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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
The MSM gets it both ways as usual. They can stir the passions of the PREVIOUS victims by stating such nonsense as "BUSH learned his lesson" or "This is Texas, so HE CARES more".
On the other hand if ANYTHING goes wrong they can continue their attack on an inept Bush and his administration.
As General Honore says, they are "STUCK ON STUPID".
bttt. We had some more rain over here in Tampa Bay this evening, not too much. Rita's heading north of Corpus Cristi per Neal Falgoust who is talking to Greta On the Record.
Nope, that would be in Schroeder....
The main airport in Houston is named after Bush #41, hence the reference to "Bush screeners"...but he should have explained that.
Winds are down another 5 mph, but it's still a Cat 4, and hurricane-force winds extend out another 20 miles than they did the last advisory.
Rant away - I'm guessing CNN didn't bother to point out that only half the population of NOLA evacuated and the evac rate here is appropaching 90% -- with lots more people involved.
Hoggs Fart Texas was renamed Gun Barrell City years ago.
I don't think so.......but you can take some of the back routes thru The Woodlands and miss a lot of it.
Weakens a little more. Hope that continues to be the trend.
I went to that site and found this - humor is well needed right about now. :o)
M0 Tornado - Cows in an open field are spun around parallel to the wind flow and become mildly annoyed.
M1 Tornado - Cows are tipped over and can't get up.
M2 Tornado - Cows begin rolling with the wind.
M3 Tornado - Cows tumble and bounce.
M4 Tornado - Cows are airborne.
M5 Tornado - STEAK!
There seems to me, to be a serious bug in the program that generates these "probability" displays.
Most certainly, the C column here is totally wrong, and the "1" actually means 100%. The D column is wrong, too. Other strike areas that are dead center of this track show the same false report. I really wouldn't trust this data as being real meaningful.
GALVESTON TX 8 17 1 X 26
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"C FROM 1AM SAT TO 1PM SAT"
Wobbling back towards the 1700 projection. 3.99 miles SW per the 2200 position, down from 6.9 half an hour ago.
Don't know Houston well enough to know where the pictures are taken or what the contra situation is where they are.
There are still folks coming in, maybe going home, etc. Remember there is not a total evacuation.
“Aaron Brown running down the TX folks for not having fuel prepositioned for these poor folks trying to evac.”
I do not like him. I remember the night before we started bombing Baghdad he said to presidential candidate Clark in a very depressed tone “this time tomorrow we will be at war”. He drives me crazy.
I give it about 2 days until we see Shep and Geraldo crying out "Why are all these people here? Why is there no cold Heineken? Is anyone seeing this right now?"
I think the British win the prize for exotic names - bangers and mash, toad in the hole, to name a couple. *g
I didn't get a chance to reply on the last thread. Stay safe and dry! And I hardly think southerners are "simple". I would probably fit right in* with some rural southerners, even though I live a long ways away. Always wished I'd gotten to spend more time in NO and some other places.
*with some minor/major accommodation to spoken language.
Back toward Galveston.
Sounds like a landfall between Galveston and Port Arthur.
OMG! Thank you so much for posting that! Laffing so hard I'm in tears........lol!
Don't forget sparko
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