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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
Nite tcrlaf...sleep well.
Pray pray PRAY for our fellow Americans!
I saw this once in a movie (Vacation). I think you just wrap her up in a blanket and strap her down to the roof rack.
Yes...I have actually been there three times...and twice there was creek flooding! My buddy is hunkered down there...he owns a large apparel business and house there.
abigkahuna
Don't read too much into that perceived difference; it's actually the same position. The advisory just rounded less precisely than the Vortex. Down to hundredths of a degree, the Vortex translates to 26.38N 90.55W (rounded to tenths like the advisory, it's 26.4N 90.6W, which is the advisory).
That it for me, racktime.
(Note to nightshift: If I wake up tomorrow and find you've let that sucker slide back southwest, I'm siccing Dan Rather onya.)
also, there is road construction there....so there are only a couple lanes...that is why the traffic looks so bad.
Cool!
All those things were done. Gas arrived at stations throughout the day. Contraflow was done as soon as it was SAFE to do so. Maybe you should talk about something you know something about and leave the movement of 3+ million people to those who are doing it. 3 million people moved out (and will get out fine) with only reported death so far.
Try contacting the folks south of I-20 out towards Brownwood and San Angelo too. They may be able to help you. And (in spite of my joke) some of the roads up towards San Angelo from I-10 were good years ago when I traveled them.
LOL, You are correct, I was born in NY, Did not know Texians looked to government to save them, happy I learned in NY, to look after myself. Even after 30 years in Texas I still do that. Plus (surprise, surprise) I know a number of Texians that do that too.
Your welcome. For the mathematically inclined the conversion ratio is about 1.152, i. e., 1 knot = 1.152 miles per hour.
Good night Jeffers and tcrlaf. My brain's now total mush (I had to resort to a calculator to do a minutes to decimals of a degree conversion), so it's way past time I hit the switch. This thing ain't going southwest, not while it's in the Gulf.
Have him pull off and get some rest. Tankers are making the rounds and he'll get better mileage in about six hours when the jams clear completely and the gas stations are reloaded.
ExxonMobil is sending a convoy with a quarter million gallons from Dallas to reload gas stations along the route.
I watched the satellite loop on NOAA just now. To say the least, it was bemusing. I'm not sure if they have the feed messed up or what. It looked like she jogged west, southeast, and then north quite a ways.
I know...the rounding errors did have the advisory plots NE of the Vortex plots for the last few iterations though...was hoping for even more of a rightward.....hook.
;-)
Have a good one. Seeya tomorrow.
and the next day and...
I saw on TWT an interview of a grandaughter and her grandmother she removed from a nursing home sitting on I-45. The grandmother said she feels that she is going to die. Surely this isn't the same person. :/ Odds are doubtful, but I keep wondering since I heard that report.
See post 1460.
Zentner's is on Sherwood Way, Zentner's Daughter is on Knickerbocker.
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