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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
However you measure the distance, Houston is no further north from Galveston than Hattiesburg, MS is from Gulfport.
Hattiesburg got hammered. There is more to get hammered in Houston.
oops!! Thanks for the correction:)
Doesn't get much worst then that.
'67 here - Houston Lee, that is. (Not Baytown or Midland.) They're not allowed to talk about the General anymore, dontcha know? Saber-rattler that he was!
I've always been amused by the difference between the John Wayne movie of the Alamo, which shows the Alamo on a dusty barren plain, and the reality, which is that the Alamo (besides being in DOWNTOWN San Antonio -- the city grew up around it) is surrounded by dense green forests for countless miles in every direction, except for the parts that have been cut down for development or crops.
Lemondropkid31,I have cricket's in the garage.Turn on the light-they love me-turn off the light-they fall asleep.You alone there(((Hugs)))
Let's have this conversation later or on another thread. Let's just say that I don't disagree with you overall, but I think the specifics are a little different.
Nice work. On a straight line, the eye looks to cross Angleton.
Alan, what is the latest?
You know, years ago, when I was in the 9th grade, our english teacher brought in a poet to lecture. The only thing I remember after all these years are these words of his:"Broke is temporary, poor is a state of mind." Now I along with many othr folks will be broke our entire lives, but never be poor. In NO, there was a large segment of poor. In the story about the woamn sitting with her daughter, with all her possesions waiting to be picked up, sounds like she is broke...She will be a survivor, but just needs a ride....I hope someone in the community, or at least the reporter relating the story gave her a ride somewhere...
And thats what gets me about some of these reporters---they are they to lead it if if bleeds, but do they lift a finger to help someone who actually needs it, or does that interfere with their "objectivity" of not becoming part of the story?
I just hope this woman tonight has been directed to a safe haven.
rant off
"...'at's right, I'm 307-22-3013 and I wants to bote..."
Obviously you have not been listening to the news. The Governor has fuel trucks going all over the highways providing people that ran out of fuel with fuel. The traffic jams are getting less as the evening has gone on and will continue to diminish throughout the night since they opened the interstates to outflowing traffic only.
In Texas, can't y'all do that about any time anyway?
Everybody better get set, the first feeder bands are heading into New Orleans according to intellicast .
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?seg=LocalWeather&loc=kmsy&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=RadarLoop&prodnav=none&pid=none
It is showtime!
BTTT
Oh, that was one of the MSM comments today--"some of these people have three cars on the road--look at that, just one or two people per car!"
And it wasn't someone from Mexico reporting that.
Yall know where El Campo is? My DIL left about 10 (he thinks) for Austin. My son keeps calling me from Japan asking if I have heard from her yet. I told him traffic crawling and phones down but he worries. How long should it take?
I'm watching local coverage *and* talking to someone in that mess, and she's saying that they're taking care of them between the government trucks and individuals helping out.
It will happen, and we still have a good 28+ hours till severe effects arrive. I think we're going to pull off the "impossible," I really do.
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