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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.
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
How anyone can say this with a straight face, when the historical records of the past two centuries of hurricanes are available to anyone and utterly rip his inane theories to shreds, shows to what extent this fool is deranged. Gore is the butt of a cosmic joke, a joke he'll never be in on.
That discussion of dropping a nuclear bomb in the middle of a major hurricane has floated for quite a while....
The basic premise is that it could act like a gust of wind blowing out a match....
Some of the more weather enlightened said it would be more like throwing gasoline on a fire....pushing millions of gallons of vaporized water into the the huricane...
Honestly I haven't a clue but there are a few folks on this thread that could elaborate....
Of course, ya' kinda' have to get past the thought of detonating a thermo-nuclear device in our backyard...
NeverGore :^)
Are you in Texas?
Ditto. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us janet.
"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 have a few students in my criminal justice class that has said the same thing. They can't find any bottled water in Houston.
You are right. I loved it how the governor already declared a state of emergency, and as per the drill, they're getting all the people out of Galveston.
The USDA has already started prepositioning people to assist FEMA...they have an Area Management team and two type 1 teams heading to TX, stationing in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, getting as preset as they can this early (these are members of the ICS, which is normally used to fight wildland fires, but also responds to all sorts of other emergencies.)
The ignorance on display by Gore and the people who suck it up is really unsettling to me. We joke about "sheeple" but seeing it in action is unbelievable. When you have Max Mayfield saying these hurricanes are part of a NORMAL weather cycle you'd think he would be listened to and respected.
WOW - that sucker is HUGE ...
LOL. I'm in St. Louis and my poor excuse for a radio has trouble picking it up. It's the Rush station here. Tony Snow is on 97.1, but they only do an hour of his 3 hour show. I need to get one of those.
Remember that within the past few days, even Tony Blair recognized that the Kyoto accords, or something similar, will never be signed given the rapid rate of industrialization by the third world nations. This was duly noted here on FR but ignored by the MSM because it goes against their beliefs that the US and President Bush especially are responsible for global climate change.
Pasadena, south east of Houston. For now anyway.;(
Below is a link to the PERFECT addition to anybody's hurricane survival gear. When the power goes out, and it usually does, there's nothing better than to be able to have a working television to track a storms progress.
The best thing about these are that they have a hand crank generator to save on batteries.
http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0135107054.1127311291@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccjaddfkfmgdklcgelceffdfgidgmn.0&CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc/searchResults.jsp&MID=9876&N=2984+3842&pos=n25
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That's a classic. Your son was a very bright child. I hope he drew an interesting pattern! :-)
Thanks. I have never been in a hurricane before, and I live in Conroe, about 30 miles north of Houston, and I don't know what to expect here.
Hmmm link didn't work.
Vector
Tough Brite Storm Tracker
Model VEC135
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• Weatherband stations & AM/FM radio.
• Spotlight & rear LED area light.
• Dynamo Power Crank for emergency use if all batteries fail.
• Corded, cordless, rechargeable, &/or uses batteries.
Store SKU # 327621
Internet # 167236
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Price: $59.99/ea
The individual stores ran out, but there are distribution centers all around town (Randalls has a huge one down the street from me). They are already restocking this morning, but I"m sure they will be out by this afternoon.
Found a generator source. PM me if you want one , the guy has 2or3 left, 6kw for $1353, not too bad of a gouge.
They ought to cancel classes...I suspect attendence was going to be low on Friday anyway....smart people will be out of town.
That's probably as high as the automatic weather captioning goes. Maybe we should help them come up with higher levels of captioning?! :-)
Something like "rain levels of Biblical proportions"?! "Wind level high enough to cause flying cows"?!
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