First an uptotheminute update and heres fox news meteorologist adam klotz. Its been a slow more the last several hours. Hurricane harvey making its landfall and two hours from the time it hit. The eye of the storm, that ring is where youll see the strongest winds. Weve seen consistent winds around 130 miles an hour and gusting higher. They dont come to your house and pull you out so hopefully folks left that area. If not theyre going through a long night. To the north of this and off to the east, this is an area where youre seeing strong winds pumping in the water. The surge will be another issue along the right side of this hurricane. Thats where the surge will be piling up the most. What are we looking at for the storm surge . Areas up to ten feet. I was looking at the website from the National Weather service and were seeing indications up to six to eight feet of storm surge. It can only climb higher in the next several hours as the storm system is stuck where its at. When you see a
houston and houston s toughest days in terms of flooding, 15, 20, 25, maybe 30 feet of accumulation will be wednesday evening. we re sitting here friday night. we re talking about the big storm still coming to houston wednesday and all the areas it will drench in between. jon: we ll be talking about this one for a long time to come. lieutenant governor dan patrick. everybody pray for us texans and we ll pull through but we can use the prayers of everyone in the country. jon: joining us is the director of economic development at the port of galveston. how s it looking where you are, roger? we re getting squalls in every so often. there s a low right now so things are kind of quiet.
it s done its job. jon: have you heard of major damage in galveston yet tonight? none yet. i can here about some local restaurants but nothing major. jon: that s fantastic if you. i mentioned before, galveston was the site of the worst natural disaster in the hurricane of 1900 and we hope never to see that again. roger quiroga. thank you. hurricane harvey made landfall two hours ago. it s the strongest storm the country s seen since 2004. our live team coverage on fox news channel continues. stay with us. 2 my insurance company