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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

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To: ContemptofCourt

aarrghhh... but at least the property damage looks mightily abated if it falls east of High Island.....


841 posted on 09/22/2005 8:38:28 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: NautiNurse

10 am forecast is very very bad, time to leave and be homeless for a long time, good luck to all in Rita's path.


842 posted on 09/22/2005 8:38:32 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: Howlin
All the mets on the boards are calling it an ERC as well....as strategist has pointed out, the give-away is the vortex description of the cocentric eyewalls.

Latest vis also shows the ERC....pretty neat.

843 posted on 09/22/2005 8:39:41 AM PDT by ContemptofCourt
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To: babaloo
Thanks for the info comparing a Cat 5 to a tornado. This Midwesterner now has a better comprehension of what is going to hit.

Go to Pictures at www.1900storm.com. This was a Cat 4. Ever see a F3 do that kind of damage? Wind speed is just part of the problem. The force of the wind provides a lot more pressure on structures when it is full of water.

844 posted on 09/22/2005 8:39:44 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: conservative in nyc

Thanks for the map. It helps us non-Texans understand some of these posts better.


845 posted on 09/22/2005 8:40:08 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: RummyChick

"Pack up the pictures, jewelry, documents, medicine and get out "
Always good advice.


846 posted on 09/22/2005 8:40:13 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: Strategerist

Thanks! Figuring out how to read those vortex reports is interesting.

She'll probably come out of the ERC as a Cat 4 or maybe a strong Cat 3, and then re-strengthen a bit, I'd guess.

}:-)4


847 posted on 09/22/2005 8:40:43 AM PDT by Moose4 (Richmond, Virginia, where our motto is "Will Riot For Cheap Laptops")
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To: txflake

On the current forecast track, Sabine Pass will take the eyewall's NE quad and cease to exist. Port Arthur will get flanked to the right and direct surge will meet funneled surge downtown. Orange and Beaumont are higher, but both downtown areas are too close to the rivers for my comfort. Expect Mobile/Katrina flood problems there.

Grain of salt, it's still turning north/hooking right.

Oil/gas map is denser the closer you get to the Tx/La border.


848 posted on 09/22/2005 8:41:59 AM PDT by jeffers
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To: sweet_diane

What? I haven't seen those!


849 posted on 09/22/2005 8:42:52 AM PDT by Howlin
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850 posted on 09/22/2005 8:42:53 AM PDT by kimmie7 (As of August 23, I've been smoke free 6 MONTHS!)
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To: txflake
Chambers County, home to High Island, has a population of 27,581. Jefferson County, to the east of High Island, has a population of 248,605. Most of the population of Jefferson is in Beaumont (113,866) and Port Arthur (57,755).

Neither county is on high ground until you reach I-10, according to Google Earth. That includes most of Port Arthur and Beaumont. But it looks like the area near the coast is swampy, which may help with any storm surge.
851 posted on 09/22/2005 8:43:07 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
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To: bwteim

William L. on Fox indicating that things aren't built to stand a Cat 5 wind. It is a cost versus risk scenario. I am not sure if he was talking about the refineries or what but it would hold true for whatever.

The 600,000 number came up again..this time 600,000 homeless.


852 posted on 09/22/2005 8:43:40 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Howlin

Those ads need an automatic barf alert.


853 posted on 09/22/2005 8:44:10 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: conservative in nyc

it's flat as a pancake down there - no resistance to hurricanes at all.


854 posted on 09/22/2005 8:44:23 AM PDT by abb (Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
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To: conservative in nyc; LikeLight; r9etb
Thanks for the sharp eyes. I uploaded the wrong file in an effort to be first. It's been corrected on my website.
 
Stingray: Conservative blog

 Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid

855 posted on 09/22/2005 8:44:39 AM PDT by DallasMike
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To: LuLuLuLu
but apparently it's comprised of 100% Bush Republicans. So Houston will be saved.

I thought it was 100 percent COUNTRY CLUB Republicans.

After all, it is HIS state and he's going to take care of them, right?

Just like he did for his baby brother Jeb.

***That sound you hear is my head exploding***

856 posted on 09/22/2005 8:44:49 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin; sweet_diane

I saw it this morning for the first tie - made me gag.


857 posted on 09/22/2005 8:44:51 AM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane season)
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To: RummyChick

OK, switching channels.


858 posted on 09/22/2005 8:45:16 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
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To: LuLuLuLu

BTW, Bush was nowhere to be found here in NC last week; where's my microphone?


859 posted on 09/22/2005 8:45:19 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: omegatoo

That response rocked.


860 posted on 09/22/2005 8:45:34 AM PDT by BureaucratusMaximus (Don't get stuck on stupid! - Lt. Gen. Russel Honore)
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