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Latest Recon Indicates Rita is a CAT 5 Hurricane
Accuweather ^
Posted on 09/21/2005 11:51:51 AM PDT by 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.
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KEYWORDS: cat5; hellstorm; rita
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To: MNJohnnie
I agree, on the link it appeared further north.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:06:19 PM PDT
by
Black Tooth
(The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.)
To: bobjam
Right, Andrew intensified very quickly, just as it reached landfall. It was Cat5, plus the relatively quick forward motion (20mph) that made the winds in the northern eye wall so bad. Knocked down some concrete block structures..
62
posted on
09/21/2005 12:06:28 PM PDT
by
Paradox
(Just because we are not perfect, does not mean we are not good.)
To: softwarecreator
Wonder if hick Sheriff in Gretna is closing the bridge again
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Byebye for Port O'Connor, maybe, but I think NO won't hardly get any weather from this...
Look at the current Sat picture on the website this thread links to.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:06:45 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters.")
To: ChadGore
cat 5 ?!?! What's the water temp in the track ? Someone posted it earlier on the Rita Thread - The WARMEST water is in the western Gulf, the track Katrina took was over some of the cooler gulf waters. Rita has nothing but fuel ahead of it ...
65
posted on
09/21/2005 12:06:56 PM PDT
by
11th_VA
(Geezee Freepin Peezee ...)
To: WoodstockCat
66
posted on
09/21/2005 12:07:24 PM PDT
by
ariamne
(Why is it ok to show bodies from Katrina, but not from 9/11?)
To: jmc1969
We may yet come to consider Katrina a good thing because it got everyone out of the way of Rita. Hokey smokes...
To: nuffsenuff
EXACTLY ! Is there cat. 6 ??
(defined as "When the S#*% hits the fan...")
68
posted on
09/21/2005 12:07:35 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: Lazamataz
This is scary! And not much scares me.
69
posted on
09/21/2005 12:07:48 PM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(West Houston . . . sorta near where the Beltway and I-10 have that hideous intersection)
To: nuffsenuff
Is there a category 6?
70
posted on
09/21/2005 12:08:00 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: jmc1969
What a racist storm, it's following the N.O. black community to Texas! Where's the reveeeerend?
To: nuffsenuff
Is there a Cat 6? OK City proved that there was a "greater than F5" tornado, and Indonesia/Alaska proved that there is a "greater than 8 Richter" earthquake, and NASA found a ninth and tenth planet in our solar system.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:08:17 PM PDT
by
sully777
(The Religion Of Peace apparently kills!)
To: Black Tooth
I agree, on the link it appeared further north
Don't know weather to hope for that or not. We really do not need this. Better there then a whole new area I guess.
73
posted on
09/21/2005 12:08:33 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters.")
To: softwarecreator
"Luckily, it appears that Texas is better prepared and taking it seriously."Haven't you been paying attention? Everyone knows George Bush is starting to mobilize FEMA and the Rde Cross early because he cares more about his home state than he cares about the, poor, down-trodden black population of New Orleans... ;-)
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:09:20 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Terpfen
Cat 5's: Were they Andrew, Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Camille? Or was it the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 that was the third cat 5?
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:09:33 PM PDT
by
ariamne
(Why is it ok to show bodies from Katrina, but not from 9/11?)
To: jmc1969
The Middle East must be dancing in the streets....
76
posted on
09/21/2005 12:09:45 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: Disambiguator
That looks more like CAT 5E.....
NeverGore :^)
77
posted on
09/21/2005 12:10:00 PM PDT
by
nevergore
(“It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.”)
To: Strategerist
All the useful models are in an extremely tight cluster right around Matagorda Bay. It's not going to get anywhere near Louisiana.
Look at the current Sat Picture.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:10:14 PM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
("Don't get stuck on stupid, reporters.")
To: nuffsenuff
This is typical ... Rita is in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, prime feeding grounds for hurricanes. As the eye moves toward land, and out of the warmest water, she'll most likely drop back to 4 or even 3 before landfall.
Remember (newshype notwithstanding) this is not a sentient being, it isn't "gathering strength" in the sense of willful behaviour, and it doesn't have targets.
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posted on
09/21/2005 12:10:44 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: MNJohnnie
Not sure where you're seeing it hitting N.O....
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