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Posted on 09/18/2005 1:56:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Tropical Storm Rita has developed from TD 18 in the Atlantic Ocean. TS Rita is currently located north of Hispaniola, the eastern tip of Cuba, and ESE of Nassau, Bahamas. Hurricane watches and warnings are in effect for portions of Florida. Check for local weather statements.
The following links are self-updating:
Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Forecast Models
Buoy Data SE Florida
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Florida
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Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)
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Other Resources:
Florida East Coast Surf Reports Lots of great info here, including surf cams
Central Florida Hurricane Center
Hurricane City
Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tropical Depression |
< 39 mph < 34 kts |
Minimal | ||
Tropical Storm |
39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts |
Minimal | ||
Hurricane 1 (Weak) |
74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts |
28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more |
4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m |
Minimal damage to vegetation |
Hurricane 2 (Moderate) |
96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts |
28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb |
6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m |
Moderate damage to houses |
Hurricane 3 (Strong) |
111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts |
27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb |
9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m |
Extensive damage to small buildings |
Hurricane 4 (Very strong) |
131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts |
27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb |
13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m |
Extreme structural damage |
Hurricane 5 (Devastating) |
Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts |
Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb |
Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m |
Catastrophic building failures possible |
Excellent advice, HC.
Oh no, I hadn't thought about no internet for a week! Thanks a lot, now I'm depressed
Oh I most definitely depend on my church family too. I'm Southern Baptist and know that they will be there in times of need. I also know that 100% of the donations to Disaster Relief is used for relief not administrative costs. One of the churches in town is converting one of their educational buildings into apartments to house several families permanently. My church is supporting the ones in town and at the church camp financially. Several teams have been in Covington to help with the cleanup and repairs there.
I'm from Wichita Falls......... I can sympathize
There's nothing that's right next to us...
Although there is a creek called "Faulkey Gulley" that runs alongside the other side of our development.
It's tough to judge since everything is so dang flat around here, but I'd say that we're pretty much on "high ground" (if you can call it that) as far as our development goes...
The house is on a slab that's maybe 1½ ~ 2' above street level...
And when it rains, the water in the street flows away from us in both directions.
smart planning....
LOL
I received a New Orleans displaced student in class today. She became VERY anxious when she heard we are under hurricane warning here in Miami. I really felt for her.
We've got two team from First Baptist Woodstock, GA going to the Katrina area this weekend.
The NAMB has been in there since after the winds died, I pray Rita won't approach Katrina's strength or devistation, the emergency resources are stretched a bit then right now.
He's the a$$hat 1st runner up. Right behind admiral Nagin of Nagin's Navy.
Surely, they don't all come that stoopid over there.
They brought supplies back from Lafayette. They had a huge list of things to bring back. Thanks for the tip though.
And beer.
I wondered about that - as much as we are nervously joking about getting prepared, it must be a nightmare for those who "escaped" to be in the path once again.
Thanks for the pings, I've been away from the computer the past few days...
Can't believe we have another possible nightmare on our hands. I'm ready for winter.
Well, it's the only I've ever visited, so I have no comparison to make. It doesn't really bother me since I never post, but my personal style pretty much excludes that level of incivility. In particular, I am not convinced that being right is justification for being rude. But perhaps I am something of a stick-in-the-mud on the matter. It is interesting.
Two weeks ago, our church took up a collection for disaster relief. We also took up a collection to purchase a "mobile kitchen" trailer to donate to our local association. They said they had to have $10,500 to purchase the mobile kitchen. We collected $18,000 for disaster relief and $35,000 for the mobile kitchen!
So we bought two!
sorry - didn't mean to depress you.
I was only offline 19 hours - XS got it much worse than we did; we never lost power, just phones.
VA freepers on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay have suffered far worse in the past 3 seasons than we have here on the coast.
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