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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI
NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by 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


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To: WFTR

He didn't give me the name of it! I hesitate to agree without confirming....I'm being badgered already about a post that I didn't even make! He did say Port Allen, though. :-)


2,161 posted on 09/23/2005 5:23:41 PM PDT by Jrabbit (Kaufman County, Texas)
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To: NautiNurse

Looters Strike in Advance of Rita - Armed Citizens Patrol Midtown

http://www.blogsofwar.com/looters_strike_in_advance_of_rita


2,162 posted on 09/23/2005 5:23:43 PM PDT by handy (Forgive me this day, my daily typos...The Truth is not a Smear!)
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To: BearWash
Me neither!
2,163 posted on 09/23/2005 5:23:53 PM PDT by yield 2 the right
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To: aBootes
They are show footage from today with people in school buses. I swear to God they focused on some guy in the bus and he looked just like Saddam Hussian.
2,164 posted on 09/23/2005 5:23:54 PM PDT by mware (Keeper of the I's)
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To: Bubbette

I think he is in the middle east


2,165 posted on 09/23/2005 5:24:40 PM PDT by RDTF
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To: Exit148
Steve Harrigan

He only decided to quit playing when he almost got hit by a flying sign. Dumas.
2,166 posted on 09/23/2005 5:24:51 PM PDT by kenth
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To: Exit148
who was it who kept yelling "OOOOH --- OOOOH!"


2,167 posted on 09/23/2005 5:24:58 PM PDT by Graymatter
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To: don-o; Jrabbit; Txsleuth
Please confirm that half a bus load of old folks evacuated died on the way.

It's true; it's been on the news today, and I haven't even been around all day.

24 last I heard.

2,168 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:10 PM PDT by Howlin (Yeah, I'm a BushBot.....so what?)
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To: Howlin


Galveston just lost power, as per Bill O'Reilly.


2,169 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:19 PM PDT by onyx ((Vicksburg, MS) North is a direction. South is a way of life.)
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To: ValerieUSA

More clouds there than in San Antonio. We have a high wind warning, but that's it.


2,170 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:24 PM PDT by Tuxedo (San Antonio, Texas)
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To: TheMom; RikaStrom
it is kinda eerie. sprinkling here is as consistent as the cloud cover now.

Here we go.

2,171 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:27 PM PDT by monkfan (SW Houston [Westbury])
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To: Dog Gone
...and maybe, just maybe, keep the power on.

LOL! You're an optimist. Good for you!

2,172 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:41 PM PDT by wimpycat (Hyperbole is the opiate of the activist wacko.)
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To: RoseofTexas
Me and my "one last time" ping checking, LOL!

FAITH! We can do all things through Christ who gives us the strength!!

True enough, Rose... All the best to you and yours and may this "not-such-a-lady" melt away. :)

2,173 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:43 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: BurbankKarl

I promise not to use my heater for the rest of the month.


2,174 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:50 PM PDT by SouthTexas (Refugio County)
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To: Lizarde

Try to imagine Little Ron outside. That ought to give you your answer.


2,175 posted on 09/23/2005 5:25:56 PM PDT by Howlin (Yeah, I'm a BushBot.....so what?)
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To: JWojack

Wind is really picking up here right now. Gusts up to about 45 mph.


2,176 posted on 09/23/2005 5:26:09 PM PDT by Aggie Mama (Cypress, in NW Houston)
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To: silentknight
SERIOUS trouble tonight for Port Arthur and Beaumont - latest track forecast takes this thing right through both cities

She's definitely bulls-eyeing them, and at this point, a near-miss with the eye looks like an eyewall full of winds.

2,177 posted on 09/23/2005 5:26:15 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: glock rocks
"Now I guess I better go freezer diving. BRB."

How about a ham sammich?

2,178 posted on 09/23/2005 5:26:18 PM PDT by blam
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To: ValerieUSA

those look like the pics my sis just sent me in McGregor!


2,179 posted on 09/23/2005 5:26:19 PM PDT by N8VTXNinWV
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To: onyx
Galveston just lost power, as per Bill O'Reilly.

Anybody here from Galveston that can confirm that? :-)

2,180 posted on 09/23/2005 5:26:36 PM PDT by Howlin (Yeah, I'm a BushBot.....so what?)
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