Hurricane Ike - Galveston Storm Surge over 1900 Monument
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I survived Hurricane Ike....
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i was hoping he'd get sucked in by a huge wave. :l
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Uh, no. Actually a storm surge is the GRADUAL RISE in water onto the coast in response to the winds, low pressure, and movement of a Hurricane onto land. Those hurricane DVDs really need to specify on that. Besides, how can a huge volume of water like that travel so fast when the hurricane moves on average at 10-20 mph? The fastest-moving hurricane moved at 70 mph. Not even close to 100 mph. The WINDS in a hurricane travel at 100 mph. so ya.....
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maybe they should have made the wall higher. the (almost) irony.
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@timothytrice Yes I know :) im just saying this to people that are saying that this isnt a storm surge, because it is.
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@92kid1 You know the speed that you said is closer to tsunami instead of storm surge.
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Brave? or Stupid?
ICIT100 1 year ago
@ICIT100 neither. documenting a historic event while also being well aware of surrounding conditions and the time frames we were restricted to. We fled the island well before the causeways were closed.
timothytrice 1 year ago
People forget how HUGE these waves are! There is a 20 foot wall protecting galveston and the sea level was up to the top of the wall and the waves are crashing OVER it. This is a storm surge.
1SkyIsTheLimit1 1 year ago
@1SkyIsTheLimit1 keep in mind also this was about 18 hours before Ike even made landfall. On several stretches of Seawall blvd debris was already washed up on the roads and several piers were knocked down. Ike may have been a strong cat 2 at landfall but he packed a huge punch in terms of surge
timothytrice 1 year ago
@92kid1 - that IS a storm surge rising along with tidal action. a storm surge just doesn't come in like a wave. And, it sure as hell doesn't come in at 50-100 MPH. Finally, 20-foot storm surges are rare and reserved for the strongest of storms. So to say "usually" is quite a bit misleading. On average category three hurricanes produce 15-18-foot storm surges. the three feet surges you suggest are always confined to weak tropical storms and that's within close proximity to the center
timothytrice 1 year ago