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Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
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| 21 September 2005
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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: NautiNurse
Galveston has buses lining up, drivers available, anticipate no NO fiasco.
lol.
Sound like Galveston did NOT elect a Mayor like Numbnut Nagin. He still apparently can't decide whether to call people back to NO or evac those who are there now.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:14:23 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: NautiNurse
If she comes in the Victoria TX region looks like I'll work all weekend.
Thanks for the updates NN!!
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:14:57 AM PDT
by
Rightly Biased
(<>< Like $3 a gallon gas? Thank an enviromentalist.)
To: Flyer
Thanks for the Houston pings Flyer - I appreciate it. Getting a little nervous here in Spring Branch. Allison didn't flood us, but it came too close for comfort. We have flood insurance now, though. Stay safe!!
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:15:00 AM PDT
by
American72
(Sick of Democrats)
To: All
Unlike ABC 13, NBC channel 2 is only showing local news right now and not going to the hideous Today show. So, that's the channel to be on for local updates. 13 went on to GMA.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:15:17 AM PDT
by
Lanza
( Houston (Clear Lake), Texas)
To: AntiGuv
The record for the Atlantic is Hurricane Gilbert: dropped 72 mb (from 960 to 888) and increased 57mph (from 127mph to 154mph) in 24 hours.Looks like Rita gained 60mph in 24 hours. Don't know if this will be in any record book. The Cat 1 75 mph wind report came from a ham radio operator, and recon is out of service now.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:15:24 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
To: SE Mom; laz; NautiNurse
The fastest intensification on record was Typhoon Forrest: dropped 100 mb (from 976 to 876) and increased 98 mph (from 75mph to 173mph) in 24 hours. The record for the Atlantic is Hurricane Gilbert: dropped 72 mb (from 960 to 888) and increased 57mph (from 127mph to 154mph) in 24 hours.Rita has dropped 40mb (from 988 to 948) and increased 65mph (from 70mph to 135mph) in the past 24 hours. So, it's beaten Gilbert in mph increase but not in millibar drop.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:15:55 AM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: leadpenny
Sort of like the 'pronounced wash-a-tah' mountains in Arkansas. Spelling is 'Ouachita'.
267
posted on
09/21/2005 5:17:52 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Flyer
That's what was so scary about Allison. Usually, everything is running off and draining into the Gulf. With Allison, there was so much water that the Gulf was coming up into Galveston Bay and the Bay was coming up the bayous. It was very weird to see water flowing upstream.
The San Bernard, also, was salt water very far upstream.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:17:53 AM PDT
by
Rte66
(SW Houston - Meyerland)
To: NautiNurse
Official stats in my post #266. They might change it with further analysis of the data, but it's more likely that they will increase the mb drop than that they will decrease the wind speed.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:18:06 AM PDT
by
AntiGuv
(™)
To: Ros42
I have a friend that lives in Point Comfort Texas...I have never been there, but is that close to where Rita is supposed to hit? thx Hope they're out of there, Point Comfort may cease to exist. I've fished out of there many times, it has no protection at all from any significant storm surge.
Here's Point Comfort
270
posted on
09/21/2005 5:18:21 AM PDT
by
tx_eggman
(Home is I45 S, just south of Beltway 8 in Houston ... I'm outta here ...)
To: TomGuy
Fox and Friends were just interviewing the lady in Galveston that's coordinating the bus evac there and they asked if she was afraid the bus drivers would run away like N.Orleans drivers allegedly did.
She said of course they won't....the drivers have their family members and their pets on the busses with them. Now there's an idea! Too bad Nagin didn't think of that.
271
posted on
09/21/2005 5:18:27 AM PDT
by
VirginiaMom
(abortion is NEVER an option!)
To: AntiGuv
Thank you- seems like we're breaking all kinds of records this year.
Gilbert was really unbelievable.
272
posted on
09/21/2005 5:18:37 AM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve..)
To: NautiNurse
We are completely overcast all the way up here in Tampa Bay from Rita. This is a huge storm. As she continues to expand, the upper Keys and the Homestead area continue to remain under the outer bands even as she moves away. Hell, I can look out my window and see her still overhead here in Cutler Ridge.
273
posted on
09/21/2005 5:18:55 AM PDT
by
laz
(They can bus 'em to the polls, but they can't bus 'em out of the path of a Cat 5 hurricane.)
To: NautiNurse
Dear Nauti (and anyone in Dallas): I have a meeting scheduled in Big D for Friday...since you have so much experience with these 'canes, do you think flights out of DFW will be affected by Friday, say, 6PM? Thanks in advance for any help here...
PB
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:19:05 AM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(There is no positive correlation between the ability to write, act, sing or dance and being right)
To: NautiNurse
Just damn. I hope the sat interpretation is wrong.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:19:28 AM PDT
by
steveegg
($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
To: silentknight
Good Lord! I went to sleep last night at Cat-2. Wake up, turn on FNC, and it's a Cat-4. And I still had to go out and get sprinklers started on the lawn, since we won't be getting any rain out of this one in eastern Tennessee.
Stay safe, people. Especially those of you in Glavaston, Houston, and nearby areas. We need a great big Canadian cold front right now.
276
posted on
09/21/2005 5:21:04 AM PDT
by
meyer
(The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
To: Howlin
All those people who left NO for Houston are in for a BIG surprise. I bet Gov. Perry will handle this a bit different than Blanco.
To: Pharmboy
You should be ok with the flight out of DFW late Fri afternoon. No guarantees.
278
posted on
09/21/2005 5:21:49 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
To: tx_eggman
omg! Thank you for that info, I will call down there asap!
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:22:21 AM PDT
by
Ros42
To: VirginiaMom
She said of course they won't....the drivers have their family members and their pets on the busses with them. Now there's an idea! Too bad Nagin didn't think of that.There's a lot to learn from Nagin's mistakes. Or from Jeb's successes for that matter.
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posted on
09/21/2005 5:22:25 AM PDT
by
meyer
(The DNC prefers advancing the party at the expense of human lives.)
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