Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VII

NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

ROFLMAO to your tagline!

[WoodstockCat]

absolutely no way to control those embers right now in this wind..there's not a central point of attack for the firefighters..prayers for FD of Galveston..

[woofie]

Caution! Reporter Hurricane Warning!

[Dolphy]

Just so everyone knows - one of the reports I heard right after the bus fire had a survivor that stated the driver went back into the burning bus several times to help people out - at risk to his own life.

I had heard this too. As described, he was heroic. Besides, according to Landrieu, getting bus drivers to work even on a sunny day is hard work and about impossible during an evacuation ;)

[MarMema]

You'd think she just might think God may be sending her a sign.

If only she had a functioning brain, perhaps...

[Armedanddangerous]

I want to know where Mary Snow got to.

She's beginning to grow on me with that sly smile of hers.

I am beginning to dig her. 8-)

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

LOL! That's how I feel whenever I read "Knock it off" and I am not even involved!

Once I posted something and said I hope the mods have a sense of humor. Someone linked a picture of a car (I think) struck by lightening and a humorous reference to the mods. Wish I could find it.

[hummingbird]

"Day ain't over yet..."

I can't believe what I'm seeing with that fire in Galveston.

[TheMom]

This is a different kind of wind.

[Rte66]

Where UB, citywise?

[conservative in nyc]

10:40 PM - Peak wind gusts from official reporting stations around the [Lake Charles, LA] forecast area, as of 10:30 PM:

* Lake Charles 64 knots/74 mph
* Beaumont 54 knots/62 mph
* New Iberia 51 knots/59 mph
* Lafayette 44 knots/51 mph
* DeRidder 36 knots/41 mph
* Fort Polk 36 knots/41 mph
* Jasper 36 knots/41 mph
* Alexandria 33 knots/38 mph

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lch/temp/ritablog.htm

[Spktyr]

The wind is coming out of the north, and I do know what the paper mills smell like. This isn't it.

[Wneighbor]

Question: Just got back in the house and turned on CNN (we don't get FOX here) They're talking about a big fire. They're saying it's in Baytown, but the text on screen say Galveston. Which is it?

[groanup]

Now that is ugly and uglier. I'm not saying which is which.

[Howlin]

I love it when good Freepers stand up for good people.

I'm right with you.

[nwctwx]

Seems about right to me. The inner eye wall is hurting... large area already getting smacked with big winds/surge.

[johnb838]

I don't know... I don't want it to be twue... I want the power to stay on. I want a pony.

[RDTF]

Oooh I know you are right. Praying for them.

[Fester Chugabrew]

. . . did you see Rita Cosby's outfit?

She's one chunky kid who'll stay put. They don't need to chain her down like they do Shep.

[mtbopfuyn]

Ok, looks like the fire CNN is showing is near the Moody Center. The Moody Center is the tall building sometimes in the background.