Ike: Life Threatening Inundation Likely!

Scott Johnson — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:03:56 +0000

That’s the word from the National Weather Service tonight. I don’t believe I have ever seen a warning so dire. Click the link above if you want to read the entire Hurricane Warning. Here’s the good part:

LIFE THREATENING INUNDATION LIKELY!

ALL NEIGHBORHOODS ... AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES ... WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE. VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED ... SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE ... WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES ... INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.

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Ike: Life Threatening Inundation Likely!