What happens to sundays game if Ike comes??

[Mailman]

Originally Posted by Texan_Bill

that's interesting. Did not know that!!

Anyway, the point is that downtown Houston to downtown Galveston is only about 50 miles. Also the last time I checked, Galveston Bay is connected to the Houston Ship Channel which goes most of that 50 miles to inside the 610 Loop which then is connected to Buffalo Bayou which meets White Oak Bayou near the Main Street Bridge in downtown... Point being, we are essentially on the coast, we are not 200 miles inland like say Austin...

When did water start flowing uphill? It's ridiculous to say Houston is essentially on the coast. The risk of flooding is determined more by rainfall than storm surge. As long as Ike doesn't stall like Allison did, they'll get the game in on Monday.

[Yankee_In_TX]

Originally Posted by GP

Apparently, there are reports that if Tina will just eat the damn cake...Ike will back off.

There was a joke on 610 this morning about Ike coming this weekend to "beat" Tina. (she's here in concert next month)

[houstonhurricane]

Originally Posted by Mailman

When did water start flowing uphill? It's ridiculous to say Houston is essentially on the coast. The risk of flooding is determined more by rainfall than storm surge. As long as Ike doesn't stall like Allison did, they'll get the game in on Monday.

Surge will impact the bayous if it is large enough...

[texanfan2002114]

Originally Posted by Yankee_In_TX

There was a joke on 610 this morning about Ike coming this weekend to "beat" Tina. (she's here in concert next month)

Andre Ware tried to copy that joke from Chester Pitts. Chester Pitts said it yesterday after practice and told the joke better than Andre did.

[ArlingtonTexan]

I am glad to see that some people have had a good enough experiences riding out hurricanes and tropical storms that they think everything guaranteed to be pretty much back to normal a day or two later.

[Austrian]

Originally Posted by houstonhurricane

Surge will impact the bayous if it is large enough...

This storm surge could be close to Katrina's IMHO. If nothing changes this is a VERY dangerous storm because of its huge wind field of max winds. Definitly more dangerous than Gustav. But that'S just my opinion.

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by ArlingtonTexan

I am glad to see that some people have had a good enough experiences riding out hurricanes and tropical storms that they think everything guaranteed to be pretty much back to normal a day or two later.

"Complacency is the mother of all (bleep) ups"

[Mailman]

Originally Posted by Austrian

This storm surge could be close to Katrina's IMHO. If nothing changes this is a VERY dangerous storm because of its huge wind field of max winds. Definitly more dangerous than Gustav. But that'S just my opinion.

INLAND FLOODING POTENTIAL

I've had a lot of questions today about the potential for inland flooding, especially if the surge pushes water up the bayous rather than allowing them to drain.

Here's the response I received from the Harris County Flood District, which maintains the area's bayous:

If we experience storm surge, the bayous that would first be affected are those adjacent to Galveston Bay: the Galveston Bay watershed, Clear Creek, San Jacinto River and Cedar Bayou. Depending on how great the surge is, other channels that could be affected are: Houston Ship Channel, Armand Bayou, Goose Creek, Vince and Little Vince bayous and lower Buffalo Bayou.

Just so you know, a common myth about storm surge that we hear a lot is that a storm surge will handicap our bayou system's ability to drain. Actually, the majority of the bayous in Harris County will continue to function effectively during a storm surge. Most of our creeks and bayous are upland and drain by gravity.

Because of their natural slope toward Galveston Bay, a storm surge caused by a hurricane will not impede this process, as water will always flow downhill. Of the roughly 2,500 miles of channel in Harris County, only a small portion located near the bay will experience a limited ability to drain during a storm surge.

Furthermore, there is a gap in time from when a surge occurs and when rainfall in our area eventually drains into the bay. The storm surge occurs before and during a hurricane's landfall. By the time our area's rainfall drains through creeks and bayous to the bay, the storm surge will have receded.

Given the expectation that most areas will receive 2 to 4 inches of rainfall, and that isolated totals should only reach 10 inches, I do not anticipate significant inland flooding problems at this time.

