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Rita now a Category 3 hurricane
CNN ^ | September 21, 2005

Posted on 09/20/2005 11:52:46 PM PDT by RWR8189

KEY LARGO, Florida (CNN) -- Hurricane Rita, moving westward away from the Florida Keys, early Wednesday strengthened into a Category 3 storm, capable of causing extensive damage.

It is the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season, which runs until November 30.

Rita's sustained winds swelled to 115 mph early Wednesday, with higher gusts, and cities in its projected path ordered evacuations in preparation for another possible siege of floodwaters.

Rita's winds extended outward up to 45 miles from the storm's center.

National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasters predicted that by Wednesday evening Rita could strengthen to a Category 4 -- the same strength as deadly Hurricane Katrina when it made landfall Aug. 29 near the Louisiana-Mississippi state line, devastating New Orleans and nearby Gulf Coast cities.

A Category 4 storm, with top sustained winds of 131 to 155 mph, can cause extreme damage, according to the Saffir-Simpson scale measuring hurricane strength. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers said Rita's winds could increase to 145 mph by landfall.

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1 posted on 09/20/2005 11:52:48 PM PDT by RWR8189
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To: RWR8189

Well someone can give me a report after its over. I'm evacuating. After Celia, I don't stick around to ride out hurricanes.


2 posted on 09/20/2005 11:56:15 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Best of luck to you!


3 posted on 09/20/2005 11:57:11 PM PDT by RWR8189 ( Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Take care, FRiend.

Check in when you get to your destination.


4 posted on 09/20/2005 11:58:03 PM PDT by andie74 ("No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent." -- John Jay)
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To: Paleo Conservative

Best of luck and may you find a dry shelter and a warm bed. You need help, holler.


5 posted on 09/20/2005 11:59:52 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: RWR8189

As our local newscaster teased, "They grow up soooo fast!"


6 posted on 09/21/2005 12:01:19 AM PDT by Tall_Texan (Austin TX - and staying put.)
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To: RWR8189

Did you not notice the 2200+ post thread over here?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487888/posts


7 posted on 09/21/2005 12:01:35 AM PDT by Howlin
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8 posted on 09/21/2005 12:02:35 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (http://soapboxharry.blogspot.com/)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K

Most of those tracks have the hurricane crossing or passing near Austin and Dallas and points between. Those of us in Dallas are going to get a really big rainstorm, at the very least.

Better get ready, if you're not already.


9 posted on 09/21/2005 12:04:46 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Yep, I'm 75 mi N of Houston. If the thing doesn't track furthre west I will have to batton down the hatches asap!


10 posted on 09/21/2005 12:07:09 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (http://soapboxharry.blogspot.com/)
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To: Howlin

No...I can't say I did....


11 posted on 09/21/2005 12:07:30 AM PDT by RWR8189 ( Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K
Hey Rita


12 posted on 09/21/2005 12:10:24 AM PDT by DirtyHarryY2K (http://soapboxharry.blogspot.com/)
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To: RWR8189

But.. but.. Cindy.. her tour. This cant be.. How will she get her MSM coverage? ITS ALL A PLOT she says.. Bush Rove.. Rove Bush.. if Bush just resigned now the hurricanes would end.. she knows it ;)


13 posted on 09/21/2005 12:18:56 AM PDT by RunningWolf (U.S. Army Veteran.....75-78)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K
This picture is perfect for this occasion.
14 posted on 09/21/2005 12:24:40 AM PDT by TypeZoNegative (Future Minnesota Refugee)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K

Incredible NASA image:

http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/2005263-0920/Rita.A2005263.1835.1km.jpg


16 posted on 09/21/2005 12:29:59 AM PDT by spycatcher
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To: RWR8189
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Hold on to your hats. Here we go again!
17 posted on 09/21/2005 12:52:14 AM PDT by Old Seadog (Birthdays start out being fun. But too many of them will kill you..)
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To: Paleo Conservative
"After Celia, I don't stick around to ride out hurricanes."

I was there, too. The anemometers (for measuring wind speeds) broke. It was weird. ..and strange as to how the recorded top speeds have been adjusted down since. All of the partially brick veneered houses in my neighborhood were leveled (rigidity), but all of the residents of those houses had evacuated. The wood frame houses that were built for hurricanes withstood to various extents.

Although sitting through several hours of rumbling and pulsating walls was rough, the toughest part of it for us was doing without electricity and phones for so long afterward.
18 posted on 09/21/2005 1:15:42 AM PDT by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
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To: DirtyHarryY2K

It will be interesting to see how large the Eye of this Hurricane will become. Rita may travel over this heated water for a slightly longer period of time (based on traveling to the Western Gulf) then Katrina traveled. That Hurricane not only peaked at a Cat 5, but it also had an enormous Eye. How large an area of the coast gets exposed to Cat 3 or higher winds, may be just as important as which point on the coast is landfall.


19 posted on 09/21/2005 1:42:23 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: RWR8189
Your post was removed because it contained material from USA Today which is a Gannett Publications web site.

Please do not post full text or even excerpts from any Gannett site.

Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints

20 posted on 09/21/2005 2:13:16 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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