Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies.
Locked on 09/21/2005 4:38:48 PM PDT by Admin Moderator, reason:

Locked - New Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488924/posts



Skip to comments.

Update: Category 5 Hurricane Rita - Live Thread, Part II
NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

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.

The following links are self-updating:

Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
NHC Discussion Published every six hours 6A, 11A, 6P, 11P
Three Day Forecast Track
Five Day Forecast Track

Rita Forecast Track Archive
Forecast Models
Buoy Data Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico

Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas

Images:

Storm Floater IR Loop
GOM WV Loop
GOM IR Still Image
Visible Storm Floater Still (only visible during daylight hours)
Color Enhanced Atlantic Loop
Key West Long Range Radar Still Image

Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

Additional Resources:

Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: hurricane; katrina; katrinassister; rita; tropical; twinhurricanes
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 481-500501-520521-540 ... 2,541-2,552 next last
To: diverteach

Here's a link to a map of the area likely to be the landfall area...

http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Freeport&state=TX&zoom=4

Lots of little communities there that need to be evacuated. I hope my stupid niece in Alvin gets her butt to my grandma's or out west to my dad in West Texas. I can't even call her cause she doesn't have a phone. She's been in a phase where she doesn't like to talk to her parents. And she's got two little kids in tow, too...

I am scared for her....


501 posted on 09/21/2005 6:51:21 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 459 | View Replies]

To: IamConservative

I know, darn idiots. I keep wondering how all the poor whites there feel about that!


502 posted on 09/21/2005 6:51:27 AM PDT by RDTF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 493 | View Replies]

To: BoringGuy

Excellent!


503 posted on 09/21/2005 6:51:42 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ERADICATED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 468 | View Replies]

To: NautiNurse

Thanks for the inland wind link! Looks like we're in the yellow from what I can tell... sheesh - never thought I'd be thinking about a hurricane up here...


504 posted on 09/21/2005 6:52:27 AM PDT by pamlet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 294 | View Replies]

To: Hoodlum91

I thought Move forward has been successful rallying folks around the country. I am planning on being there Sunday - still not sure about Sat.


505 posted on 09/21/2005 6:52:59 AM PDT by RDTF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 486 | View Replies]

To: johnb838

I heard the same story from another person that lives in Houston. She said there was almost no water in the store and the canned food was almost gone. I don't know if that's just a localized problem or not. I do know there were gas lines here yesterday already. I didn't go to the store because I am always prepared anyway with water and canned food etc.

I will probably go get one of those weather radio thingys since the sat dish will probably go out and I don't want to rely on just a regular portable radio.


506 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:27 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (NOLA "Don't worry be happy" TEXAS "Git R Done" [shamelessly borrowed from a FReeper])
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 452 | View Replies]

To: HoustonCurmudgeon; Peach; humblegunner

I am set on .50BMG, .40s&w & .223, but I am short on 12ga 00buck.

Gonna pick some up at lunch today.


507 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:39 AM PDT by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - I will never take Dix off of my ping list as I have been asked to do.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 334 | View Replies]

To: queenkathy
My husband asked a question today and I don't know the answer. Is it possible for a plane of some kind to drop something in a hurricane when it's out in the ocean that would break it up before it turns into a dangerous hurricane? I think he's talking about some kind of weapon to drop down and go off in such a way as to scatter it.

the NHC has gotten several thousand letters per year, every year, for decades suggesting this.

Short answer is that it would have no effect other than to turn the rain from the storm radioactive. A hurricane would laugh at even the largest nukes.

The only plausible means of human modification is to spread a vast slick of an oil-like subtance over tens of thousands of square miles of ocean that would prevent evaporation, in the path of a storm.

508 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:41 AM PDT by Strategerist
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 497 | View Replies]

To: NautiNurse

NN and other contributors

Thank you again, NN, (shuffling through the Katrina Chronicles...) for all you do in posting these threads

And thanks to the admin mods (noticably quiet and well fed) and to JR and tech staff for keeping the servers up and humming.


509 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:50 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 499 | View Replies]

To: All

Here's a link on Hurricane Carla- Port Lavaca September 1961- important reading for our Texas friends without hurricane experience.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/Carla/carla.html


510 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:50 AM PDT by SE Mom (God Bless those who serve..)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 496 | View Replies]

To: queenkathy

There are some levees by some bodies of water, but mostly Texas is above sea level. There are low spots. Almost 1/3 of Harris county is in what they call the 100 year flood plain...and the way the winds will be blowing, the rainwater will probably back up and flood some or all of those areas until the winds die down and the bay calms down. But it's not like New Orleans.


511 posted on 09/21/2005 6:53:56 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 488 | View Replies]

To: CajunConservative
Look at the positive from the NO fiasco, everyone got a trial run on what not to do and also what to do.

We already knew what to do and certainly didn't need to watch the assclowns government "leaders" in Red Stick and New Orleans to learn what not to do.

Crying, flapping our arms, and bumping into walls has never been part of Texas' emergency plan

512 posted on 09/21/2005 6:54:03 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Home is I45 S, just south of Beltway 8 in Houston ... I'm outta here ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 479 | View Replies]

To: RDTF

I hope they've been very successful!

I'll cover for you on Sat. if you cover me on Sunday! Still not sure if I can make that one...


513 posted on 09/21/2005 6:55:42 AM PDT by Hoodlum91
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 505 | View Replies]

To: NautiNurse; OB1kNOb

Suggest you include the Golden Triangle link in #471 with your next update thread.


514 posted on 09/21/2005 6:55:43 AM PDT by CedarDave ("I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a reporter" -- Lt. Gen. Honoré)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 471 | View Replies]

To: Strategerist

Makes for a good movie of the week, though. I can see it now - the voodoo high priestess made a mistake with one of her evil spells, and sent the hurricane to NO. Bruce Willis volunteers for the suicide mission to save the gulf.


515 posted on 09/21/2005 6:55:45 AM PDT by RDTF
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 508 | View Replies]

To: not-alone

That is a very generous offer. Let's see what the storm does.


516 posted on 09/21/2005 6:56:04 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 498 | View Replies]

To: All
I was going to start a thread about "Best Radio' to have but maybe this is a better place to do it. I picked up this Sony ICF-36 radio last year and it is incredible for reception. I can even pick up KMOX (St Louis) from DC in the evenings. So if you're in need of a good radio, you might want to try this:


517 posted on 09/21/2005 6:56:33 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Geezee Freepin Peezee ...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 500 | View Replies]

To: Eaker

Sounds like you're close to set. Stay safe.


518 posted on 09/21/2005 6:57:40 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 507 | View Replies]

To: queenkathy

They tried some of that in the 60s...Hurricane Betsy was seeded...and some thought it didn't help at all, and maybe that's why it was so bad...I don't know...but they don't know enough to really dissipate these storms. And who's going to take the chance of making a bad storm worse?


519 posted on 09/21/2005 6:57:40 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 497 | View Replies]

To: T. P. Pole
Wouldn't it, in the long run, be a good thing if New Orleans got a decent rain out of this

I thought the same thing until I heard the Army Corps of Engineers state that it would only take 3" on rain to endanger the levees again.
520 posted on 09/21/2005 6:58:34 AM PDT by Republican Red (''Van der Sloot" is Dutch for ''Kennedy.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 478 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 481-500501-520521-540 ... 2,541-2,552 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson