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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Category 3 Hurricane Rita became the fifth major hurricane of the 2005 season during the night. Hurricane Rita threaded the needle through the Florida Straits and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. Storm damage in the Florida Keys and South Florida Peninsula was light, with scattered power outages, scattered tornados, and mild to moderate flooding.
Mandatory evacuations are in effect for Galveston County TX and New Orleans. Additional evacuation orders in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area are anticipated throughout the day.
Crude oil prices reacted as oil producers shut down and evacuated workers from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
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| 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 I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
If you are in/near CC, I'd suggest going inland.
I work in a highrise in downtown Houston. The crackheads who run my company told us we won't shutdown until noon on Friday. I told them to remember what traffic will be like. Geez, anybody looking for a good IT guy out there?
It takes awhile for the gravity of the situation to sink in for some folks. Some are in denial, others are just stubborn. You have done what you can do by offering your home and reiterating the dangerous conditions.
I don't mean to dispute your tagging her this. But, is it really fair? Aren't Baboons rather intelligent?
Hotwire shows Roanoke (Fort Worth Areas) with at least one room for $141 a night, available Thursday - Monday.. (Four star, of course..)
And Biloxi was something like a hundred miles from the center...
Governor says "devastating" from Beaumont to Corpus. It is life threatening to stay.
Lubbock... but with a home game this weekend at Texas Tech it could be full here.
I'm not too concerned about the sustained winds or rain, and I am too far north for the surge, but the tornados, and stories from neighbors who were here for the last two have made me nervous.
Dunno. The next scheduled advisory isn't until 4 pm (after all, this thing is headed away from the closest pieces of land), but I'd expect an intermediary advisory in about 40 minutes.
Amoebae are smarter than Blanco.
it's in the warm loop current right now, I have heard, but the surface water from here on out is all pretty warm...but it's greatest growth will probably be while it's right where it is now...
Did you try Sulphur Springs and Mt. Pleasant?
Cool. I was worried that someone might miss something important. Kudos.
Rockport city officials have issued a mandatory evacuation effective 3 p.m. today. City Hall will close and city services will cease Thursday, Mayor Todd Pearson said. "We want residents to leave as soon as they possibly can," he said. "We want to discourage anyone staying behind since we won't have police to force them out." The city has made arrangements with the Council for the Aging to identify people without transportation. Those without transportation will be bused to Live Oak Elementary after 6 p.m. today.
Rockport is a town just up the coastline from Corpus Christi.
86 degrees in Gulf near Corpus.
What is it with these people?
I don't know your friend's specific situation but I really wonder about people who are told to evacuate and who refuse.
I thought it was 1.12?
I just call her Blank-O
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