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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
well, let's pray real hard. I saw in the news at wwl.com (?) i think that was the site....mary landrieu is asking for 250 BILLION for Louisiana alone. I sure hope someone responsible and honest monitors all of that money.
I dig those regionalisms.
Except for Mexifornia. Don't like that one much. ;)
I read somebody's journal from Katrina -- he said that was Blanco's pre-storm advice "Let's pray this thing down to a two."
'Tis ironic that there is even an stranded school bus.
Even better that it's a "short bus" (slam at the govt. officials, folks, calm down).
Cheers!
Thanks for your help. I can't reach her right now, but I will try mapquest after I talk to her again.
If not, I'll take one of those Anheuser Busch debit cards and call it good!
Apprently for the TxDOT evacuation planning meetings...
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT17/refresh/AL1705W5+gif/144629W_sm.gif
The picture of the water flowing over the levee in New Orleans are a sad thing to see. Should just bulldoze the 9th ward and make that area a flood zone. Otherwise this will happen again. I read parts of that area are like 15 feet below sea level. Building that low is just plain insanity.
What an ordeal! If people in the north and areas not prone to flooding wouldn't have added to the traffic, you wouldn't have had such a horrible travail. :/
Good luck and God bless you!
Hey Dog Gone, did you evacuate?
Rita will probably have a similar coastal impact as Ivan. Destructive but not nearly as catastrophic as Katrina.
But the real havoc would happen if it stalls over NE Texas for three days as models project...
I will. But their teminology is not the same as engineering terminology. I think in their minds, "breach" is defined as "water running over the top." Not that I think the initial assessments are likely to be accurate in any event, but the sloppy use of language by reporters makes getting accurate assessment that much harder.
It ought to be.
Most likely Nagin and Blanco's get away bus....
The short bus.
LOL... Good morning, I fell asleep on ya'll last night.
Not much traffic through my area like there was yesterday ~shrug~ Guess everybody that was going to evacuate through this area came through yesterday. Kinda slow day now.
Maybe Budweiser will take care of it. Instead of shipping little cans of water, they can save the trouble of retooling and just send the beer.
What she is NOT SAYING is that the CORRUPTION there is so intense that money allocated from OUR TAX DOLLARS thru the years, millions upon millions, has NOT been used as designated for levee work but has somehow gotten diverted into WHO KNOWS WHOSE POCKETS.
She is one bad apple....with dreams of control of billions....a DNC boost and a windfall for LA corruption czars.
I want MY TAX DOLLARS to be monitored in LA by a group assigned by our President..........I HAVE NO REASON TO TRUST MARY THE GRUBBER who did NOT HELP her people prior to Katrina and her cabal of corrupt dems control the money any longer.
They have PROVEN themselves not TRUSTWORTHY. Period.
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