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

[milagro]

With all Shep's hot air she can't get a breath in edgewise and will probably grow to a Cat 9!

[Squantos]

Hey I called that number an they said 3.95$ for the first three minutes and 1.95$ for each additional minute and then some nasty lady asked me what I was wearing..........

can I borrow some money ?

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

I was on the phone just now with a friend of mine residing (and hunkering down) in Houston - living on relatively high ground. She said she just lost power....

[CindyDawg]

LOL

[mewzilla]

LOL. Well, since I don't have a boob tube in the same room with my FRED (aka my computer) I'm missing Shep in all his glory :(

[TheMom]

Lots of wind here and now it is starting to sprinkle.

[Jrabbit]

ROFL!!

[steveegg]

It looks like NHC is starting to issue hourly position updates. I won't post the 5 pm one because we have the 6 pm advisory coming up shortly.

[CedarDave]

I don't take this article as supporting the industry, rather the opposite. The oil and gas industry causing the entire gulf coast to sink into the abyss? I don't think so. Subsidence, maybe some possible localized effects but not area wide impacts. Global warming? The usual leftist tripe.

It is certainly true that without a source of siltation to offset subsidence, the city will continue to sink. I like their suggestion that anyone who wants to rebuild with government help, has to build greater than 30 ft. above sea level. Other scientific "facts" of the article (liquefaction from hurricanes, resonant waves causing levee failure AHEAD of the storm) sound like the stuff of science fiction.

[mathluv]

I have a fresh gallon of iced tea - I don't drink much coffee. Tea is my caff fix.

[milagro]

So do they call them refugees, evacuees, or illegalees?

[LA Woman3]

Bayou Manchac flooded during Allison. Perkins road was impassable from "The Toy" house to Santa Maria subdivision..... Alligator Bayou was flooded as well during that storm.

[CindyDawg]

Now we are all goona have to call Eaker to see if he's joking:')

[RoseofTexas]

OH AND ANOTHER THING!!! The poor man didn't know there were causalities on the bus...A STUCK ON STUPID reporter told him if he had any friends with him that died and he answered them with a question mark..his nurse quickly spoke out, apparently upset and told the reporters that was enough...and whisked him off!! The man didn't know folk were killed...LEAVE IT TO THE DAMN MEDIAWHORES!!! Grrrr

[steveegg]

i swear i ain't seeing much west here lately. i'm gonna go eat supper and see if an hour makes a difference.

Depending on how I hold the straight-edge to either the satellite loop or the radar loop, it's headed right for the Texas/Louisiana border or slightly east.

[RikaStrom]

I've still got 3/4 full tank of gas. Call me if you need me.

[LikeLight]

I agree that the possible eastward motion I saw in those few frames appears to have been a mini-jog . . . now I see a slight westward shift of the mostly due north motion . . . and once again, for the billionth time in the last 24 hours, the storm has worked itself east of the NHC revised official track . . .

[fishntex]

That is truely amazing. On goole earth I just measured it to be about 1400 miles across from the outermost western edge in west Texas to out a few hundred miles east of the Georgia coast.

Before I saw the link you supplied I was posting a comment about the distance I am from the storm in Dallas and that I was seeing bands of clouds 400 miles away. But 1400 is jaw dropping. It helps one to realize why you should fear God.

[milagro]

Think you're much better off spending time with Fred instead of Shep.

[CindyDawg]

I'm wondering if she's not going to go in and then loop back into the Gulf.