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

[carton253]

I try to avoid CNN at all cost...

[mystery-ak]

what does that mean?

[SouthTexas]

I send hostile letters to although they never seem to get anwered. Wonder why?LOL

[McLynnan]

Hi, lady! I am out of lurkdom for the night. Did you notice Shep was hanging onto a metal pole, rofl?

[mtbopfuyn]

LOL, during Katrina, the newsfolks out in the storm brought on visions of turkeys drowning in the rain.

[morans14]

He's creepy isn't he

[blam]

"We now have a strong breeze. Not a wind yet, but very, very breezy."

LOL. I'm in Mobile and it's been very breezy from the east for three days now. Something big is out there.

[Torie]

The storm seems to be slipping east, so Port Arthur and Beaumont might be a bit to the "calm" west side. There go the TV ratings. We MAYBE are getting really lucky with this storm. There are 21 oil refineries in Port Arthur, or so I read. Lake Charles might be the worst hit in damage. It has a lot of refineries too, apparently, but not like Port Arthur.

[Miss Marple]

I have heard two different predictions on Fox. 1 AM and 6 AM. I have no idea which is correct.

[Sender]

Just stupid silliness to take the edge off the storm watch. Sometimes humor is the best dramamine.

[eternity]

Shep must have figure skated in competition. He got up fast hopeing the judges didn't see.

[MplsSteve]

Greta's into Scientology?

Really? I didn't know that. Ewwwww.....

[spectre]

"This is better than JackAss on TV"

OMG...I can't stop laughing..LOL!!!!!

sw

[Jrabbit]

I swear....I'm laughing hysterically! More wine for me.

[Txsleuth]

You know what is funny, also....we laugh at Greta, Geraldo, and Shep...but dang...Fox gets the best ratings..

So either everyone else watches to laugh...or someone is buying there performances...

Oh, I forgot...the competition...never mind...NOW, I remember why Fox gets the good reason...I NEED a glass of wine...or better yet...one of sinkspur's margeritas!!!

[RDTF]

ok friends... start here:

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/prolinks/greta.html

[Deetes]

Shep just got blown down, he was busy trying to hold his second baseball hat on his head. Second hat gone . lol ;-)

I guess I'm a little late . That was funny though.

[steveegg]

Shoot the duck!

That's my line :-) (I was busy with listening to the KPLC feed)

[RobFromGa]

landfall about 1-3 am central it seems.

[txroadkill]

I grew up in Wolfforth. It ain't the wind that sucks, it the sand hitting you at 77mph that sucks.