QLD
476 posts
Hurricane Ike about to make landfall right over the top of the busiest port in the USA (Galveston), their main oil processing area, and then move inland over Houston, their 4th biggest city.
Galveston weather radar:
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=HGX®ion=d3&lat=29.30124092&lon=-94.78842163&label=Galveston%2c%20TX
Very large Cat 3 storm, gusts to 175km/h, eye is 40nm wide, sea levels already 3m above normal and they expect a 6.5m storm surge.
Global Warming or Global Warning?
WA
1922 posts
any idiots kiting this one?
last hurricane in the usa the guy got dragged into the building
NSW
238 posts
I see you one hurricane flooding an island in Texas and raise you two cataclysmic weather events just across the sea in Cuba, killing hundreds and devastating whole villages.
It is a lot more satisfying to watch the SUV's get blown over though...
VIC
118 posts
How many knots is 175km/h?
