Movement toward...west near 14 mph. Maximum sustained winds...135 mph. Minimum central pressure... 948 mb.
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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
One tip I do want to share with all who have pets and are in the area where Rita (or even the tornadoes she might spin off) will hit....take a permanent black marker and write your name & telephone number and your vet's phone number on your pets belly. Collars with tags can get lost and not all places have scanning machines to scan for microchips, so the information written on your pets tummy might be it's only means of finding it's way back to you if the worst happens and you are separated in the storm. The writing won't wash or rub off for a couple of weeks, so it's a permanent enough way to identify the animal through this situation.
Thanks for the ping, NN. Was in San Francisco past weekend. All were intensely fearful of hurricanes -- the way rest of nation is about west coast earthquakes.
NO Postings yet of any RITA effects...
Rita windfield isn't as wide yet. When it starts undergoing several EWRC then we may have another Katrina on our hands. IANAM (I am not a meteoroligist).
Who is flying the 4000 evacs?
Good Morning dear NN- I see you've been busy all night. Thank you once again for all you do- these threads are a lifeline for so many:)
Hard to believe we're doing this all over again a short month later, eh?
I'm going to my Sugar Land house and I have a cable modem there too.
Provided the power stays on, I'll be FReepin'
;)
Great suggestion. Thanks
sw
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2005
40-60 mph winds as far north as Waco..3-5" of rain...a few tornadoes..
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/special.html
Sorry about the caps here:
...EFFECTS FROM MAJOR HURRICANE RITA EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...
HURRICANE RITA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LAND-FALL ALONG THE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST PRIOR TO SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. THE STORM...ALREADY A MAJOR HURRICANE...IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY TO A CATEGORY 5 STORM OVER THE GULF WATERS...WITH SOME DECREASE TO A CATEGORY 4 STORM JUST PRIOR TO LANDFALL EARLY SATURDAY.
THE LATEST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WOULD BRING THE DISSIPATING STORM NORTH TO NEAR WACO SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA...EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY...SUNDAY NIGHT.
I'm afraid you may be right. Not a great time for the hurricane hunters to have computer failure.
Thanks. Was curious to know whether commercial or military. Delta may be earning their get-out-of-bankruptcy card.
I wasn't going to say this, but what the heck. It had always been a family "joke" that Houston never gets hurricanes when *I* live here.
All of my family lived here for Alicia and some other smaller TS's, but I was *away* in my other home, Oklahoma. Now, the family is all *gone* and here I am, with the lucky streak having run out, it appears.
My parents stayed home for Alicia and just lost a few shingles and 2 very large pine trees, which fell on the detached garage and thankfully, not the house. That was in the Memorial area of SW Houston and supposedly got 100 mph winds.
I had forgotten until *today* that they also told me they were without electricity for 5 days afterwards. This is the part that is freaking me out--extended power outage.
We evac'ed my mom out of an assisted living home near South Shore Harbor in about '90, I think, because it was mandatory that relatives come get the residents (as opposed, to say, St Bernard Parish, LA) -- but that storm never came this way. LOL, we only took her to the Holiday Inn at Hobby. But, see, I *lived* here then, so we dodged the bullet.
A friend who is evacuating said the Katrina folks were being flown out. Since the Astrodome was stocked for Galveston people, I wondered. Of course, everyone is going further.
CNN says now Cat 4.
Movement toward...west near 14 mph. Maximum sustained winds...135 mph. Minimum central pressure... 948 mb.
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