Ike is a historic storm, for sure.
Dot, Thanks! 4/4. :O)
Forget the storm - look at those cool cows! he he. I'll read more and educate myself on weather patterns. But I agree with you that news casters should NOT show stupid people like it's the thing to do. Stupid People.
ReplyDeleteThe cows were cool, even for a non-farmer like me... Gtb picked on me for all the cow shots. I'm glad you appreciated them.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could stick my tongue up my nose...LOL
ReplyDeleteRo, LOL!!!
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