Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI

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

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Michigan people are strange anyhow. Plus they claim to know a little about football. :)

[shield]

I consider CARLA the powerful hurricane EVER...why? We all had to feel the affects of her for 44 yrs. CARLA gave us DANNY RATHER... ;o(

[NautiNurse]

She struggling, and weakening. She may be a Cat 3 now, per Ed Rappaport.

Good news!

[ARealMothersSonForever]

Spot on. People on the sidelines criticise, and have no earthly idea what it takes to move a few million people in 33 hours.

[kassie]

well fed and have been pissed since Clinton was first elected!

Very true.

Getting a little breezy here. Off and on. Everyone ready??

[The KG9 Kid]

"See, I can't get past that bleach thing. They say to add bleach to the water and that just freaks me out."

Make lemonade with the water you plan to drink. You'll never know about the Chlorine.

[texianyankee]

"Where is Steve Herrigan?"

Good question....I have no clue.

[Moose4]

Forget Cantore. Where's Stephanie Abrams, and is she wearing her usual tight T-shirt and baseball cap?

(Yeah. I'm bad. Trying to inject some frat-house humor into a bad situation here...)

}:-)4

[steveegg]

Forget drama queen Shep. Where's Cantore?

Cantore set up shop in Houston after being frustrated in his attempt to get to Port Arthur.

[freema]

For real?!

[cgk]

I seriously have never seen a President so disrespected, ever. They are SO rude to him, blatantly, about anything and everything.

I AM surprised not ONE of them said "Going back to Texas... on VACATION?" They are scum, all of them.

My old tagline: We'll have to deal w/ the networks. One way to do that is to drain the swamp they live in - Rumsfeld

[BurbankKarl]

The people are mostly out...how can that not be a success?

[Revel]

Of course the levees are breached. You could see it from the video on fox. It was obvious that is was not just over topping. Besides how long can an earthen dam be over topped before it falls apart. NOT LONG.

[talleyman]

Wonder how many "Ratherisms" he was able to squeeze in before they let him go.

I don't know, but I bet they went over like a Satan burger with a side of Hell fries at a so-strict-they-think-heaven's-sinful Southern Fried Baptist Bible Revival and Gospel turkey shoot...

[Ryan Spock]

There's ZERO breeze where I am, on the southwest edge of Memorial. The leaves aren't moving one bit. You'd never suspect there was a hurricane coming!

Sounds like the proverbial Calm Before the Storm. Hope you folks all stay safe out there.

[steveegg]

Where's Stephanie Abrams, and is she wearing her usual tight T-shirt and baseball cap?

Galveston, and at last check yes.

[NautiNurse]

Hang in there. Godspeed

[janetjanet998]

eye has clouded over on satlelite, sign of weakening...alos a huge north movement almost a NNW movement past 90 min

[ARealMothersSonForever]

I-45 is moving at posted speed limits. Contraflow is no longer in place.

[rit]

12:15 P.M. - Meteorologist Brad Panovich: Homes in the Lower Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish can expect 8-9 feet of water from the levee breach.
12:08 P.M. - An Army Corps of Engineers official is blaming today's flooding in New Orleans on an earlier-than-expected storm surge from Hurricane Rita. Brigadier General Robert Crear says contractors are being brought into the city to repair breaches in a patched levee with rocks and sandbags.
11:55 A.M. - St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Jack Stephens says water is coming into the parish quickly and the only way out of the parish will soon by by boat.
11:53 A.M. - WWL-TV Northshore Bureau Chief Mike Ross says water is already beginning to get on the Mandeville Lakefront area. link