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Posted on 09/22/2005 3:25:57 AM PDT by NautiNurse
new models just in are now tighty clusted about 30 miles NE of houston bay....
another super cool loop-
http://orca.rsmas.miami.edu/wximages/jet/1_05/anis.html
Hey, I thought you invited me to your place if things get bad. They're gonna get bad.
I expressed the same sentiment last night, and was told to look out for incoming fire.
NO is already in need of rebuilding, is evacuated, and has much of its infrastructure in need of major repair (bridges, etc.)
A storm hit in NO seems like it would be more pragmatic than a storm hit in Houston/Galveston which at the time has no damage.
Add to that the fact that many of the evacuees from NO are in Texas trying to start their lives over and will find it even harder if a second storm hits Houston (btw, anybody know what happened with the cruise ships that were anchored in Houston for the hurricane victims.)
Not wishing bad on anybody, just being practical. Of course, where the storm hits is not up to a person anyway.
I have friends in Spring (about 40 min. from downtown Houston). Not that close to the coast. Do you happen to know if Spring is part of the evacuation area?
I hear you, and the majority of Louisiana is looking at the dirty side of the storm this time.
Not to mention a lot of cars with auto trannies won't even start without being in "Park".
Bad setting to move your gear selector to in a moving vehicle with an automatic transmission.
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"Definitely be careful not to lock your steering.
But at 4 miles per hour, on a straight highway, the power steering isn't a problem. If you don't have the strength to put the brakes on without power, definitely don't do this. It isn't easy -- I should have said that.
If your emergency brake works, it is another way to control your speed without engine power. But I would only mess with this if I had another 50 miles to go and was down to my last gallon of gas.
I don't think you should have to do this, the roads should clear up.
I'll admit that I wouldn't do this myself, but I wouldn't have to, because both my cars are Priuses, and they shut down their engines when stopped -- another advantage of hybrids, which will get you 30 mpg in stop-and-go traffic, (so long as you don't run the AC full blast).
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I doubt anyone on the road is reading this thread...heh
That's one of my favorite links. I always say it really puts the storm in perspective.
Are you staying at home kassie to ride it out?
Keep a segment of polyethylene tubing with a teflon check valve ( the former available at Home Depot et. al. and the latter available at many environmental service supply stores). With the check valve in the end (it should screw in tightly), you can pump any liquid with an up and down motion. With gasoline, once it's started, if you keep the can lower than the tank it will just gravity feed (raise it above the level of the tank to stop it).
If we could just get it another 15 miles further up the coast, it would be very bad but not an absolute catastrophe.
Amazing and thanks!
I have family in Houston, not too far from Tomball, ...I hope my niece has been as smart as your niece!
I have family in Spring. They are telling them to leave. They have so many trees in that area that I think that would be the biggest problem with blown down trees. They said they went through Allison and their house was flooded, so they did not want to take chances on this one...... Roads will be getting better, the problem is, 45 to Dallas is always busy....then you hit Dallas traffic and that is a nightmare on a good day.
I was just checking that one.
Did you click on the wave height history?
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/show_plot.php?station=42001&meas=wvht&uom=E
Spring is not a part of the evacuation area and should be okay. If Rita stays the course, she will have to worry about 70+ mph winds, tornadoes, lots of rain and not having power for 3-7 days.
So get OFF the highways... Last night I found that the gas stations on the highways had long lines and/or had run out of gas already, but the gas stations just a block or two from the freeway on the surface streets were doing just fine, had gas, and not even any lines.
Would not be surprised if it weakens to a 3 and makes landfall to the west of Lake Charles, LA. Just a guess...
If so, they won't move the track at 11 as people are saying, because that's already where it's at.
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