The problems should be along the coast, and they're potentially very bad.

http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archiv...9/post_48.html

[texanfan2002114]

ASTROS SERIES WITH CUBS TO BE POSTPONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"ST. LOUIS -- The Cubs' weekend games in Houston against the Astros are expected to be postponed, and the Cubs will head back to Chicago after Thursday's game against St. Louis to avoid Hurricane Ike, which is churning in the Gulf of Mexico and heading in the direction of Texas.

The Cubs and Astros are scheduled to open a three-game series Friday at Minute Maid Park. There was talk about having the Cubs and Astros play a day game Friday instead of a night game, but all plans are on hold.

The Cubs expected to make an official announcement prior to Thursday's game against the Cardinals. The Astros will make an announcement soon, an MLB official said."

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/a...=.jsp&c_id=hou

[Texan_Bill]

Vince and Little Vince bayous

That's funny, but I digress.

[Malloy]

Originally Posted by disaacks3

Has anyone considered just HOW IRONIC it would be if they couldn't get power restored to RELIANT stadium by Monday?

Good point

[Mailman]

FUGG THE CUBS.

That is some whoreskit. It's perfectly acceptable for the Astros to play a game outside with lightning cracking all around, but the Cubs are too chicken to get on a plane to Houston.

[Texans_Chick]

No new news yet on game. This comes from their press release that just went out:

"HOUSTON – The Houston Texans will hold practice tonight at the Methodist Training Center. Practice will begin at 8:00 pm and is scheduled to last until 9:15 pm. Head coach Gary Kubiak will be available to media following practice and should be able to address the Hurricane Ike plan at that time."

[Texan_Bill]

Originally Posted by Mailman

FUGG THE CUBS.

That is some whoreskit. It's perfectly acceptable for the Astros to play a game outside with lightning cracking all around, but the Cubs are too chicken to get on a plane to Houston.

Ha.. I just posted something similar in the baseball forum....

[Chainsaw]

Originally Posted by ArlingtonTexan

I am glad to see that some people have had a good enough experiences riding out hurricanes and tropical storms that they think everything guaranteed to be pretty much back to normal a day or two later.

It's been my experience. As a former south Florida resident, I've been through my share of storms. Down there everybody knew the routine, and everything was pretty much back to normal a day or two later. The Houston experiences have been similar, but with about 1,000% more freaking out, and more flooding.

It doesn't take that long for the power companies to make repairs and restore power downtown(hell, reliant has extra incentive to get it back quick). A tree is not going to fall on Reliant's roof. The levees aren't going to fail. Why can't we play Sunday?

[ATX]

This sucks.....I just got a ticket to the game from a friend. Hope they end up playing here on Monday night.

[False Start]

Originally Posted by Mailman

FUGG THE CUBS.

That is some whoreskit. It's perfectly acceptable for the Astros to play a game outside with lightning cracking all around, but the Cubs are too chicken to get on a plane to Houston.

You read my mind! Thats the Scrubs for ya though. Bastids!

[spurstexanstros]

Originally Posted by Texans_Chick

No new news yet on game. This comes from their press release that just went out:

I guess no news is better than bad news? other than hurricane bearing down on Texas? what could be bad. Oh yeah holding game in Atlanta......If they do that they will never have a fanbase larger than myself V-man and texizgreat in San Antonio. Please tell us something.


I hope its monday... my son's birthday. He is a good luck charm for the Texans. When i first brought him home, he was crying during the Texans game at KC and I picked him up and walked into the room and at that point Marcus Coleman picked off a pass an ran 102 yards for a TD. If its on his b-day it may be good luck for the Texans.

[texanfan2002114]

Kubes answer from practice today..

Head coach Gary Kubiak

(on any changes for the game on Sunday) “No, not that I know of. We are just approaching it like we are going to play. I think we are like anybody else, concerned about this thing and how it’s going to be. But we haven’t been told otherwise so we are preparing as if we are going to play.”

http://www.houstontexans.com/news/St...?story_id=4627

[Kaiser Toro]

This sucks. Ike is like a french fry that falls between the seat and console of your car.