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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
OMG I have one! What wonderful dogs! Mine is a little bit bigger than most I've seen, he weighs close to 20 lbs. His name is Max. Smartest dogs ever. I actually rescued him from the shelter in DC.
Happy Birthday!
I am hungry too. Popcorn time.
The problem is if it stalls over Austin you could get extreme, Floyd-in-NC style rainfall flooding.
Inland flooding is constantly overlooked. It's much worse than inland wind damage, kills a lot more people.
Oh yeah you know its coming...
It depends on where this bad boy lands. We will decide at 6:00 pm tomorrow if we stay or go.
The people at the weather channel seemed to say that if it is slower the people would have to withstand the winds longer. This bugger is the size of Georgia and it is going to take time to pass through an area at that forward speed.
Poor kid doesn't stand a chance.
Andrew and Charley strengthened right before landfall. It's not a given that a storm will weaken going into landfall. High-profile Ivan and Katrina did, so it seems a few people are taking that as some kind of rule. It's not.
IN NORTH TEXAS AS THE STORM APPROACHES WE EXPECT THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS:
6-10" of rain along and east of I35, more possible.
Flash flooding. Over a foot of rain if Rita stalls.
Strong winds 40 to 60mph sustanined.
Interuptions in power service.
A few tornadoes, especially east of I35.
Travel problems increased traffic and wet roads, airline delays.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/tx/special.html
Intensity that far out has been off by quite a bit. Also, landfall is expected between 6 am and 2 pm Friday, while the last at-sea intensity forecast is 7 pm Thursday. Still looks like a Cat 4 though.
My girlfriend suggested one of those hurricane planes drop General Honore into the storm so he can give it some whoop arse. I told her 'Don't get stuck on stupid,' and thus will be Freeping the rest of the night---alone.
So what did Texas do?
they are reporting here in Houston it will slow to stong cat3 by landfall
There have been stronger typhoons in the Pacific... Those waters are as warm as Gulf waters, and there is a 4,000 mile stretch of warm water for Typhoons to go over.
they are reporting here in Houston it will slow to stong cat3 by landfall
Where is the Katrina WHOA reporter? I think his name was Harrigan? Who is going to Galveston to report?
I have no idea what DFW homeowners do...I would love to know.
I have no idea what DFW homeowners do...I would love to know.
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