HOUSE
HOUSE TO
HOUSE TO PROTECT YOUR HOME AND OTHERS.>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW HOW BAD IT COULD GET SO WE
COULD PREPARE FOR THE WORST
CASE SCENARIO.
CASE SCENARIO. >> TONIGHT IS STILL TOO EARLY
TO KNOW IF WE WILL GET A
GLANCING BLOW OR A DIRECT HIT
AND DAVID, YOU KEEP DRIVING
THIS POINT HOME.
>> WE WILL EITHER GET A DIRECT
HIT AND GET DEVASTATION OR WE
WILL EITHER GET A GLANCING BLOW
AND GET LUCKY.
WE ARE WATCHING VERY CAREFULLY
WHAT'S GOING ON IN GALVESTON
HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
WAVES COMING IN, THEY ARE
GETTING FAIRLY LARGE OUT THERE,
TOMORROW I EXPECT TO SEE SOME
QUITE DRAMATIC WAVE ACTION ON
THE GALVESTON COAST.
THAT IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT A
POWERFUL HURRICANE OVER THE
GULF OF MEXICO, IT'S LIKE
TOSSING A PEBBLE IN A LAKE A
VERY CALM WATER, IT SENDS OUT
RIPPLES.
RIPPLES.
RIPPLES. THE RIPPLES ARE ALREADY
BEGINNING TO ARRIVE, AND YOU
WILL SEE SOME BIG WAVE ACTION.
THE HURRICANE HAS GOT 90 MILE
AN HOUR WINDS RADIO, ONCE THEY
GET ABOUT 95 IT WILL BE
UPGRADED TO CAT 2. YOU SEE THE
COUNTERCLOCKWISE ROTATION OVER
WHAT IS NOW STARTING TO LOOK
LIKE A SYMMETRICAL STORM.
IT'S GETTING READY TO CRANK IT,
AND THEY GET SYMMETRICAL, THEY
REALLY CAN GET GOING.
BY THIS TIME TOMORRO THERE
WILL BE AN OPEN EYE.
AND BY 7:00 TOMORROW EVENING,
IT'S ABOUT EXPECTED TO BE 100
TO 150 MILES OFF THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA COAST.
LOUISIANA COAST. IF YOU GET TO 130 AND ABOVE,
THAT'S CAT 4. WE WILL BE
FLIRTING WITH A STRONG CAT 3 AS
IT APPROACHES LAND.
AND THEN IT WILL BRACE INLAND
AS IT REACHES NEAR ALEXANDRIA
AND A TROPICAL STORM IN
ARKANSAS.
ARKANSAS.
ARKANSAS. ON THIS PARTICULAR FORECAST
CONE, HOUSTON AND GALVESTON ARE
NOT IN THE CONE.
IT'S A VERY TIGHT CONE.
SO WHAT ARE THE SPAGHETTI
MODELS SAYING?
MODELS SAYING? THEY STILL MAKE ME A LITTLE
NERVOUS.
NERVOUS.
NERVOUS. WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A
TRACK SHIFT TO THE EAST,
YESTERDAY WE HAD A TRACK SHIFT
TO THE WEST AT THIS TIME.
SO I'M NOT PUTTING ALL MY EGGS
IN ONE BASKET.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE
CALL FOR HOUSTON, GALVESTON,
BEAUMONT, LAKE CHARLES.
THAT'S WHY WE SAY REPAIR
FURTHER WORST AND HOPE FOR THE
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. SO
BEST. SO TOMORROW MORNING IT WILL BE
A CAT 3, WINDS, AND STORM
SURGE ARE ALL THREATS.
A DIRECT HIT WOULD GIVE
GALVESTON A SURGE OF 10 TO 15
FEET WITH WINDS OF 110 TO 125.
THIS POSSIBILITY IS WHY THE
EVACUATIONS WERE ORDERED THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE
FAR FROM US.
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
NOW IN CASE IT DOES COME OUR
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. THE
WAY. THE POWER OUTAGES AND TREES
DOWN WOULD BLOW YOUR MIND.
THOSE TYPE OF WINDS WILL TAKE
DOWN THOUSANDS OF TREES AND DO
TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO OUR POWER
INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE. WE COULD BE WITHOUT POWER FOR
WEEKS, MAYBE A MONTH.
THEN GOING TOWARDS THE
TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER PUTS THE
STRONGEST WIND IN THE
SOUTHEAST.
SOUTHEAST. AND THEN WE COULD GET MINOR
FLOODING ON THAT NORTH AND WEST
SIDE OF GALVESTON BAY.
RAINFALL, MOST WOULD BE TO OUR
EAST WITH MAYBE HOUSTON GETTING
HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF
RAINFALL ON THAT PARTICULAR
TRACK.
TRACK.
TRACK. WINDS, THEY WOULD BE UP TOWARD
100 MILES AN HOUR OR ABOVE,
NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE
CENTER, WHEREVER THAT STORM
DECIDES TO GO.
úYOUR EXTENDED FORECAST GIVES A
GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
BACK TO PLAIN OLD SUMMERTIME
CONDITIONS INTO THE WEEKEND.
WE WILL WATCH IT CAREFULLY