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

[JohnD9207]

Don't-you-know-who-I-am Sheila Jackson-Lee is?

Perhaps at Nagin's new digs in Dallas????

[kassie]

We keep having brown outs. Handing the computer over to my son.

BBL.

Everyone stay safe!

[hispanarepublicana]

You made me cry.........and my sides hurt. You owe me a new laptop.

[kenth]

[publana]

I notice the guys all hate Shep. Every male in my family does. I think it's jealousy. ;)

[cake_crumb]

"I try most of the time to ignore them and let them keep believing they carry the country."

Me too, though some charges must be answered, sometimes with cold, hard facts and most of the time with laughter and sarcasm. I DID have a woman tell me about two weeks ago that George Bush only let all those people die in NO because he was gonna sell the oil to Big Oil. I laughed in her face and said I'd been joking for the past week that President Bush had used secret technology to engineer Katrina in order to destroy LA and steal their oil, bur NEVER expected someone to say it seriously. That didn't change her mind, but it DID fend off doubts from people who could overhear us. Oh yeah, she also recommended that I quit getting my news off the web and stick to CNN. Which I also laughed and at and informed her I listen to FOX while surfing the news.

[steveegg]

What is the landfall time prediction?

Lake Charles NWS via WPLC - 2 am in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

[RDTF]

Ewww

[RummyChick]

I laughed so hard at the antics of pretty boy that I got tears in my eyes. Just waiting for Geraldo to one-up him.

[hispanarepublicana]

keeps your teeth clean and you skin exfoliated

[Eaker]

Flyer:

So far so good. I'm all coffee'd up and ready to rock.

Cool, I am all liquored up and read to roll!

[freeperfromnj]

You're right. Greta just had a news alert with weather guy saying that exact same thing.

[mystery-ak]

I can't believe you caught that..he was up so fast..

[LikeLight]

Get on the KPLC live feed and you won't think "anticlimactic" - the reality and gravity (and humanity) of the situation is so much more accurately portrayed by the local broadcasters in these situations - the big national media sucks on these types of stories . . .

[topher]

Uhhhh... not really, landfall in about 6 hours.

From the satellite pic, it looks like it might be raining to the East of Oklahoma City. It might even be raining in Tulsa, but the satellite pic does not show enough of Oklahoma to know.

It looks like Dallas/Fort Worth and the Mid cities are getting rain... Apparently, this storm will be a rain maker...

[newzjunkey]

Greta is a Scientologist and her Dem sister is running for office.

[johnb838]

He says it's weakening.

[mtbopfuyn]

Nagin's digs in Dallas - good one!

[RoseofTexas]

Greta said in a few hours...that puts it 10 O'Clock MDT time!! SO which is it?? DANG IT!