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Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Dangerous Hurricane Rita is expected to make landfall in the northeast Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Tornados have spawned in Louisiana. Water is filling the Ninth Ward of New Orleans again. A bus carrying elderly evacuees was gutted by fire this morning outside Dallas, with multiple fatalities. Television crews have positioned their hurricane reporters throughout the region to attain maximum drama effects. Whoooooa.
The following links are self-updating:
Public Advisory Currently published every 3 hours 5A, 8A, 11A, 2P, etc. ET
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Three Day Forecast Track
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Forecast Models
Buoy Data Western Gulf of Mexico
Houston/Galveston/Beaumont/Lake Charles Wx Watches/Warnings
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Streaming Video: (coverage may be intermittent)
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KTRK-TV/DT Houston
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KSLA-TV/DT Shreveport
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| 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 V
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
so am I. but I think the dye is cast politically on this. Bush should never have "taken the blame" - because now the level of compassion is measured by the size of the check. these two LA cretins request 250 billion, even though they have no idea what to spend it on - so anyone who proposes less is deemed "uncaring" and "miserly". we should have been fighting back against Blanco from the first day.
No, they have determined the western wall wont extend that far west...the Astrodome is full of Houston PD and Fire vehicles.....
Los Angeles Fire, Los Angeles County Fire, Riverside County Fire, Sacramento County Fire were all staged in Dallas....
p.s - the 'ah no' might have looked snippy - I meant to say ahhhhhh, no, :-)
A stalled or slow storm is not a good thing. That's when they gain strength - at least that's what I've heard.
Geraldo trying to pull a Harrigan.
Oddly enough...neither has Carter;)
Please guys - no flame suit on.
Ya think? I just wonder if it's not media/left pressure. People aren't going to go hungry over night. The astrodome empty. right?
I think it was in Beaumont they said they had moved all their prisoners out before the storm so they had 450 beds or something all ready for anybody that wanted to get in trouble.
Maybe so - I just remember that the big issue was they had no supplies for the ones there.
I agree with you. Bush should not have taken the blame on Katrina. He is too passive. I'd like to see him start fighting back. In fact, I wish he had poked that obnoxious David Gregory in the nose.
Do you have to place a Lone Star Beer in their hand??
If you leave them on their back, beside the road, it is a requirement.
See? Proof that I grew up in Texas.... I knew the answer! : )
"decreases below 60m"
should actually intimate: water depth less than 60m. What I mean by this, the storm should maintain intensity at FL and increase its surface/FL ratio (e.g. from my advocated 0.73, progressively and incremently with respect to time, to the NHC's 0.91 limit - according to the definition of limit understood by those having comprehension of calculus), until the water depth becomes less than 60m.
Looking for working links to the following for the next "phase" of this:
Please post here and they will get put in the update.
F. 151 DEG 121 KT
Do you recall what the last readings were? I remember winds less than 121K . . . I think.
Shep thinks Port Arthur won't flood according to Geraldo. WTF? I thought they were going to bear a major brunt of the storm.
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