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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Guess it's just my pragmatism rearing it's ugly head.
Thanks! The momma did some earlier checking and found that, altho open, there weren't available seats to anyplace (stress the word 'anyplace').
The dorm-girls will probably be OK; we found out a bit ago that Rice has "a plan"!
Big storm out there.
2 days 'til landfall to fret. The good news is that the evacs are well underway. I'll signoff. 'Night all.
"Who is going to Galveston to report?"
Who ever they are better have a boat.
Im not volunteering. ;)
All current warnings for Texas.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/warnings.html
Local News:
NOLA levees still fragile, cant handle more than 3" rain.
Didn't he say he was STAYING on the island??
Heck of a way to make your career, eh?
Luck seems to be a big factor dealing with hurricanes
Yikes, if that track holds.....that could put Downtown Houston in the NE Quad very close to the eastern edge of the eyewall....http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/high_winds.shtml
Yeppers, it is!
I was just watching the latest loop at NHC/NOAA and looks to me like it took a wobble to the south.
Thank you.
Many prayers for all of you! Many.
Ya, but there is still a fair amount of error attending it. There is less consensus about just where this storm will hit, than with Katrina. The gold standard model GFDL has the line where you say, but the NHS isn't buying it totally. But whether it is 30 miles east of Houston, or 60 miles, still results in a very catastrophic event.
"they are reporting here in Houston it will slow to stong cat3 by landfall"
They also predicted that Rita would max out at cat 4. One thing they have not got a clue about is intensity. Not for Katrina and not for Rita. So If I were living in Houston...I would not bet my life on the NWC forcast for intensity.
I meant west of Houston.
Not quite 155 mph (that's the 48-hour forecast, something about 11-18 hours out from landfall), but still likely a "weakening" Category 4. It's still a Mack truck aimed at Texas.
Thanks...wifey's on the line right now with her Mom, and indications are that the girls will hunker down at Rice. FReepers are the greatest with their generosity!
Cynical, but valid point.
We're in Austin, and not worried. I wouldn't be too concerned about them. Just make sure they don't try to cross any flooded riverbeds!
If he's wrong, I'm cancelling my Weekly World News subscription.
What was the deal about 600,000 homes being destroyed in Houston? Was it if it made a direct hit on Galveston at a Cat 4?
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