Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part V

NHC - NOAA ^ | 22 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[jpsb]

"do you have a boat? "

yes a J-24, excellent boat, but rain is not a worry at my local, just drains into the bay, rain is no problem here.

[johnb838]

It's gonna come a frog strangler. (said with E. Texas accent.

Why Ah blieve it's gonna come a turd floater. (said with a Central Texas accent.)

[Prolifeconservative]

I know where that is........high on a mountain in Guntersville Lake. Been there!

[fishntex]

A bunch of friends hit the highways at 11 am, they have been driven for 12 hrs and have not yet made it out of Houston. I am more worried about them than I am worried about me

I have two friends that tried to get out but burned half a tank of gas and only went 15 miles and it took 12 hours. They went back home with half a tank of gas. Now they are afraid leave because they will not make it to more gas before they run out. Hopefully there is some gas tomorrow. I doubt it would make it to them unless they were on the road though.

[CedarDave]

She wouldn't STFU. After complaining about her daughter being stuck on the Katy, asks announcer for specifics about getting off the "contraband" at a certain exit once she gets on.

[montag813]

Rita will be a category 3 or weaker by 3pm Friday, according to my friend at NOAA. He also said it wont come close to Galveston, but hit almost directly on Port Arthur. Stocks should have a huge rally on Friday.

[RummyChick]

Dumb ass contractor in galveston is not leaving and he actually has a crew in NO and knows the damage very well.

What is wrong with these people. He claims he is staying because his parents won't go. I just can't understand staying in Galveston. I think one of the reporters said water was already on the road but not sure.

[BurbankKarl]

The media is saying the Nat Guard left Fort Hood with fuel....but it is unknown where they are.

[SouthTexas]

I have had the same feeling. Hope we are wrong!

[Zacs Mom]

I've not heard of any in Houston........I think there were some problems in Galveston but I didn't catch the whole report.

[Sender]

I reckon it's gonna come a gully washer (spoken with a North Georgia accent).

[Rte66]

That's the home she left--it's a premier museum of American decorative arts (antique home furnishings, mostly, from different periods). Very nice place. I just didn't know if all you knew of her was her *unique* name.

[montag813]

Dumb ass contractor in galveston is not leaving and he actually has a crew in NO and knows the damage very well.

Galveston will be just fine.

[AggieMom x 3]

I wonder if a lot of the gas lines aren't just folks coming up from Houston and filling up once they get here. Just a thought.

[steveegg]

Why Ah blieve it's gonna come a turd floater. (said with a Central Texas accent.)

In Milwaukee, 2 inches of rain is literally that (combined sewers that the city doesn't want to separate without being able to stick the burbs with the bill).

[RoseofTexas]

"Max saying the deep hot water may strengthen Rita tonight... Expect Cat 4 by landfall..."

My goodness, isn't there any good news from this BLASTED hurricane as far as it subsiding or hitting some damn cold water! ANYTHING? Damn that witch RITA!! GO away you rotten *itch!!

[squarebarb]

Yes. There is a town called Cut and Shoot.

Also near there is one called Dime Box.

[RoseyT]

"It's gonna come a frog strangler."

That anything like a toad soaker?

[johnb838]

If Pt. Arthur takes the hit, it's going to go completely underwater.

[AFPhys]

oops... I'll have to recheck this. on the earlier set of probabilities, the time for C was 1AM-1PM Sat... and col C for Galveston was still "1".

Last time I saw, the projected landfall was around 3AM, I believe, so the probability of it remaining within 65NM of Galveston must still be far greater than 1% in any event.