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No school on Friday
Wave STAFF REPORT
While it was too soon Tuesday morning to identify the landfall of Hurricane Ike, it was determined that there will not be any Calhoun football Friday night.
CCISD Superintendent Larry Nichols confirmed Tuesday that school and all school related activities have been canceled for Friday.
This is just a precaution, Nichols said. “School buses are part of the Calhoun County evacuation plan and we need to have buses available should the need arise.”
At this time there have been no evacuation orders issued for Calhoun County. Should this change and the buses be needed earlier, parents and students will be notified.
“It’s way too soon to identify landfall location,” said Meteorologist John Metz, Corpus Christi National Weather Service, to those attending the Tuesday NWS telephone conference. Even so he advised those living on the mid-Texas coast to be very watchful. “Ike could make a direct hit on the Mid-Texas Coast,” he said.
Hurricane Ike is a “very important storm,” Metz said. This hurricane is currently projected to make landfall on the Texas coast and is raising some major questions for Calhoun County residents. The pattern it is following is much like hurricane Beulah that struck Texas in 1967.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ike was 55 miles southwest of Havana, Cuba.
Monday afternoon Metz said that Ike had been downgraded to a Category 1, however once Ike turns northwest and hits the warm gulf waters left by Gustav his intensity will surely pick up and become a Category 2 and even likely a 3. Metz said that models on Ike’s path, have seen a pretty good shift.”
Tuesday, Metz said the current models project landfall near Baffin Bay Saturday morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Wave heights will begin to increase Thursday morning and are expected to peak in the 10 to 15-foot range. A closer landfall to Brownsville would bring this up another three-to-five feet area wide. Heavy surf conditions will bring a high risk for rip currents and a good chance for coastal flooding.
Considering Gustav made landfall just a few days ago the after affects from that storm are still hitting Texas coastlines. Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi saw swells and tides a foot above projected predictions on Monday. The closer Ike moves into the Gulf and Texas coast the higher the swells will become.
Metz forecast Ike would merge into the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon.
He said there was a hurricane watch from Brownsville to Port O’Connor
“We are not out of the woods as much as we thought,” said Calhoun County Judge Michael Pfeifer.
Port Lavaca Rehab and Trinity Shores representatives said they are watching the storm and are making plans for evacuation should it be necessary. A Memorial Medical Center representative said MMC is still watching the storm but it would start making patient reduction Tuesday afternoon.
LaDonna Thigpen, Calhoun County EM coordinator, cautions local residents to register with her office in the courthouse or by telephoning 553-4400 in the event someone has a need for a ride to an emergency shelter at any time when a hurricane may threaten. She also encouraged residents to fill their gas tanks early, in case of evacuation.
While it was too soon Tuesday morning to identify the landfall of Hurricane Ike, it was determined that there will not be any Calhoun football Friday night.
CCISD Superintendent Larry Nichols confirmed Tuesday that school and all school related activities have been canceled for Friday.
This is just a precaution, Nichols said. “School buses are part of the Calhoun County evacuation plan and we need to have buses available should the need arise.”
At this time there have been no evacuation orders issued for Calhoun County. Should this change and the buses be needed earlier, parents and students will be notified.
“It’s way too soon to identify landfall location,” said Meteorologist John Metz, Corpus Christi National Weather Service, to those attending the Tuesday NWS telephone conference. Even so he advised those living on the mid-Texas coast to be very watchful. “Ike could make a direct hit on the Mid-Texas Coast,” he said.
Hurricane Ike is a “very important storm,” Metz said. This hurricane is currently projected to make landfall on the Texas coast and is raising some major questions for Calhoun County residents. The pattern it is following is much like hurricane Beulah that struck Texas in 1967.
At 10 a.m. Tuesday, Ike was 55 miles southwest of Havana, Cuba.
Monday afternoon Metz said that Ike had been downgraded to a Category 1, however once Ike turns northwest and hits the warm gulf waters left by Gustav his intensity will surely pick up and become a Category 2 and even likely a 3. Metz said that models on Ike’s path, have seen a pretty good shift.”
Tuesday, Metz said the current models project landfall near Baffin Bay Saturday morning as a Category 3 hurricane. Wave heights will begin to increase Thursday morning and are expected to peak in the 10 to 15-foot range. A closer landfall to Brownsville would bring this up another three-to-five feet area wide. Heavy surf conditions will bring a high risk for rip currents and a good chance for coastal flooding.
Considering Gustav made landfall just a few days ago the after affects from that storm are still hitting Texas coastlines. Bob Hall Pier in Corpus Christi saw swells and tides a foot above projected predictions on Monday. The closer Ike moves into the Gulf and Texas coast the higher the swells will become.
Metz forecast Ike would merge into the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday afternoon.
He said there was a hurricane watch from Brownsville to Port O’Connor
“We are not out of the woods as much as we thought,” said Calhoun County Judge Michael Pfeifer.
Port Lavaca Rehab and Trinity Shores representatives said they are watching the storm and are making plans for evacuation should it be necessary. A Memorial Medical Center representative said MMC is still watching the storm but it would start making patient reduction Tuesday afternoon.
LaDonna Thigpen, Calhoun County EM coordinator, cautions local residents to register with her office in the courthouse or by telephoning 553-4400 in the event someone has a need for a ride to an emergency shelter at any time when a hurricane may threaten. She also encouraged residents to fill their gas tanks early, in case of evacuation.
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