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

[Txsleuth]

I am so sorry that I left that mess for you...you certainly didn't deserve that...

I know what you mean about the rain..but have you noticed that the same weathermen that give us 5 day forecasts everynight...can't seem to tell us tonight whether we are going to get ANY rain this weekend?

I was listening to WBAP a couple hours ago and the weather guy said we MIGHT get rain tomorrow but not Sunday... which makes NO sense...since the hurricane isn't even supposed to hit the shore until the morning, right?

[cake_crumb]

"He's letting them roll into the trap :-)"

Ah, a stratergerist : overconfidence'll kill them every time!

[newzjunkey]

Now, now! It's not "looting" anymore. The Left has decided it's now called "self-help humanitarian aid."

I'll fax you a copy of the latest group-think lexicon.

[freeperfromnj]

The hysterical Joe Scarborough just said that "anybody who stayed along the shore at Port Arthur is going to DIE.

Paging Geraldo....

[Sender]

I can picture Geraldo reporting live from Heaven, emoting over the gaggle of lawyers and CEOs locked just outside the pearly gates.

"I can't believe it, these people have been on that overpass all day. No one has brought them any water. No one! Is anyone in authority seeing this broadcast? I'm seeing angels crossing that same overpass. Why can't we get them any water?"

[Vintage1]

Which is one more than 5.

[topher]

The Republican senato (Vittner?) and Bobby Jindall are on my lengthening list of useless people. In my opinion, the entire political class in Louisiana, on both sides of the aisle, are totally corrupt.

In the 1970s, I remember a politician named Puggie Motte (I am not sure of the spelling.)

He got re-elected to office, but they would not let him out of jail to serve his term (as a politician, not his term as prisoner).

But he was re-elected with the knowledge that he was in prison at the time of the election.

You only had to be a Democrat in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s -- to be elected to office.

However, at one time, I lived near former REPUBLICAN Gov Sam Houston Jones. His grandson, who was a couple of years older than me, was a good person -- from what I remember.

So I think Sam Houston Jones might have been a good governor of Louisiana, but I really don't know...

[SouthTexas]

Had one telling me today that Bush's 35% approval rating meant 65% of America supported THEIR ideology!

I try most of the time to ignore them and let them keep believing they carry the country. Lately their insane actions are sending more voters our direction than anything we could ever do!

[mware]

Shep bugged out of Port Arthur.

[spectre]

Shep is in Beaumont, and according to Joe S., he isn't long for this world :(

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[Revel]

Thanks. No effect then.

[RDTF]

He's on air now in Beaumont - very strong winds

[A. Morgan]

BINGO!

[steveegg]

9 pm position update (take with the usual 6-nm-diameter circular error probability) -

ZCZC MIATCEAT3 ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
9 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

AT 9 PM CDT...0200Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 93.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 70 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF SABINE PASS ALONG THE COAST AT THE BORDER BETWEEN TEXAS
AND LOUISIANA.

FORECASTER KNABB

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[kassie]

Stay safe. No wind here yet, but we continue to have brown outs.

Anyone else??

[topher]

Earthquake in the Gulf of Mexico being reported by the NWS

Do you have a link? The link I have for earthquakes is slow to report because they go for accuracy...

[Eastbound]

"I like him OK but sometimes he really makes me wonder if he is not one sandwich shy of a picnic."

Heh heh!

I'd like to dedicate this link to Geraldo, et al.

[glock rocks]

I can't turn away. Shep is just waiting for a flying BMW to smook him upside the head.

[phatoldphart]

Geraldo emphasizing how well built and sturdy the infrastructure of the oil rigs is compared to the way the homes in that "poor" town are built on cinder blocks with no foundations.

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So what's wrong with houses on built cinder blocks? I grew up in one in Houston. The water has to go a couple feet higher to get in.

I'm amazed he would say something like that............