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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
Drive a stake next to it so you can tie it off. This way you will puncture the water line, have to turn the water off, and you can safely cut off the offending pipe.
The shot of the street looked like a foot high.
TV just reported an elderly woman had slept in a sleeping bag last night in a car wash - due to traffic gridlock. She got up this morning, slipped and fell, hitting her head. She died from injuries.
She was there with her family. Prayers for all her loved ones.
Or you can just use my cousin's technique and ram into it with your riding mower.
Snakes and turtles knew to evacuate, but Blanco and Nagin didn't. Just damn.
One of the helicopter shots show cars driving through fields to get around the bus.
I like your idea of cutting it off. If it's PVC it will be a no brainer to reconnect.
I remember someone commenting that they couldn't sleep because it was too quite. Then they figured out they didn't hear any birds.
My pond only has about 6 inches of water in it, here in Indiana.
In springtime it sometimes runs over, about 9 feet deep.
When the bus doors opened and we looked in, all we [teachers from the school where they're staying] could see in their faces were our own parents and grandparents. None of them were ambulatory. They had to be hauled from their bus seats, helped/drug down the very steep bus steps into wheelchairs into a gymnasium full of cots. They were all wearing depends that were well beyond any possible absorbancy. Volunteer teachers, nurses, and med students had to clean them up with zero privacy. And there was nothing we could do but try to make privacy shields from sheets of pegboard.
Two links, one Google map of storm via flhurricane.com
http://flhurricane.com/googlemap.php?2005s18
and tides
http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/index.html
"Nice, but what does this have to do with rockets and space?"
It has to do with protecting rocket scientists that live in those areas, and making sure the Space Center is prepared.
Additionally, generating those types of simulations isn't that difficult. I believe the one you cited was originally created by the local emergency preparedness organization (not NASA), but was put on the JSC web site as part of their hurricane preparedness.
Sheila Nitwit-Lee is on KTRK talking to the reporter there...(click!)
Reread her post - she did not say "blessed to be . . .".
That would work too! LOL
Rep Sheila Jackson Lee getting camera time. Grrrreat.
Any news on the wind gusts in NO?
Enough of this junk. Knock it off.
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