Urgent Plea for Prayer--Galveston/Houston Area
I bring the situation developing in southeast Texas to you for your prayers. Very few people in the United States have a clue concerning the catastrophe about to unfold along the Texas coast. Unlike potential hurricane Hanna which never developed, Ike has been churning for quite some time and has caused untold destruction to many places along the way.
Ike is currently slowly making his way toward the Houston area. Over the next 24 hours, Ike will finally let his plans be known as to where He is going to strike and how strong He will be. This is what we know for absolute, 100% sure:
1. Places to the northeast of Ike will see storm surges in the 20-25 foot range with waves on top of the surge approaching 50 feet. A storm surge of this magnitude literally and utterly destroys all but the strongest structures in its path. Currently Ike is forecast to come ashore just west of Galveston, Texas thus pushing the storm surge over Galveston and into Galveston Bay and Houston. Here is what the National Weather Service in Galveston stated in their Hurricane warning:
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.
2. There has never been a hurricane as big as Ike with tropical storm force winds stretching over 500 miles along the Gulf Coast. A storm this huge, moving this slowly will surely produce monster waves over 70 feet high in the Gulf and will (and has) produce tides 5 to 8 feet above normal hundreds of miles from its center.
3. Whether Ike ever becomes a true category 3 storm or not, its winds will cause widespread damage and the associated tornadoes will cause as much, or more damage than the wind.
4. Ike will probably live in infamy as one of, if not the greatest hurricane to ever hit Texas.
There are hundreds of thousands of people full of great fear at the moment. Whether Ike stays on course to devastate Galveston and Houston or moves to the east to the Port Arthur area; somebody is going to feel the full force of a massive storm surge. Katrina sent a 25 foot storm surge to her right that wiped the coastline off the map in Mississippi. The greatest source of deaths in a hurricane are from storm surges. They are identical in every way to a giant tsunami.
At this very moment hundreds of thousands of people are in various stages of evacuation or preparing to ride out the storm. Please pray for these people that they choose wisely whether to stay or go and that God gives them strength and wisdom and most of all peace in the midst of the storm. There are many wonderful believers in the greater Galveston/Houston area and I am sure they would be comforted to know their brothers and sisters are praying for their safety and protection from Ike.
Be prepared to hear unbelievable stories of destruction wherever Ike strikes. This is an unprecedented storm with a surge unlike any ever experienced along the Gulf coast. All those directly and indirectly affected need our support and prayers. Thank You.
Blessings 2 You
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