(Left: Eddy and John at the KHAS Weather Center during the 6'0'clock news)Well, we are only a couple of hours away from Ike's landfall and the hurricane is now just 1 MPH shy of being a Cat 3 hurricane before it makes landfall. The lower parishes in Louisiana are taking quite a hit from wind and water but Galveston is still taking the brunt of Ike's fury with water continually rising and wind gusts now in excess of 130 MPH out in the water...soon to be on Galveston's shore. The latest report shows Ike gaining strength and centering it's eye on Galveston Bay and then directly on to Houston.
On a lighter note, geraldo is standing out on the sea wall in Galveston doing his "thing"; in other words, once again being the perfect example of irresponsible as soon he will need rescuing and will then endanger the lives of responders who I hope are too smart to go get him.
The Weather Channel has done an awesome job today on the other hand and I am extremely impressed with Texas station KHOU-TV.
KHAS has dedicated more time than usual to the weather, and you will be able to catch our web broadcast here shortly by visiting http://www.khastv.com/. Eddy has been at the station all evening and we will have a KHAS crew here at the C4L Tracking Center in the morning to further cover this major weather event.
