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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Category Four Hurricane Rita continues to move toward landfall along the northwest Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations continue across Texas and Louisiana coastal areas. Lake Charles LA is providing evacuations by bus for residents who have no transportation.
Traffic gridlock in the greater Houston area was compounded by gasoline stations without fuel, long lines at those stations still carrying fuel, and record breaking temperatures on the first day of autumn.
Offshore drilling platforms and rigs, as well as oil refineries, petrochemical and natural gas plants are in the path of the storm. Wave heights recorded by buoy have exceeded 38 feet. The refineries threatened by Hurricane Rita are on higher ground than those affected by flooding from Katrina. As a result, speculation abounds regarding future prices for winter heating fuel and gasoline.
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
KPLC-TV Lake Charles KPLC Streaming
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 IV
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
That's what it looks like on the vapor channel.
She gave an interview earlier on Houston Channel 2. Actually was coherant and made sense.
Straight from a Everybody loves Raymond episode. They left Robert.
I did not mean to sound that way at all. It must have came out that I was sounding like a racist. I am not that at all.... and I love being a Republican, Texan and my fellow freepers. If I offened anyone, I apologize.
This is a hurricane thread...we get enough of this in other threads and in other media. Take note and act accordingly.
Stay safe!
Oh my goodness.
If you are talking about Stephanie Abrams on TWC, I think she is HOT!
http://blog.jayperkins.com/mt/jayblog/archives/sa091204z05.jpg
Dog,
Take care. Let us know what's up for as long as you can.
I think I can safely say that we are interested in your observations.
Regards,
AR
< off topic alert >
Do most people who hunt dove use dogs, or not? What breed?
I have a young Lab that has completed her first hunt test title and I'm thinking about taking her out for her first "real" hunt.
< /off topic >
How does a sprinkler head get to your window? The ones I've seen only raise about an inch.
NASA simulation of Rita flooding Galveston Bay.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/134306main_pia06674.gif
Nice, but what does this have to do with rockets and space?
Okay; who wants to start a Stephanie Abrams fan club? ;-)
Well at least he had his mom's cellphone number - they'll reconnect eventually
Now on Fox. Corps was expecting seepage, now showing shots of water in 9th ward. Said Corps is on way to 17th street canal.
We unloaded a busload of 47 elderly folk from a nursing home in Friendswood. It took them 27 hours to travel from near Houston to 100 miles north of Houston. The bus smelled like an outhouse, and 3 particularly ill of them died along the way. The ran out of oxygen 3 times and had to get help.
All of their oxygen was stored in the passenger compartment near those who needed it. I didn't see any oxygen pulled from the luggage compartment.
That's the moment when I knew Katrina would be a catastrophic storm.
Pull solution - think of guying a sapling. Do you have anything to use for stakes - lengths of rebar, tent stakes, etc, along with wire?
Push solution - wedge a piece of 2x4 between the head and the wall and then prop it up.
NASA has a billion dollars worth of infrastructure in the Johnson Space Center, that's what.
The causeway is closed.
She can only back up so far, and as far as that goes, the seawall doesn't go all the way around the island. The back is open.
Is she wearing a lifejacket?
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