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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Extremely dangerous Category Four Hurricane Rita continues to move toward landfall along the northwest Gulf of Mexico shoreline. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations continue across Texas and Louisiana coastal areas. Lake Charles LA is providing evacuations by bus for residents who have no transportation.
Traffic gridlock in the greater Houston area was compounded by gasoline stations without fuel, long lines at those stations still carrying fuel, and record breaking temperatures on the first day of autumn.
Offshore drilling platforms and rigs, as well as oil refineries, petrochemical and natural gas plants are in the path of the storm. Wave heights recorded by buoy have exceeded 38 feet. The refineries threatened by Hurricane Rita are on higher ground than those affected by flooding from Katrina. As a result, speculation abounds regarding future prices for winter heating fuel and gasoline.
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 Western Gulf of Mexico
Houston/Galveston/Beaumont/Lake Charles Wx Watches/Warnings
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana
Hi Res Houston Flood Zone Map Slow load, great detail
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
Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)
KPRC-TV/DT Houston - KPRC-TV/DT Houston - http://mfile.akamai.com/12944/live/reflector:38616.asx
KPLC-TV Lake Charles KPLC Streaming
KHOU-TV/DT Houston: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA
Additional Resources:
FReeper Sign In Thread Check in to let us know whether you are staying, going, and when you get there
FReepers Offering Lodging To Rita Evacuees People and/or Pet Friendly FReepers Offering Shelter
Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
Beaumont TX evac Routes
Lake Charles/Southwest LA Evacuation Map
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
KPLC Lake Charles Evac Routes, news
KFDM Beaumont/Port Arthur News, evac info
Hurricane City
Wxnation Houston
Galveston Webcams
Golden Triangle Weather Page Provides Galveston Weather, Warnings, Radar, etc.
| 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 IV
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18
We must endure them until the Kingdom comes to fruition. Then all the chaff will be burned.
Every time one of them opens its mouth, all I hear is the voice of the antichrist, ranting and raging and spewing lies in his all-consuming and implaccable hatred of Truth.
Haha LOLOL I am taking 105 into Montgomery and turning onto 1488 from there. Its supposed to run into the woodland and there is another road called Gosling that runs into Research Forest, which is where I have to be.
Take care and God Bless.
Gotta love the Farm-to-Market road system!!
Imagine trying to evacuate all of New York City and Manhattan, etc.
Never attribute to evil what can be attributed to human fear and stupidity.
How about Notrees?
You have reason to be concerned....some friends of ours who turned back to Houston arrived in their neighborhood to see thugs breaking into all their neighbor's boarded up houses....the looting has already started! Such a thin veneer over our "polite society"....already cracking. Too bad our National Guard is stretched too thin to be patrolling there and nail some of them...set an example!
Or SoCal....only one route is expected to survive the Big One...
Good night ST. I trust you have your FRFL picks set (they lock at 4 am).
Tell me about it. I drive a suburban and we went to see my son in Calif. It was like bullets going around me and the lanes were so narrow that the lines were almost touching each tire. Scary. How do they breath?
No real change from the 1700 track.
The vortex data runs about 3 miles SW of the Hurricane Center's plots, on every storm. Not a real problem, but I wish one or the other would define a standard and both would either use D.DD or DM.MM format.
Flipping back and forth either takes forever or else limits how many windows I can have open.
God, yes! There isn't an equal to it anywhere else that I'm aware of. And they're some of the best maintained roads in general.
Hold on to your pocketbooks, it's going to get ugly and the MSM will drive it. This thing should be wakeup call for all of us. The MSM is not our friend.
Acutally, they'll push for mega-fleets of buses, light rail and commuter rail before they push for more road spending (never mind that Nagin left all his buses flooded).
When I lived in Texas, I almost always took Texas secondary roads...more interesting, and nicer drives a lot of the time than the interstates....
Being in a strong hurricane is a bizarre experience. It's not easily forgotten.
Could that be because, unlike Texas, other states have things like grass, water and hills. The last time I was west of San Antonio and north of I-10 I saw more rattlesnakes than trees.
JUST KIDDING
They're out to get you by not standardizing the long/lats :-)
Wgat are the rules of engagement for looters in Texas?
;-)
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