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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part IV
NHC - NOAA ^ | 22 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/22/2005 3:25:57 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Extremely dangerous Category 5 Hurricane Rita continues to threaten the Greater Houston Metropolitan area. The forecast track has shifted slightly to the northeast, increasing the risk to Southwest Louisiana, and a significant portion of the oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Texas Governor Perry is urging all coastal residents between Beaumont and Corpus Christi to evacuate as soon as possible.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track

Rita Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico
Houston/Galveston/Beaumont/Lake Charles Wx Watches/Warnings
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana
Hi Res Houston Flood Zone Map Slow load, great detail

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KPRC-TV/DT Houston - KPRC-TV/DT Houston - http://mfile.akamai.com/12944/live/reflector:38616.asx
KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

FReeper Sign In Thread Check in to let us know whether you are staying, going, and when you get there
FReepers Offering Lodging To Rita Evacuees People and/or Pet Friendly FReepers Offering Shelter

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
Beaumont TX evac Routes
Lake Charles/Southwest LA Evacuation Map
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
KPLC Lake Charles Evac Routes, news
KFDM Beaumont/Port Arthur News, evac info
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston
Galveston Webcams
Golden Triangle Weather Page Provides Galveston Weather, Warnings, Radar, etc.

Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential
Tropical
Depression
< 39 mph
< 34 kts
    Minimal
Tropical
Storm
39 - 73 mph
34 - 63 kts
    Minimal
Hurricane 1
(Weak)
74 - 95 mph
64 - 82 kts
28.94" or more
980.02 mb or more
4.0' - 5.0'
1.2 m - 1.5 m
Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2
(Moderate)
96 - 110 mph
83 - 95 kts
28.50" - 28.93"
965.12 mb - 979.68 mb
6.0' - 8.0'
1.8 m - 2.4 m
Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3
(Strong)
111 - 130 mph
96 - 112 kts
27.91" - 28.49"
945.14 mb - 964.78 mb
9.0' - 12.0'
2.7 m - 3.7 m
Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4
(Very strong)
131 - 155 mph
113 - 135 kts
27.17" - 27.90"
920.08 mb - 944.80 mb
13.0' - 18.0'
3.9 m - 5.5 m
Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5
(Devastating)
Greater than 155 mph
Greater than 135 kts
Less than 27.17"
Less than 920.08 mb
Greater than 18.0'
Greater than 5.5m
Catastrophic building failures possible

Previous Threads:
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beaumont; galveston; houston; hurricane; lakecharles; matagorda; portarthur; rita; texascity; tropical
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To: dixie sass
I'm glad not to have to get on the freeway.
381 posted on 09/22/2005 6:01:41 AM PDT by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: NautiNurse

The deep reds have gone away (hopefully not temporarily)...

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/float-ir4-loop.html


I think this is a sign of weakening....


382 posted on 09/22/2005 6:01:56 AM PDT by MikefromOhio (Hey Fox News, MORE MOLLY, LESS Greta van Talksoutthesideofhermouth)
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To: Types_with_Fist

It seems to becoming more compact - tighter and more dangerous.


383 posted on 09/22/2005 6:02:11 AM PDT by dixie sass
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To: Wneighbor

Good to be home, eh?? :-)

Steve is done with school...just in the final days of finishing his thesis...it's written, he just has to spiff it up. He's looking for a job, but we sure don't want to leave Oklahoma...might have to...might end up in Texas, who knows?!

The new Walmart down the road from me had no bottled water...even here in Tulsa, people are preparing!


384 posted on 09/22/2005 6:02:27 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Near Tulsa, Oklahoma)
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To: Elderberry

Bush's fault for not directing traffic.


385 posted on 09/22/2005 6:02:40 AM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: NautiNurse; All

Looking at the latest IR radar loop it kind of looks like it's weakening I think. It was really really red around the eye and now it's much less so.


386 posted on 09/22/2005 6:02:57 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: txdoda

Good grief! Why don't people take side roads? Accounts of people taking the freeways is "gridlock." Surely there must be other roads out of these cities. Someone on one of the Katrina thread commented that they took the backroads out and they were clear. The freeway is the LAST route I would use to evacuate.


387 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:27 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: nicolezmomma

One thing that these traffic images illustrate is how woefully inadequate our road system is.


388 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:34 AM PDT by meyer (The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
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To: AntiGuv

You're right of course. Yesterday, we were two hours ahead in the knowledge of Rita going to 5; Everyone had to wait until it was official.


389 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:43 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: bonfire

I have been out of Houston for several years, but freeways there are better than Dallas. San Antonio is good, but Austin is terrible.


390 posted on 09/22/2005 6:03:53 AM PDT by mathluv (Mercy shown to an evil man is cruelty to the innocent.)
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To: NautiNurse
18 hours later hubby and his 94 year old aunt have managed to travel just under 165 miles.
391 posted on 09/22/2005 6:04:05 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Trust but Verify

Thank you for your prayers. That will be the worst part of this storm is the power being out and having to put up with 90 degree weather indoors.


392 posted on 09/22/2005 6:04:24 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: NautiNurse

LOL


393 posted on 09/22/2005 6:04:28 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: metmom

I've wondered that too. I rarely use freeways even when traveling under normal conditions because they're so often clogged with traffic. I prefer smaller roads. Are there many alternate routes out?


394 posted on 09/22/2005 6:04:52 AM PDT by twigs
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To: Rennes Templar

Teddy's fault.


395 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:15 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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To: IamConservative

They are telling those of us out in the NW suburbs not to leave. Quite frankly, I think most of Houston is evacuating.


396 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:24 AM PDT by Aggie Mama (Cypress, in NW Houston)
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To: humblegunner

FNC interviewing woman in Galveston who is staying. I think she's nuts.

It looks like it is time to contraflow those roads out of Galveston and Houston but I don't think it's happened yet.


397 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:27 AM PDT by Peach (South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
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To: NautiNurse; All

That's one, for sure, but also...

"When he [Mayfield] was named director of the National Hurricane Center in 2000, he followed in the footsteps of two other Southern Baptist laymen--Bob Sheets and Jerry Jarrell. The director before Sheets, Neal Frank, also was an outspoken Christian as well, Mayfield noted.'

"Prayer is a big part of my life," he explained, noting that his prayer is not to change God's will but to ask Him to limit loss of life and property damage."

Source:
Hope, faith guide Hurricane Center director
By BARBARA DENMAN
Florida Baptist Convention
Published June 9, 2005

http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/4410.article


398 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:30 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: silentknight

Great link - thanks


399 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:32 AM PDT by RDTF
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To: Zacs Mom

geez.


400 posted on 09/22/2005 6:05:50 AM PDT by AliVeritas (Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
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