Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI

NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[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
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
Jefferson Co TX NWS Weather
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:

Lake Charles Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar Still image, with loop link
Lake Charles Experimental Radar Outages and Delays May Occur

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)

KHOU-TV/DT Houston
KPRC-TV/DT Houston
KTRK-TV/DT Houston
KTRH-AM Houston
KPLC-TV/DT Lake Charles/Lafayette
KSLA-TV/DT Shreveport

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
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 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

[raygun]

No, don't worry about that. I was told I was wrong. It won't hit until sometime tomorrow morning.

It looks like I am indeed wrong. There's only an hour to go, and it looks like my forecast will be a bust. Gee. Its too bad I'm only one of those book-learned jackasses. (/sef-deprecating off)

I can't believe how hot everybody is about their opionions about which 95% are uncertified. Wow. What a bunch of fragile ego's (perhaps jealous maybe).

[fishntex]

OMG. He really went nuts that night/day. I think that was when he was a the NO Convenetion center right?

[ARealMothersSonForever]

If I am not mistaken, Sender was attempting to add a little levity.
Your post was much appreciated.

[blam]

"HURRICANES can trigger swarms of weak earthquakes and even set the Earth vibrating, according to the first study of such effects....."

For years seismologists were puzzled by random 'squiggles' on their charts that didn't correlate to anything.

It's not been long since they discovered those 'squiggles' were caused by tornadoes touching down.

[kassie]

Did you read several posts ago about 100k being without power?

I was wondering if where that was.

[SouthTexas]

As for "stuck on stupid"....I'm using it at work and everywhere possible at every possible opportunity. I want a bumper sticker that says "Conservatives: NOT Stuck on Stupid". Or a T shirt with the flooded buses of NO on the front and the caption "Stuck on Stupid", and then the bus caravan going out of Houston and the legend "NOT stuck on stupid" on the back.

Someone really needs to pick up on this and get busy!

[johnb838]

Put a crown on it and somehow your Katrina Family Float pack reminds me of an evil Mardi Gras Float.

[freeperfromnj]

Pretty interesting.

[RummyChick]

I don't think we have seen Shep since Drama Queen #1 showed up. Wonder what he is up to. Hard to believe after his melt-down in NO that he would want to go through this again in Ground Zero.

[Exit148]

Nauti --
That was it! Whooooa, WHOOOOA! I can hear it now, as I picture the sorry scene in my mind. I like Steve Hannigan, but that whole performance was just tooooo much. Maybe he was taking a lead from Geraldo? Watching them takes away from what they are reporting.

Even if the hurricane lessens as it comes ashore, did I read ---- that since there is no other driving force, like weather fronts to push it, that it will sit and just drench the area? They are talking about 25 inches of rain? Not storm surge -- just rain?

[Spktyr]

Ask and you shall receive.

http://www.cafepress.com/demstuckstu/

Bumper sticker now, T-shirt in a few.

[RDTF]

BWAAAAAAAHHH!
That was so funny my tummy hurts.

I read somewhere that Greta lets her fellow Scientologist husband pick out her clothes and hence why she has no style.

[Nexus6]

This hurricane is the only one of its kind, it goes to category 6...

[newzjunkey]

I think we can safely say John Conyers had the impeachment papers ready to go.

[SE Mom]

Unbelievable.

[Txsleuth]

Have been away...but I changed channels and got two different times that the hurricane is supposed to hit..

One station said 1:00AM....and another said 6-7:00 AM...

Please can someone inform me of that...and whether Houston, Galveston are still predicted to be hit very hard???

[RummyChick]

I wish some producer would tell Geraldo that he keeps mispronouncing Sabine.

[SouthTexas]

It doesn't.

[blam]

"We are on the eastern side of Fort Bend County. Nothing happening here yet. A few sprinkles earlier but nothing lately."

Just spoke with my neice in Tomball, they're outside having a hurricane party. She said breezy and a few sprinkles every now and then.

[TheMom]

No power outages here. Must be in North Houston or maybe Galveston.

Of course, our neighborhood is safe as Reliant doesn't want to lose $$$ by having our power out.