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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
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| 21 September 2005
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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: BJClinton
Here's praying it scoots a little further south, stays south of San Antone after landfall and heads out to West Texas where it is needed.
Technically we need it more in north central Texas and east Texas. I just hope it's nice soaking rains and not flooding, which is looking more likely.
See the national drought monitor here:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
421
posted on
09/21/2005 6:26:45 AM PDT
by
TexasGunLover
("Either you're with us or you're with the terrorists."-- President George W. Bush)
To: laz
And to think, just 24 hours ago she was still a 70mph TS.Utterly amazing. Reminds me of Katrina, going from 3 to 5 overnight. Frightening.
422
posted on
09/21/2005 6:26:50 AM PDT
by
agrace
(Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me if you know so much. Job 38:4)
To: Trust but Verify
After what they saw in N.O.'s, people not leaving 'cause of their pets, all pets are allowed to go with them. They've got to have them in carriers...no problem taking pets.
423
posted on
09/21/2005 6:26:50 AM PDT
by
shield
(The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
To: steveegg
Thanks Steve, at least it appears it will come through here during daylight which I prefer. Earthquakes in Cali always happened at night. When the electricity goes out during an emergency and it's dark it's just the pits!!
424
posted on
09/21/2005 6:28:03 AM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
( "Through thick & thin, the fans got my back. Bud team will start kicking butts again" THEY DID !!!)
To: BoringGuy
Yes, they're supposedly built to withstand a cat5 storm. The South Texas Project reactors are eight feet above sea level, IIRC. Stuck out in the middle of the gulf coast rice fields, and twelve-foot alligators with two heads living out in the cooling reservoir.
Let's hope they're shuttin' em down...
To: TXBSAFH
Looter season opens Saturday afternoon.
To: Flyer
I did hear that last night.
427
posted on
09/21/2005 6:28:17 AM PDT
by
kassie
To: OB1kNOb
Certainly possible. Depends on whether the storm in fact stalls and the precise location.
To: OB1kNOb
Our local met showed a windfield projection (like the "cone of uncertainty") with tropical storm force winds being felt in Beaumont at the same time as Houston is getting the stronger winds. The zone forecast for Bmont just says "WINDY" for Fri night-Sat morning.
This storm is nearly as big as TX and that's saying something!
429
posted on
09/21/2005 6:29:15 AM PDT
by
Rte66
(SW Houston - Meyerland)
To: Leapfrog
"Looter season opens Saturday afternoon."
What's the limit?? Or is this one of those clean the herd No limit hunts? ;)
430
posted on
09/21/2005 6:29:53 AM PDT
by
epaul
To: laz
If true, then she went from TS to Cat 5 in less than 24 hours. I'm speechless. This seems to me to be an extraordinarily healthy storm. She looks to be about as large as Katrina (with a 25 NM eyewall) and was able to go to Cat 4 with an outflow channel entrained in Cuba. Now that it's free, she has a lot more power to develop. She is also just about to hit the Gulf loop, and a lot of energy will be gained. Considering that she is not going north right now, she is not hampered by the cold water that Katrina churned up.
Everyone knows that the Gulf can support a Cat 5 at this time. The wind shear was the only thing that was holding Rita off from impressive growth. That has now pretty much disappeared allowing her to power up.
431
posted on
09/21/2005 6:30:09 AM PDT
by
burzum
(Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.-Adm H Rickover)
To: steveegg
We do what we can.
Think I might miss the race this weekend. :(
432
posted on
09/21/2005 6:30:42 AM PDT
by
SouthTexas
(Refugio County)
To: Leapfrog
Looter season opens Saturday afternoon. Let's hope not ... I'm here in DC, something tells me Cindy Sheehan is not going to get much press this weekend with her protest march ...
433
posted on
09/21/2005 6:30:44 AM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Geezee Freepin Peezee ...)
To: bwteim
Thank you! I hope I'll still be around to enjoy a few more years as a shonuf posting FReeper.
434
posted on
09/21/2005 6:32:02 AM PDT
by
Rte66
(SW Houston - Meyerland)
To: laz
" Maybe she'll go for broke and reach Cat 5 before the 24-hour mark."
Isn't that what the 19something Galveston storm did, or close to it?
435
posted on
09/21/2005 6:32:10 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(The Mainstream Media is "Stuck on stupid". (Gen. Honore))
To: WestCoastGal
It was so hard to tell people that there were no rooms close or that matter far, I could hear the faint hint of panic in their voices. ....
Katrina is proving to be the wake up call we all needed I suspect. Too many people in our area had became just too complacent for their own good.
Personally I still have a good memory of Carla and especially of Alicia.
436
posted on
09/21/2005 6:32:15 AM PDT
by
Ron H.
(Tancredo has been Right all along on securing our borders.)
To: 11th_VA
437
posted on
09/21/2005 6:32:21 AM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
To: 11th_VA
Ahhh. The silver lining in all this...
438
posted on
09/21/2005 6:32:36 AM PDT
by
Lakeside
((northeast Alabama))
To: 11th_VA
Believe me...they don't say "Don't Mess with Texas" for no reason. Looters are going to be pure target practice in Texas!!!
439
posted on
09/21/2005 6:33:05 AM PDT
by
4everontheRight
(Born/raised on MS beaches (SC now)...Criminals feed on the indulgence of society's understanding)
To: Rte66
Very good info. Thanks much. - OB1
440
posted on
09/21/2005 6:33:22 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(Sometimes I just can't see the forest for all the gumps.)
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