Reply #19: Worst case scenario

[Horse with no Name]

Watch out if the computer models start showing this thing going north-northeast---Beaumont/Port Arthur sit about halfway between projected point and Louisiana. When I lived down there, we were always told if a hurricane toppled High Island, we were in a world of hurt.


http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:8lQ-bci-DBoJ:www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm%3Fnewsid%3D15154049%26BRD%3D2287%26PAG%3D461%26dept_id%3D512588%26rfi%3D6+%22port+arthur%22%22sea+level%22%22hurricane%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a

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With some significant alterations, those scenes could come from Southeast Texas if a similar hurricane strikes here, said Lew Fincher, vice president of Hurricane Consultants Inc.

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Here, a surge such as Katrina's could flood parts of southern Jefferson County in water up to 24 to 25 feet above sea level, Fincher said. From Sabine Pass and Port Arthur to Port Neches and Nederland, the elevation rises from a foot above sea level to about 23 feet.

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"Life would cease to exist as we know it. The landscape would be completely different," said John Lee, planning coordinator for the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management.