it looks to be slowing down a little bit. we know there is high pressure off towards the rest that eventually will try to block it and pull it back toward the coast again over the next couple of days. so, while we got there storm here in this outer eye while getting very close to the coast that s a record to see those hundred-mile-an-hour winds or so. it will stick with us and because of this sticking with us, we talked about the storm surge, you see those arrows, that s pushing all this water in toward the barrier islands and then on the interior coastal waves, and that water isn t going to go anywhere because this storm will stall out. so that 12 feet or so of storm surge is going to stick with us, and marginally, in addition to the rain. we talked about this at the top of the show. 30, 40, 50 inches of rain, i d never heard of that but you re telling me, and you know a lot more about this than i do, that you ve never heard of that. what impact cannot have on a region when it gets
that much water? one thing, we see storms that cause flooding, localized flooding. it gets 15 or 18 inches of rain or snow in a really big storm, that s usually localized, kind of under a thunderstorm or training line of storms. but this is a really widespread area that s going to be seeing . but a lot of this is a very low lying which is going to get hit by that storm surge and that storm surge doesn t dissipate very much because of kind where the storm stalled out. but then you get the rain on top that s going to cause major problems, houston is a city that s kind of notorious for some flooding problems but even those systems generally have been kind of a localized area. but we are going to be watching an entire area, houston is probably a good example. there was a tropical storm, allison, in 2001. cost over $5 billion of damage across the houston area, and this storm probably has a lot more moisture to deal with. so we re going to be talking
of the storm in corpus christi, texas. steve? we been hearing the governor set the stage for the past day. there is a real danger that the storm is being underestimated. it s so strong so quickly and each hour here in corpus christi we been feeling that same flow with the written and the rain and now we are already feeling hurricane force winds. it s the first hurricane to make u.s. landfall in 12 years as it bears down on the texas coast. those who decided to leave have all ready gotten out. we used to joke about it because every time they say it s really big, i m definitely extra cautious just in case. those who have decided to stay now will face category 3 hurricane force winds and dust storm surge in some places of more than 12 feet. i m scared, someone to do