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

[Wneighbor]

have you called your local authorities to let them know you are at home with your Grandmother?.. Someone should know you are there

AGREED! I don't know why I didn't think to say something. I spent yesterday helping our local emergency coordinator get information on folks that might need help if power goes off - and we're 20 miles west of Waco, practically out of the woods now.

[cake_crumb]

"Time to get serious and actually load up."

Yep. My prayers are with you and all who stayed behind. Actually, I'm worried my Dad will change his mond, go home and load up too since the storm has weakened. He wouldn't tell ME anything until after the storm was over.

[bwteim]

Welcome to FR, keep dry, while keeping us posted.

[mwl1]

I thought Rather's big break was the Kennedy assassination in Dallas; and he was reprimanded for mispronouncing the word "cortege."

Too bad for the country that whomever didn't fire his ass right then.

[laz]

Here's another theory that was posted on Drudge

That theory's even more preposterous than mine. And mine were meant as a joke. That guy's serious.

[crosslink]

I am sure he is going to a safe place to hide from the Hurricane that Japan created per this article( SARCASM) "Stevens has been in newspapers across the country where he was quoted in an Associated Press story as saying the Yakuza Mafia used a Russian-made electromagnetic generator to cause Hurricane Katrina in a bid to avenge the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima. "

[MamaTexan]

This time yesterday I was trying to figure out how to protect them.

LOL!

[tcrlaf]

From your Link:

1:30 p.m. Dulac, Grand Caillou inundated with floodwater
Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said the Grand Caillou levee has breached somewhere near the Combon bridge on La. 57. Choppers are in the area to help with repairs. "I'm in Dulac right now and it's apparently ready to go under," he said. Schoolbuses have been sent to the area to help with evacuation.

Earlier, Parish President Don Schwab ordered a mandatory evacuation of residents living south of the Bobtown Bridge on Hwy. 57 in Dulac. Water has topped the levee and everybody is ordered to leave, he said.

In Montegut, crews have been working since this morning to repair a weakened patch of the levee south of town since this morning. Officials are concerned portions of east Houma also could be vulnerable to flooding.

[Eaker]

I appreciate what you are saying.

We have been posing staged pics on FR since the '90s.

We quit posting "Do Not Try this at Home" years ago.

Got some work to do, see y'all later.

One last pic. Even the littlest puppy gets a gun.

[freeperfromnj]

In that last radar shot you posted it looks more like it's going to end up coming in closer to Galveston than Beaumont.

[John Jamieson]

I'm in northeastern Texas. Cedar Creek Lake is almost 3 feet low. I think it will just about fill with the expected 3 to 6" of rain. Don't panic.

[Crawdad]

My kid just got off the bus and told me that the bus driver had told them that. I thought she was not telling the truth.

[queenkathy]

Very serious. Serious enough to quit his job. And the "theory" is showing up all over the MSM

[thackney]

Print the picture, protect it with plastic and tape it too the door.

A little red paint spilled on the mat and spashed on the door would help.

[No Blue States]

[Liberty Valance]

Welcome to FR. We'd really like to see you and your grandmother about 40 miles west of your present location. If you can evacuate...please do. We'll be praying for you and yours.

[Michael Goldsberry]

FYI, my buddy down the street just told me that Sugar Land will be shutting off the water service tonight.

... Time to go fill that bathtub...

[myprecious]

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.

Maybe Sheehan will stand out in the ditch again.....

[AliVeritas]

You just missed the phone interview with Nagin on WWL. SOStupid. Making demands as far as funds they should get and that he doesn't want NO to be forgotten... what the hizzy is wrong with this guy? Shouldn't he be busy doing something about the flooding, or at least showing respect for those who may get hit? What a piece of work, meanwhile Landrieu sneaks in (on other legislation that has nothing to do with her), with huge price tags for an idiot list. They should have been thrown out right after Katrina. No way they should get their hands on a red cent of taxpayer monies.
Words just can't do justice. Waiting for them to get the clip up.

[dawn53]

Did your AG go after the gougers?

I'll say this for Charlie Christ, Jeb Bush and the state of Florida, they don't put up with gougers or scam artists after a storm?

They haul them into court in the blink of an eye.