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

[TheMom]

Pinging my old bat!

What do you want, you old buzzard?

[markman46]

CLAP CLAP Great rant needs to be said long loud and repeatedly

[Sender]

The reason they worried about this particular Belgian is because her foster human woke up to pee one night and flung the sheets off, and the dog freaked out and bit the crap out of him. They said that the dog had been attack trained and starved for affection, so it wouldn't have second thoughts about biting. Pity.

[steveegg]

Wind speed is definitely trending down. It's too late to limit the surge, but it's good for anything that isn't flooded.

[fishntex]

I shoved a medium-rare 16 oz. T-Bone under his face fifteen minutes ago, and he said he'd "get right to it."

Who's side is he on anyway?

[sheikdetailfeather]

Geraldo just about got blown away just now. hehehehe!

[A Citizen Reporter]

Oh for pete's sake. Did you just see that?

[mware]

Geraldo still in Port Arthur.

[floriduh voter]

Goodnight, Rita freepers. Stay safe. I'm going to watch tv coverage all night, not particularly to watch Geraldo but he's starting to lose his balance at Port Arthur. Shep Smith is also at Port Arthur. I believe Shep said they were staying at a boarded up pharmacy.

[RDTF]

Oh frick I had on MSNBC!

[frankjr]

"Maximum sustained winds are near 120 mph..."

Looks like it will be no more than a Cat 2 when it hits.

[RummyChick]

That was funny as hell. It happened right on cue.

[glock rocks]

I think he was just leaning for effect.

Now, now... weather chasers wouldn't do that.

LOL... look at the guy behind Mikey.

[Ellesu]

You too!

[Eaker]

Absolutely no worries!

We are buds now.

THAT should scare you!!

;<)

[Sender]

I'd like to have a taxidermist do a full mount, in its natural posture with TV and all.

[Spktyr]

TXCN just showed live trafficam footage of an enormous supply convoy somewhere.

[meyer]

Hah! Hamroldo almost fell. No "woooaahhh" though. No sailboats adrift either, as far as I can tell.

[Carolinamom]

I second every word you said in your post #2,264.

Now, according to Rush today, sen. mary landrieu (lower case for low woman) has introduced a bill asking for $250 BILLION to rebuild ALL of NO. She is completely ignoring the fact that we've already pouring big money (no telling how much at this date) plus the billions proposed by President Bush plus all the $$ and contributions and volunteers that have given their services and $$ to this mud hole. Oh, here I go....ranting too.

[Cboldt]

Of course Rita Cosby has joined the fools in the wind.

She's flapping her legs as fast as her jaw. Just full of breathless energy, she is.