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Tropical Storm Rita Live Thread
NHC - NOAA ^ | 18 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/18/2005 1:56:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Excellent advice, HC.


1,161 posted on 09/19/2005 2:19:03 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Gabz; xsmommy

Oh no, I hadn't thought about no internet for a week! Thanks a lot, now I'm depressed


1,162 posted on 09/19/2005 2:19:17 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: 2Jedismom

Oh I most definitely depend on my church family too. I'm Southern Baptist and know that they will be there in times of need. I also know that 100% of the donations to Disaster Relief is used for relief not administrative costs. One of the churches in town is converting one of their educational buildings into apartments to house several families permanently. My church is supporting the ones in town and at the church camp financially. Several teams have been in Covington to help with the cleanup and repairs there.


1,163 posted on 09/19/2005 2:19:56 PM PDT by CajunConservative ("Dem's can bus people to the polls but can't bus them out of danger to save their lives.")
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To: Flyer
Thanks, Flyer!

HURRICANE BUMP
1,164 posted on 09/19/2005 2:20:12 PM PDT by hummingbird (21st Century Newsreporting - "Don't get me started!")
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To: JFC

I'm from Wichita Falls......... I can sympathize


1,165 posted on 09/19/2005 2:20:36 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: shield
Got any creeks, bayous close to you? Sometimes those can be tricky.

There's nothing that's right next to us...
Although there is a creek called "Faulkey Gulley" that runs alongside the other side of our development.
It's tough to judge since everything is so dang flat around here, but I'd say that we're pretty much on "high ground" (if you can call it that) as far as our development goes...
The house is on a slab that's maybe 1½ ~ 2' above street level...
And when it rains, the water in the street flows away from us in both directions.

1,166 posted on 09/19/2005 2:21:44 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: dogbyte12
Just filled up a ton of ziplocks with water again, and stuck em in the freezer. Now all I need is beer, and I am ready to go.

smart planning....

1,167 posted on 09/19/2005 2:22:03 PM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane season)
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To: TX Bluebonnet
"then emtied right it after the storm passed. No one had told her what it was for."

LOL

1,168 posted on 09/19/2005 2:22:33 PM PDT by NTegraT
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To: Types_with_Fist

I received a New Orleans displaced student in class today. She became VERY anxious when she heard we are under hurricane warning here in Miami. I really felt for her.


1,169 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:16 PM PDT by debg
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To: CajunConservative

We've got two team from First Baptist Woodstock, GA going to the Katrina area this weekend.
The NAMB has been in there since after the winds died, I pray Rita won't approach Katrina's strength or devistation, the emergency resources are stretched a bit then right now.


1,170 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:26 PM PDT by WoodstockCat (General Honore: "The storm gets a vote... We're not stuck on stupid.")
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To: Txsleuth; All
HI sleuth, everybody,
I just checked the local buoys and so far we have had a 34 knot gust off Marathon at Sombrero Reef Light. We have 86.4 degree water and the barometer is finally starting to drop 29.89 at Mollasses Reef.Mollasses reef is located about 5 miles offshore at approx. Mile marker 100 off key largo. It looks like we are just now getting the first part of the storm.
Key West may get banged pretty good, they could get 8-10 feet of surge and at high tide around midnight and noon tomorrow another foot with the full moon and then you put a wave on it, not a good scenario for ocean side dwellers.

We should be o,k,. Here in the Upper Keys. The storm is hauling butt at 12 knots or better which is a great thing.
1,171 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:28 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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To: Txsleuth

He's the a$$hat 1st runner up. Right behind admiral Nagin of Nagin's Navy.

Surely, they don't all come that stoopid over there.


1,172 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:43 PM PDT by Jaded (Hell sometimes has fluorescent lighting and a trumpet. Whadda you mean sometimes?)
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To: abb
I read the info on Broussard's lie on the Drudge Report today. I sure do hope that everyone sees it. The truth is catching up with the MSM slowly but surely - all the hidden things coming to light. About time! I live just south of Lufkin TX so am not in the immediate threat area but will sure keep up with Rita on this great thread. I am new but really do love being a full fledged FREEPER!
1,173 posted on 09/19/2005 2:23:53 PM PDT by IMABUSHY
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To: Types_with_Fist

They brought supplies back from Lafayette. They had a huge list of things to bring back. Thanks for the tip though.


1,174 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:11 PM PDT by CajunConservative ("Dem's can bus people to the polls but can't bus them out of danger to save their lives.")
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To: Jaded; HoustonCurmudgeon
You left spam off the list.

And beer.

1,175 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:26 PM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: debg

I wondered about that - as much as we are nervously joking about getting prepared, it must be a nightmare for those who "escaped" to be in the path once again.


1,176 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:26 PM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Prayers for healing and relief from pain for Cowboy...........)
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To: NautiNurse

Thanks for the pings, I've been away from the computer the past few days...

Can't believe we have another possible nightmare on our hands. I'm ready for winter.


1,177 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:39 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: Strategerist
fanatically moderated Wx boards where there's this massive band of Care-Bare civility police

Well, it's the only I've ever visited, so I have no comparison to make. It doesn't really bother me since I never post, but my personal style pretty much excludes that level of incivility. In particular, I am not convinced that being right is justification for being rude. But perhaps I am something of a stick-in-the-mud on the matter. It is interesting.

1,178 posted on 09/19/2005 2:24:51 PM PDT by aBootes
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To: CajunConservative
That is fantastic!

Two weeks ago, our church took up a collection for disaster relief. We also took up a collection to purchase a "mobile kitchen" trailer to donate to our local association. They said they had to have $10,500 to purchase the mobile kitchen. We collected $18,000 for disaster relief and $35,000 for the mobile kitchen!

So we bought two!

1,179 posted on 09/19/2005 2:25:29 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Doctor my eyes cannot be disguised. Is this the prize for having learned how not to cry?)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; xsmommy

sorry - didn't mean to depress you.

I was only offline 19 hours - XS got it much worse than we did; we never lost power, just phones.

VA freepers on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay have suffered far worse in the past 3 seasons than we have here on the coast.


1,180 posted on 09/19/2005 2:26:56 PM PDT by Gabz ((Chincoteague, VA) Tryin' to Reason with Hurricane season)
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