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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VIII
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| September 24, 2005
Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: gpapa
Thanks. It shows rising water, but nothing catastrophic yet. That's below the dam.
681
posted on
09/24/2005 2:48:10 PM PDT
by
jeffers
To: jeffers
682
posted on
09/24/2005 2:49:47 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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To: cajungirl
LOL! Like the governor-she's either getting too much, or not enough, Xanax.
Boy..seems like a thousand years ago we commiserated on the Runaway Bride..
683
posted on
09/24/2005 2:51:06 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
To: jeffers
The flooding will reach Liberty on Tuesday or Wednesday, if I heard correctly.
684
posted on
09/24/2005 2:52:55 PM PDT
by
Flyer
(Houston FReepers ~ http://houstonliberty.com/forums/ ~ (SW Houston)
To: jeffers
It shows rising water, but nothing catastrophic yet. That's below the dam. Check the forcast though, for below the dam. Also, the links that I sent have buttons to see "Upstream" and "Downstream" maps and charts.
685
posted on
09/24/2005 2:53:07 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: jeffers
686
posted on
09/24/2005 2:53:12 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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To: Pete-R-Bilt; Alexis the Bengal Kitty
Flying J facilities in Houston and New Caney, TX escaped damage from Hurricane Rita and are currently being refueled by Flying J tankers. Flying J's facility in Orange, TX sustained some damage from the storm and remains closed currently. A team of electricians has been dispatched to assess the extent of the damages... Good! The trucker's will be able to refuel and stores will be able to be restocked. Once Galveston and Houston ports are up and running, commerce can start again.
687
posted on
09/24/2005 2:53:15 PM PDT
by
Sally'sConcerns
(me - SW Ok, My son and sister @ Hwy 6 & Bellaire in Houston.)
To: jeffers
New Orleans statment..
...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS... EXTENSIVE STORM SURGE FLOODING OF LOW LYING COMMUNITIES HAS SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO UPPER TERREBONNE UPPER...UPPER LAFOURCHE AND UPPER JEFFERSON PARISH AND THE WEST BANK OF ST CHARLES PARISH NEAR BAYOU GAUCHE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORT LOCAL LEVEES ARE IN DANGER OF BEING OVER TOPPED. STORM SURGE FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN FROM SLIDELL TO MANDEVILLE.
To: BlessedByLiberty
That reminds me of the ABC interview with the black people outside of the Astrodome. They really thought they were going to get them to chant President Bush hates black people. Instead they got honest answers from people wanting everyone to know that their local leadership failed.Yep. That one played over & over in my mind since!
It was too good to let go of. B/c it's rare to see such an interview.
ABC couldn't have bought one of them to say anything good about the LA officials.
689
posted on
09/24/2005 2:56:11 PM PDT
by
the Deejay
(THE LADY DEEJAY)
To: Cboldt; gpapa
It crested, but the volume is significant.
Gpapa, take a look at his link.
690
posted on
09/24/2005 2:56:23 PM PDT
by
jeffers
To: jeffers
WEST BANK OF ST CHARLES PARISH NEAR BAYOU GAUCHE...thats new..thats way north right?
To: janetjanet998
STORM SURGE FLOODING IS IN PROGRESS ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN FROM SLIDELL TO MANDEVILLE. Slidell was swamped by Katrina. Hopefully this is just overtopping and will halt before much water gets over.
692
posted on
09/24/2005 3:00:28 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: Flyer
Thank you for your kindness last night, Flyer, in agreeing to call my cell should my part of town get into trouble while I slept.
I owe you one.
Benji is waging his tail. He seems to agree.
(...then again, that could be the bacon ...)
To: Cboldt
Interesting...gpapa's links led to similar results....soooo....do we have a wind event here instead? Debris hitting something important? A wind driven seiche? The other watersheds feedig that lake are minimal...but if Lufkin and Nacadoches got hammered, and they are 50 and 75 miles north north east of there....
That's all I can come up with, the flow down the Trinity isn't very impressive.
694
posted on
09/24/2005 3:01:47 PM PDT
by
jeffers
To: Leapfrog
KPRC showing gas rationing at Texaco station in Katy....can an SUV make it from Katy to Galveston on $30 gas?
To: jeffers
It crested, but the volume is significant. Check the "Trinity River at Liberty" graph again. It is prospective, and shows flood stage prediction starting at 3:00 PM on the 26th, tomorrow. Likewise check the graphs for upstream sites. They aren't pretty. In fact, "at Liberty" is off the chart, because the chart stops at 70,000 cfs.
696
posted on
09/24/2005 3:03:26 PM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: jeffers
697
posted on
09/24/2005 3:03:40 PM PDT
by
gpapa
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To: janetjanet998
I just got through to my family in Breaux Bridge, La. My sister says that they suffered no damage except for a few downed pecan trees and minimal flooding of their yard.
But, they are still getting sustained winds of 45-50 from the bands. She stuck the phone out the door and let me listen. Whoa, Rita is still screeching.
To: janetjanet998
Are these areas that were spared by Katrina?
699
posted on
09/24/2005 3:05:14 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
To: jeffers
Good info has been hard to come by, obviously. Notice that Nagin did not mention any locks and pooh-poohed anything going on near the London Canal.
Those "sand bubbles" sound like the natural spring at the bottom of my Mother's wishing well. Very beautiful, but capable of conveying much water to the surface.
Of course I saw the recent release addressed to you.
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