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Posted on 09/20/2005 6:16:38 AM PDT by NautiNurse
But we'll have a much better idea with the Wednesday afternoon and evening forecast.
For now, I'm still considering us as a very likely landfall.
All the discussion I have read so far indicates forecasters do not expect the kind of strengthening Katrina went through. Apparently she stirred up cooler water so the fuel will not be there.
What time is your high tide?
Per Fox, Jeb Bush to hold news onference within 20-30 mins. President Bush is at Andrews AFB heading to the gulf in advance of Rita.
onference=conference.
How do you know this?
That's true, it's not forecast to strengthen as much as Katrina (I wouldn't be surprised if it does though, as hot as the Gulf water is right now - it all depends on wind shear). There was an implicit 'all else being equal' in my previous comment. However, bear in mind that Katrina was 'only' a Cat 3 by the time it made it up around NO and the Mississippi coast. Rita is forecast to be a Cat 3 at landfall.
Watching this one closely from here in Baton Rouge. Lots of folks here are worried about the LSU-Tennessee game scheduled for Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
I just pray that no one loses life or property to this storm.
Thanks for the thread and the ping, NN.
I hear they are clearing out the dome and sending the remaining evacuees to Arkansas.
I am sooo not ready for a hurricane. My husband went to get plywood for our windows last night at Loews. They were out.
Tiny little patch of rain crossing into So. Sarasota Bay...maybe, just maybe we'll get a few drops before the day is over.
Actually, it's move southwest from Freeport (just southwest of Houston) to Corpus Christi since yesterday afternoon ...
Around noon I believe, plus a full moon tide, plus waves, so we are waiting to see.
3 weeks have passed- plenty of time for the Gulf to re-heat.
Also- this storm is not taking the same track as Katrina so will be passing over waters not touched by her.
Thanks, she could easily be a 4 when she hits LA/Texas coast.
Announcer says we'll be hearing from Jeb Bush on FoxNews in 15 minutes
The water Rita is in now is 86 degrees, plenty hot.
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