Latest Recon Indicates Rita is a CAT 5 Hurricane

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[jmc1969]

The latest recon report indicated the pressure in Rita has fallen to 920 mb and the maximum flight level winds were over 175 mph. AccuWeather.com Meteorologist believe Rita has become a Cat 5 hurricane.

[redlocks322]

Galveston is telling it's residents "If you cannot evacuate, if you don't have a car, or if you are handicapped, please call us, we'll come and get you".

Just reported on Fox.

Hope Nagin is ashamed of himself.

[Born in a Rage]

Good point.

[Howlin]

Somewhere between Galveston and LA...last info.

Wrong.

Corpus Christi and Galveston.

[Black Tooth]

Where they taking all the evacuees?

[Bon mots]

GLOBAL WARMING! I TOLD YOU!

[Petronski]

...and a "Phantasmagorical Cat 5"...

I guess we have to laugh. What else CAN we do?

[Remole]

. . . and Spinal Tap found a level 11 on the volume meter . . .

[tcrlaf]

Here is a site that shows all ship positions (at least those covered by LLoyd) in the gulf...

It will update in about 45 minutes, with CURRENT ship and storm positions!!

/www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml

[Fawn]

I hope they all take their animals...please don't forget your pets.....

[malakhi]

HARNESSING WEATHER

ALLEGATIONS SURFACE THAT U.S. & RUSSIA HAVE TECHNOLOGY TO MANAGE HURRICANES

What a load of crap.

Can you imagine amount of the energy required to have any meaningful impact on a storm like this?

[MNJohnnie]

MN is mighty nice this time of year too..

Yeah for the next 60 days or so then Katie bar the door all bets are off. :-}

[Born in a Rage]

And don't forget to fill up on gas...

[MamaB]

I think you are right about NO. The weather guy on KHOU showed a map and it only had the TX coast as targets. It is stronger than Katina when it hit shore.

[TravisBickle]

Could you explain the ratio between the barometric pressure and the strength of a hurricane? I see the numbers mentioned, but don't know what it means.

Thanks.

[hophead]

Bush and Rove are guiding this one right to Houston area so they can get the evacuees they missed with Katrina. They are one diabolical pair. A right and an upper-cut. Ali was never that good.

[sully777]

LOL. Needed relief of humor.

BTW, she must've caused a tsunami with that tremblin booty.

[MNJohnnie]

That's not good, no matter how you cut it.

Yep. No good can come from this any way you cut it.

[nuffsenuff]

That Bernardo Quintana A ship is right in the middle of the storm.

[Red Badger]

The Gulf is the warmest that I can remember. Lived here for 24 years.........The Bays are even warmer!..........

[Petronski]

Are those little arrows REALLY necessary?