Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
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:
Hurricane Rita Freeper CHECK IN THREAD
FReeper Sign In Thread (LOCKED) 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 VII
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
lol,Your Welcome.. I nearly thought it was for now too when I 1st found that.
But it does give good reference on past floods, the dam had proven it can handle 110k cfs which is a serious deluge...and it list some low areas that might flood now.
Thanks.
:-)
It just makes me sick to see our wonderful people and culture degraded by the likes of these crooked politicians.
And, believe me, they are crooked from the top all the way down.
Can I move to Texas? Too bad, I don't know anybody over there!
You know about a lot of stuff!
Your right, the trinity basin swings NW and W to Dallas...most of the heavy rain is tending NE.
harvey street canal is south of the city and south of the river i think..
Back again after spending 15 minutes in the tornado shelter (the closet under the stairs). My ears are still popping. Looks like a weak tornado passed right over us.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y138/jeffers_mz/Rita/BigPicture.jpg
Big picture view, based on collected anecdotal reports to date.
If that isn't spot on, I bet it's pretty close. That's a wider stretch of real estate than the Katrina surge across Mississippi and Alabama, isn't it?
DeLorme has no match for Harvey Street either.
In any event, this means that every canal connected to Lake P. is also full up...not good news.
Keep i mind that early reports are often wrong...but in this case, i'd be more inclined to doubt the correct spelling than the report tiself.
Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
Six-Hourly QPF Forecasts
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/6hrqpfall.html
Looks like Arkansas is going to get a lot of rain also.
I lived in Dallas from 79 to 81.
Right behind the Chi-O house at SMU.
They sing naughty songs on Tuesday nights.
Blank-o wants the feds to pay for everything her little heart desires. She needs to be b*itch-slapped with some reality.
Disregard the post this replies to, Cboldt found the correct answer.
Took a very hard hit. Per Geraldo who is reporting from Port Arthur.
Naughty songs...how quaint.
Dont think so....goodbye Louisiana...
THe Harvey Canal has present construction of a flood gate, that is to be closed to reduce water level in the canal in the event of a hurricane storm surge.
This is the $120 million project that is decribed as being held up by Clinton in 1995. It wasn't held up by Clinton, or at least he left no traces of holding it up, and the project was passed in 1996 and funding for it signed into law by Clinton.
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