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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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Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track
Rita Forecast Track Archive
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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
The FEMA guy listed a bunch of supplies and disaster teams that have been pre-positioned. They asked him why this wasn't done for Katrina. He said IT WAS DONE FOR KATRINA. Stunned reporters wanted to know why there was all the troule in New Orleans. Guy said he wasn't going to go into that now. HAHAHA!
If you are going to do that, you will need to leave by early tomorrow morning - early as in 4 am or so.
And realize - there are NO HOTELS anywhere to be found until you get to Oklahoma or New Mexico - and the storm is going to be tracking north through the Dallas metroplex and up into Oklahoma.
I called as far west as Midland and Fort Stockton and all the hotels were booked.
So are you saying that if W fed Delay into the eye instead of Kennedy, Biden, Schumer, Hillary, Byrd, Reid, Boxer, Pelosi and Leahy the storm will be satisfied?
sarc off
just kidding, don't cue the kitties.
Any tropical weather system can produce tornadoes at any time during its journey. But they are even more random and hard to predict than the hurricane itself so there's no point in fleeing because of tornadoes. Heck, if any folks are *used* to tornadoes, it's Oklahomans.
Well I'll tell you bub. I usually hate those jokes too. But I was tempted this time when I read one because it reminded me of what Jessie Jackson said about Bush and Black people. Of course it is crap. But you know some idiot is going to say it on the main stream media at some point.
Lord Have Mercy. I pray for all those who stayed.
Keep those Aggies safe.. we have them coming to Lubbock on November 5, for football. These type of trials makes us realize what is important. And our fellow Texans are all in our prayers.
Recon just found the pressure has dropped again..to 908 mb..with surface winds in the eyewall of 149 kts.
alot depends on the shape of the channel, and the angle of incidence this thing take when it come ashore - that will have alot to do with wind direction.
what a mess.
Let's try the assorted RATs first :-)
!!!!!
Johnson Space Center is closed. All employees are to go home and prepare for the hurricane. The Russians are taking operational control of the ISS.
big bump
"comic relief"
I got a real kick out of the ex-FEMA, Texan last night on MSNBC when asked about problems with Katrina said there were mistakes made, but to quote Gen, Honore' Texans aren't stuck on stupid and new how to handle a hurricane.
I can't leave without $1500, can you send it to my paypal account?
Prayer? At this point, I don't think anything else will.
Whoa. Waiting for the Vortex Data Message to confirm.
He's been on this kick all day....or I should say, Fox News has. Sorry to be vague about names, but one of the Fox reporters "confirmed" that communications during Katrina were compromised because all the good stuff had been diverted to Iraq. I'll try to find the "source" for this report.
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