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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
It is incredible how beautiful they appear.
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It's gonna be a L O N G night.
Errrr... if Yellowstone erupts, its TEOTWAWKI.
I'll second that.
Actually, that table is a bit out of date. Isabel reached Cat 5 two years ago, as of course did Katrina last month, so that's at least 25 Cat 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic including Rita.
Speaking from experience she will be able to concentrate more on what she needs to do too, if she doesn't have to worry about him. It goes both ways:')
We good. You ok?
...Category five Hurricane Rita continuing to deepen... ...Now the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin on record...
a Hurricane Watch has been issued for Gulf of Mexico coast from Port Mansfield Texas to Cameron Louisiana.
A tropical storm watch has been issued for east of Cameron to Grand Isle Louisiana and from south of Port Mansfield to Brownsville.
The government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the northeast coast of Mexico from Rio San Fernando northward.
A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area...generally within 36 hours.
Interests in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico should monitor the progress of dangerous Hurricane Rita.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
At 7 PM CDT...0000z...the eye of Hurricane Rita was located near latitude 24.5 north...longitude 86.8 west or about 580 miles east-southeast of Galveston Texas and about 680 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi Texas.
Rita is moving toward the west near 13 mph and this motion is expected to continue during the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...with higher gusts. Rita is an extremely dangerous category five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely during the next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175 miles.
Pressure has been falling rapidly during the day and the latest minimum central pressure recently reported by an Air Force reconnaissance plane was 898 mb...26.55 inches. This makes Rita the third most intense hurricane in terms of pressure in the Atlantic Basin.
Tides are currently running near normal along the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts in the areas affected by Katrina. Tides in those areas will increase up to 3 to 4 feet over the next 24 hours with large waves on top and residents there could experience flooding.
Repeating the 7 PM CDT position...24.5 N... 86.8 W. Movement toward...west near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...165 mph. Minimum central pressure...898 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 10 PM CDT.
Forecaster Stewart/landsea
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Also of note is that Cat 5 Typhoons are quite normal in the Western Pacific; they had 11 Cat 5s in one year, 1997.
Just made a fresh pot of coffee.
Other than that- I'm speechless.
Did you see that we decided that the next "L" is to be named after you?:')
This is unquestionably peculiar.
Look, we have had a a once-in-a-hundred-years hurricane, immediately followed by another one. The odds of this happening are pretty high.
Given that the forces of evil have used Katrina to their benefit, it does make one pause and think about the cause of the storms.
Or, it could be science and bad luck.
Prayer won't hurt anything, though.
...Category five Hurricane Rita continuing to deepen...
...Now the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin on record...
Maximum sustained winds...165 mph. Minimum central pressure...898 mb.
And so did Ivan last year...and Emily this year was right there, and may have briefly been a CAT 5
I really believe that what happens in nature is almost the opposite of God. The natural order is entropy -- of order gradually breaking into disorder, into chaos, corruption. God's way is the opposite -- of taking the raw material and shaping and forming and producing something better, something higher, growth, potential, greatness. JEsus said that Satan is the ruler of the world, and I think that in a sense he is the ruler of nature. That doesn't mean it isn't beautiful or that I don't enjoy a beautiful sunset. But it means I would NEVER worship nature, and I think those that do are horribly misguided. And it also means that I don't believe that God sends things like hurricanes to punish or anything else. Quite the opposite. Sorry to run on, but your post reminded me of this notion that I've thought quite a bit about.
Hi, Leapfrog. I have friends in Sugar Land. How is this looking for you?
I thought it was every first major hurricane of the season, but that's just me (I get dibs on the second :-)
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