KHOU Channel 11's Dr. Neil Frank is predicting that the storm will not make the northern turn that the national weather service is expecting and will instead head straight into Galveston Bay, over the cities of Galveston and Houston.
I was just listening to his broadcast, and he is saying that he can not figure out where the national service is getting their prediction of a northern turn from. He just does not see it.
From fema.gov
Dr. Neil Frank was Director of the National Hurricane Center in Florida for 13 years. While there, he was the key figure in directing severe tropical weather information to meteorologists and media across the country. Dr. Frank's career began in the US Air Force where he trained as a weather officer. In 1961, Dr. Frank joined the staff of the National Hurricane Center as a forecaster and was named Director in 1974. During his tenure, Dr. Frank had several international meteorological assignments, including serving as Chairman of the International Hurricane Committee that coordinated the hurricane warning procedures for Central and North American countries.
Dr. Frank has been the chief meteorologist for KHOU, our CBS affiliate, since leaving as Director of the National Hurricane Center in 1987.
I trust his judgment fully.
I fear the national weather service is making many in our area become complacent by saying it will turn to the north. It has yet to happen, and the hurricane's forward momentum should just take it straight into our area.
After a day of relief, believing that the storm will turn and we will miss the worst part, we are now again becoming worried.
And the bad thing is, many of the freeways are still backed up into the city with evacuees, many of whom have just run out of gas on the highways.
There is absolutely no gasoline to be found in Houston or anywhere within 75 to 100 miles of the city.
We have 3 generators at my house, and we will have to siphon our vehicle gas tanks to keep them filled if we lose power.
Things are beginning to look grim, and we are going to see hurricane force winds for 12-15 hours beginning around daybreak tomorrow.
Continue to pray for our safety.
Many folks who should have evacuated have been unable to do so because of the traffic.
Also, please pray for the families of those killed in the bus explosion outside Dallas this morning. 45 nursing home residents were being evacuated via bus from Houston when the brakes on their bus caught fire and the residents' oxygen tanks began to explode. 24 out of the 45 have been confirmed dead.
It is just unbelieveable to think about it. They were being evacuated from a potentially deadly situation only to die in an even worse situation.
Let's pray that this accident is not seen elsewhere.
This will be one of my last messages for a while.
I'll probably update my condition late tonight just before the bad storms begin to hit.
If I don't get to speak with you all again, then I pray I'll see you in Glory.
Brother James Reed
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