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Posted on 09/23/2005 8:01:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Rita landfall is anticipated within the next few hours. Strong winds and heavy rains are battering southern Louisiana and southeastern Texas.
MSM news crews are shouting over the howling winds as they foolishly describe blowing rain, swaying trees, and crashing waves through rain splattered camera lenses. It's a hurricane. We know these things already.
An 18 wheeler rig reportedly overturned on an I-10 bridge. The fate of the truck driver is unknown at this time. Reports of widespread power outages in Lake Charles. KPLC-TV Lake Charles local news has remarkably improvised their reporting from a remote location. They are taking calls from residents, NWS, and public utility representatives, and alerting residents to local conditions.
On the flip side, CNN announced to the world that law enforcement officers had evacuated from Port Arthur TX with the rest of the population. Engraved looter invitations would have been more elegant.
Godspeed to all those in the path of this storm.
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 VI
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
On two different occasions is saw 'ghosts' as clear as day, but I'm confident that it was just because I was working 100+ hour weeks back then. Stress + fatigue = waking dreams (for me).
Plugging new info in (4 minutes north, 3 minutes east) though I really didn't want to (too much NAs and EXTRAPs in there for me to like)...
Movement 33 degrees (ENE) and 4.8 nm/5.5 mi for a speed of 13 knots/15 mph (I told you I didn't like this one).
That position puts Sabine Pass 38.6 nm/44.4 mi out at a course of 326.
From listening a meterologist at KPLC in Lake Charles, it seems like the southern eye wall bomb (stronger by about 20 mph than the northen eye wall hitting Cameron) will hit Port Arthur (Sabine Pass). Geraldo is not out of the woods.
I went out and told my husband we had a ghost and he laughed at me so I said come see what I mean... he came into the room with me and our dog would not go into the room. It was several hours before he suddenly bounded into the room like nothing had ever happened.
I didn't actually see it, but there was a definitely presence. I think it freaked out my husband, but he never admitted it..
sure am thinking of you onyx.
Anyone catch the season ending cliffhanger of Battlestar Galactica tonight on sci fi?
It was a good one.
Not one Bush bash or Cindy Sheehan reference for the whole hour. Quite refreshing...
Geraldo is not out of the woods.
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Oh Please Lord, (teeheehee)
saw him earlier, looked like a drowning rat.
I lived in Grosse Pointe during the Detroit riots. The Mafia assumed neighborhood watch duty and 'eliminated' any problems. Even took out the trash, returning to the 'hoods.'
Calcasieu Pass reporting 99mph sustained winds. 112 - 130mph gusts.
Inner eyewall approx 10-15 miles off shore.
I hope he is too, cherry...
When I was growing up, Dairy Queen had the best hamburgers in fries ever. Our treat was for our grandmother to take us to DQ to get burgers and fries for dinner... they don't use the same quality or quantity of meat these days as back then.
We bought our tickets for this ride. We are going to ride it!
Just wait until we release the hounds!!
Yappy lil' rats that they are.
"...all evacuated in about 72 hours..."
Huh? I thought the highways are still all clogged up and they were all going to die out there?! /s
I had to turn off the radio when O'Reilly was screaming how the evacuation plan "failed" 'cuz people spent 14 hours in their cars.
Sounds to me that moving thousands of times more people than the roads are designed for WILL be a major pain in the arse, but it was NOT a failure.
Wow. A lot of power, scary power in that movement.
Some dogs can have a 6th sense or something - it's pretty amazing. I read a ridiculous book about physic pets that actually had some amazing stories.
That is good to hear... My DH is sleepin like a baby, only wakes up every two hours and cries about having to load the woodstove in the middle of the night, because the Tennesee gas pipeline might get totally "smushed" from all this.
Believe me, I am not dissing Freepers by posting this, but no one is thinking about the long term consequences of this total disaster yet...
Not a good chart.
Yes - it was great!!! Too bad we'll have to wait until Janurary.
No smoking, promise?
Glad to hear you are in Dallas...I will sell you some dry land in Albuquerque if you keep heading west
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