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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: Rte66

Welcome to posting on FR. I, too, lurked for ages before registering. Ain't it fine?!

Many, many years ago I lived right next to Meyerland in Bellaire. I was there for Hurricane Carla which, although it wasn't a direct hit, was bad enough. I would suggest moving farther inland for this one. Houston, as you know is very prone to flooding. Are you near the bayou there in Meyerland?

I still have family in and around Houston and some who evacuated there from New Orleans. Needless to say, I am not a happy camper re Hurricane Rita.


161 posted on 09/21/2005 4:15:34 AM PDT by Lakeside ((northeast Alabama))
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To: Rte66

Last I heard, large numbers of Katrina evacs were being moved to Arkansas.


162 posted on 09/21/2005 4:15:43 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: NautiNurse

More Houston supply news:

N Loop West near N Shepherd - Home Depot just opened and will have plywood, water and generators until about 7:30 or when sold out


163 posted on 09/21/2005 4:17:27 AM PDT by Rte66 (SW Houston - Meyerland)
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To: NautiNurse

Yeah, all of our "Reliant City" remnants who didn't object got shipped off to Fort Chaffee and have already said "it's not as nice" as here, lol.


164 posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:15 AM PDT by Rte66 (SW Houston - Meyerland)
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To: Rebelbase

RebelBase thanks. Im not a good googler.. I looked for just this type of map


165 posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:25 AM PDT by ElisabethInCincy
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To: NautiNurse
Poor souls. If I were one of them, I'd ask to be flown to northern Minnesota (and considering my usual luck, I'd get off the plane and get run over by a tornado). ;)
166 posted on 09/21/2005 4:20:29 AM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)
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To: NautiNurse

I think she is already a 4!

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/goes/


167 posted on 09/21/2005 4:21:10 AM PDT by Ellesu (www.thedeadpelican.com)
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To: Rte66; All

welcome, friend..and be safe in the days ahead..y'know, it occurs to me we need to come up with a new term of art..you can't really call someone who's lurked here for 7 years a "newbie"...you must be a very spiritual and tranquil personality..to resist the urge all these years to jump in and opine..I mean..to NOT say anything during the impeachment, the 2000 election, 9/11...wow.I'm beebed and stuned, both...


168 posted on 09/21/2005 4:22:23 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: All

Rita sure looks like it may be stronger than Katrina, the discussion says it may even become a category 5 just before landfall.
I lived in Houston when Alicia came through and it was a category 3 just barely. We lost an estimated 15,00 miles of powerlines, yes thats miles as there was a major storm that saturated the ground a week before and basically 90% of all above ground utility poles were knocked down.
This is a killer storm if it hits Houston, especially the port since NO is still shut down.
And of course the big oil companies will raise the price of fuel again....


169 posted on 09/21/2005 4:22:46 AM PDT by Daniel Ramsey
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To: umbagi
Re: the So. TX Nuclear Plant. I was looking at Google Earth and notice the huge reservoir just south of the plant. There's a large damn encircling the reservoir and the water level is about 69' but the land on the the southeast corner is from 4-10' and it would definitely be in line with a storm surge. If that damn is breached and the reservoir is drained, what effect does that have on operations and will it have to shut down. 28°48'N 96°02'W
170 posted on 09/21/2005 4:25:52 AM PDT by NTegraT (A Katy Ol' Lady ooo)
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To: Lakeside

Yeah, I just moved a little farther from Bellaire, but used to share a bayou tributary in my backyard with the folks in Bellaire on the other side, for 10 years. I lived in Bellaire 6 years, too.

And, in fact, when I was a young'un, I also lived in Meyerland, across the street from where I lived recently, and we (my family and I) were transferred out the year before Carla, so missed it.

I'm near the bayou, but not *real* near it. I was on Beechnut (my last house) for TS Allison and didn't get any water in the house, after 36" of rain. That's why I'm feeling OK to stay here, since I'm not far from there.

Braes is several blocks away, but that same tributary (ditch, lol--"crick?") is across another street from me. I saw them in Oct '94 when they were splashing over the Braeswood bridges and they didn't get this far up.


171 posted on 09/21/2005 4:26:18 AM PDT by Rte66 (SW Houston - Meyerland)
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To: NautiNurse
"How much packing and prep do you have left?"

Quite a lot, actually. My dad is coming down this morning to help with the plywood, etc. Oddly, I also have a scheduled server maintenance ticket to handle for work. (Yes, work from home...)

After all that is done, I'm outta here.

172 posted on 09/21/2005 4:26:45 AM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Galveston)
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To: NautiNurse
Good morning,NN...all

AR FT. Chaffee has an expected 4,000 being flown in from Houston today. Flights resume today at 9:AM and are continued hourly till 7:PM. They'll be bused from there to Ft. Chaffee.

Yesterday we received 220.

sw

173 posted on 09/21/2005 4:26:54 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: SauronOfMordor
If I were anywhere near shore, I would evac ASAP

Me and mine are out of here at about 2:00PM today, headed for either Austin or N.E. Louisiana.

Home is right under the "V" in Brookside Village at the top center of this map:

Just damn ...

174 posted on 09/21/2005 4:27:40 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Home is I45 S, just south of Beltway 8 in Houston ... I'm outta here ...)
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To: SouthTexas

My family has a small place in Aransas (Ave. A / Hwy 35 area). If you are able can you keep me posted on any damage in the area?


175 posted on 09/21/2005 4:28:20 AM PDT by TheMom (My husband and children rock! I am like a rock . . . round and thick.)
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To: ken5050

Ha ha! Wellllll, actually, I posted at a little out-of-the-way forum and quite a few of my posts were copied and quoted here, so my *words* have been here, I just wasn't!


176 posted on 09/21/2005 4:29:12 AM PDT by Rte66 (SW Houston - Meyerland)
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To: Rebelbase; ElisabethInCincy
Your link, while nice, does not show the hundreds of unmanned platforms in the Gulf. It shows drilling rigs and manned platforms only.
177 posted on 09/21/2005 4:30:18 AM PDT by HoustonCurmudgeon (Houston Astrodome - Compassionate Conservatism at work!)
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To: Leapfrog

If you get a chance, let us know when you are ready to bug out. Hope you'll have internet access at your destination.


178 posted on 09/21/2005 4:30:26 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: Rte66; ken5050
Ditto, Ken! Takes a very special person indeed :)

A big WELCOME and be safe, 66!

sw

179 posted on 09/21/2005 4:31:11 AM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

got a link?


180 posted on 09/21/2005 4:31:16 AM PDT by Rebelbase (3rd World Poverty: Malnutrition and despair. American Poverty: Fat people with DVD's and Dish TV)
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