Hunker down NOW! First Big band of Ike about to clobber Galveston!

[ddeclue]

From KHOU radar image on DTV

Here it comes!

[northamericancitizen]

1. link?

[ddeclue]

2. no link...saw it on TV...

:(

[kestrel91316]

4. Go to weather underground, pull up the galveston tx info,

click on local radar. You, too, can follow it live. Remember to periodically refresh, the image changes every five minutes or so.

[KewlKat]

3. The streaming video from houston area

is saying that residents can expect to be without power for weeks, not days.

here is the link with 3 streaming TV feeds on one page.......be sure to mute a couple or you'll go nuts trying to hear anything.

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html

[Dover]

5. Here - 4 Feeds

Just turn down the volume on the feeds you aren't listening to.

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html

[malaise]

6. Why don't those jackass journalists get inside

Someone is going to get hurt on this dark night.

[Mari3333]

7. first casualty of Ike

10 yr old boy whose father was trying to take down a downed tree in his yard to keep it from falling during Ike..tree limb hit the little boy. just heard it on breaking news.

[screembloodymurder]

8. Is it me or did it come on shore earlier than expected?

I've been watching this all day and it seems that it hit hours ahead of schedule. This should be a good thing since the tide is low.