Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part V

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

SG, we are still here. All of the men are finishing up the final preparations. It's hard to resist the temptaion to get the heck out of Dodge, but we are hunkering down here.

2,301 posted on 09/23/2005 7:48:58 AM PDT by Aggie Mama (Cypress, in NW Houston)

Hi, Dixie.....how are y'all?

(.... a little southren lingo there).

Leni

2,302 posted on 09/23/2005 7:50:04 AM PDT by MinuteGal

Sorry if this is a little off-topic, but last night on CNN (can't stand Fox after Special Report) they had a report about NOPD officers who were looting after Katrina. A hotel owner was interviewed, along with several residents, all of whom stated with total certainty that they had witnessed cops looting. The hotel owner said the cops he saw stayed in his hotel, threatened guests, and made off with a BUSload full of loot. Another group of people, all Black, were residents of an area of homes not flooded, and they ALL said they saw cops breaking down doors and carting stuff out.

The reporter asked the Chief of Police and one of his sub-ordinates about these "allegations"--and their responses were PATHETIC! "People see things and they misunderstand what they see".

Made me SO angry. Aaron Brown made some lame comment after the story--it obviously made him uncomfortable to have to air a story that showed how corrupt the "leadership" of NO is!

2,303 posted on 09/23/2005 7:50:45 AM PDT by milagro

Travis, as in "You talkin' to me? "
;)

2,304 posted on 09/23/2005 7:51:02 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)

"Thanks for replying. I'm riding it out in the area of 290 and Barker Cypress and it made me a bit nervous that his entire neighborhood had evacuated. (Mine hasn't) "

You'll be okay too with a Beaumont landfall...you should expect, pounding wind and flying things from the north.

2,305 posted on 09/23/2005 7:51:09 AM PDT by blam

To: steveegg; jeffers; NautiNurse

Make that flight-level wind down to 123 knots (I need my morning Dew :-)

2,306 posted on 09/23/2005 7:51:17 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)

Again our local stations didn't even have the news about NO and the 30 foot "leak" in one of the levees.

Dummies!!!!

2,307 posted on 09/23/2005 7:51:34 AM PDT by dixie sass

Jeez---how many posts before you start a new thread??

2,308 posted on 09/23/2005 7:51:48 AM PDT by Fawn

As in, "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."

2,309 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:02 AM PDT by dfwgator (Flower Mound, TX)

Thanks for the laugh!!!

2,310 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:06 AM PDT by milagro

One of these days, a real rain is gonna come and wash away all the scum, the filth . . .

2,311 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:16 AM PDT by TravisBickle

I'm riding it out in the area of 290 and Barker Cypress and it made me a bit nervous that his entire neighborhood had evacuated. (Mine hasn't)

I'm in Sugar Land, and my neighborhood hasn't evacuated, either. There aren't too many people out and about, however. Just saw on TV that, if the current forecast holds, we should expect winds of 60 - 70 mph.

2,312 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:38 AM PDT by RedWhiteBlue

Okay; who wants to start a Stephanie Abrams fan club? ;-)

Where do I sign up. I find it hard to listen to her sometimes because I am staring at her and thinking what some might call bad thoughts. I call them healthy since I am not married.

2,313 posted on 09/23/2005 7:53:58 AM PDT by fishntex (Something is actually happening Reg)

Lol. Hey Leni. How are y'all doing, girl? For a Floridian you do pretty good on that "southern speak".

2,314 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:09 AM PDT by dixie sass

2,315 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:14 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)

Hurricane Rita Advisory Number 24
Statement as of 10:00 am CDT on September 23, 2005


...Rita a little weaker...still a very dangerous hurricane...

 
a Hurricane Warning is in effect from Port O'Connor Texas to Morgan
City Louisiana. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions
are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours.
Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to
completion.

 
At 10 am CDT...1500z...the Tropical Storm Warning south of Port
Aransas has been discontinued.

 
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for the southeastern
coast of Louisiana east of Morgan City to the mouth of the Pearl
River including metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain
...And from south of Port O'Connor to Port Aransas. A Tropical
Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours.

  
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

 
At 10 am CDT...1500z...the center of Hurricane Rita was located near
latitude 27.4 north...longitude 91.9 west or about 220 miles
southeast of Galveston Texas and about 210 miles southeast of
Port Arthur Texas.

 
Rita is moving toward the northwest near 10 mph and this motion is
expected to continue during the next 24 hours. On this track...the
core of Rita will make landfall near the southwest Louisiana and
Upper Texas coasts early Saturday.

 
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 135 mph with higher
gusts. Rita is at the border of category four and three hurricane
on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Slight weakening is possible before
landfall...but Rita is expected to come ashore as a major
hurricane.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 85 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 205 miles.

 
Latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force
reconnaissance plane was 929 mb...27.43 inches.

Coastal storm surge flooding of 15 feet above normal tide levels...
locally up to 20 feet at head of bays and nearby rivers...with
large and dangerous battering waves...can be expected near and to
the east of where the center makes landfall. Tides are currently
running about 2 feet above normal along the Louisiana...Mississippi
and Alabama coasts in the areas affected by Katrina. Tides in those
areas will increase to 3 to 5 feet and be accompanied by large
waves...and residents there could experience coastal flooding. 
Large swells generated by Rita will likely affect most portions of
the Gulf Coast.

 
Rita is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 8 to 12
inches...with isolated maximum amounts of 20 inches over
southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana as it moves inland.
Rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches are possible over southeastern
Louisiana including metropolitan New Orleans with isolated heavier
amounts possible. Since Rita is forecast to slow down significantly
after making landfall...total accumulations in excess of 25 inches
are possible over the next several days across eastern Texas into
western Louisiana.

 
Isolated tornadoes are possible today over portions of southeastern
Texas...southern Louisiana including southern Mississippi and
Alabama

 
repeating the 10 am CDT position...27.4 N... 91.9 W.  Movement
toward...northwest near 10 mph.  Maximum sustained winds...135 mph. 
Minimum central pressure... 929 mb.

 
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane
Center at 1 PM CDT followed by the next complete advisory at 4 PM
CDT.

 
Forecaster Avila

$$

2,316 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:32 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)

Today another NO cop was trying to explain how the cops wound up with 98 new cadilacs. It seems they found they time to "move and secure" them because a ex employee was giving away the keys.

2,317 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:33 AM PDT by winodog (We need to pull the fedgov.con's feeding tube)

Didn't an oxygen tank explosion cause a ValueJet plane crash in Florida a few years back?

2,318 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:45 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT

2,319 posted on 09/23/2005 7:54:50 AM PDT by GummyIII (If you have the ability, it's your responsibility." Marine Sgt. John Place, Silver Star recipient)

To: TravisBickle

2,320 posted on 09/23/2005 7:55:00 AM PDT by bwteim (Begin With The End In Mind)

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