Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI

NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Dangerous Hurricane Rita is expected to make landfall in the northeast Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Tornados have spawned in Louisiana. Water is filling the Ninth Ward of New Orleans again. A bus carrying elderly evacuees was gutted by fire this morning outside Dallas, with multiple fatalities. Television crews have positioned their hurricane reporters throughout the region to attain maximum drama effects. Whoooooa.

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
Jefferson Co TX NWS Weather
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:

Lake Charles Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Lake Charles Experimental Radar Outages and Delays May Occur

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)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston
KPRC-TV/DT Houston
KTRK-TV/DT Houston
KTRH-AM Houston
KPLC-TV/DT Lake Charles/Lafayette
KSLA-TV/DT Shreveport

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
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 V
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

[auzerais]

I haven't gone thru all 900+ posts, but everyone should be aware of the potential massive flooding that will probably happen all over East Texas and La because the 5 Day Tracking models show Rita STALLING over North Eastern Texas for DAYS!

See:
5 Day Track Models.

The long term flooding could be as bad as Alicia was over the eastern US several years ago.

[cake_crumb]

"How in the world can she justify that request? Is she a complete idiot?"

She can't and she DOES sound like an idiot. NO is only one place out of an affected area the size of a country. Four states were affected by Katrina, only LA screwed up and all we ever hear about is "po' po' little NO". I'm SICK of it.

If they want to rebuild their stupid, stinking city let THEM work for it. The federal government shouldn't because the country is better off WITHOUT it.

[Wneighbor]

Starting to rain. Time to get serious and actually load up.

Glad ya'll got out and enjoyed the day a little before the rain started. Prayers are with ya.

[Miss Marple]

He was supposed to go to Ft. Sam Houston to meet with emergency teams prior to their deployment. They are already being moved out and repositioned, so there is no one there for him to meeet with.

Personally, I would like to see him go to Crawford and set up a command and control site and force all of the reporters to stand out in the rain.

And I think Dan Rather should finish his career by reporting, lashed to a telephone pole in Galveston.

[markman46]

welcome and stay safe

[conservative in nyc]

Terrebone Parish? That's Houma.

Link to Houma's newspaper:

http://www.houmatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Finally someone else that agress with federalizing that corrupt craphole.

[LA Woman3]

She being a first-class airhead, maybe she has super powers.. :)



I'll have to keep an eye out for her cape next press conference.....

[Colofornian]

the federal government will spend a massive amount of money on Louisiana, alot of it for things they shouldn't be paying for.

Hey, news bulletin!!! The feds-R-us

[Brad’s Gramma]

greene66...yes, PLEASE let someone know you're there..and if someone can get your Grandma to a safer place...??

[Steve_Seattle]

"I don't think Eaker has to worry about this hurricane at least. I think he can Shoot his way out."

Reminds me of the film "Key Largo," where Humphrey Bogart taunts gangster Johnny Rocco (Edward G. Robinson) who appears frightened by an approaching hurricane: "Worried about the storm, Rocco? Why don't you shoot it." Rocco: "Shut up, soldier." Or something like that . . .

[ncpatriot]

I heard that too.

This is a nightmare.

[MamaTexan]

Not sure what to believe anymore.

Thank goodness for FR!

Listening to the TV/radio gets confusing since no one seems to report exactly the same information.

My totally uneducated guess is she's going to take a deep breath and run along the bottom of Louisiana's boot to land dead center between Galveston & Port Aurthur.

(I may be wrong, but I figure it's a good a guess as some of these yahoo's on TV I've heard :)

[Rightly Biased]

If you can; let some one know where you are just in case.

You are gonna face this one head on. I know I'd be pretty durn scared.

You'll lose electricity soon. Are you on Cable modem or dial up?

[hummingbird]

Yep...Carla was his "audition," so to speak.

"DARN YOU, CARLA; DARN YOU TO HECK!"

[CharlesWayneCT]

No, see, I LIKE that picture.

[greene66]

There are five of us around here. But, it seems like the rest of the neighborhood has pretty much evacuated. One of the guys here has contact with a Port Neches policeman.

[bwteim]

Didn't you mean to add, and then set the pole out bobbing in Galveston Bay?

[Republican Red]

Our Governor, Sonny Purdeue, just announced that Georgia will close schools statewide on Monday and Tuesday in order to conserve gas.

He is trying to go on the offense against what happened after Katrina and GA had a gas shortage and panic with prices spiking at $6.

[freema]

We didn't have any damage, but the neighborhood right behind us was messed up.