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

[Alia]

It's WHAT the wind is blowin'.

OOOooh, yeah. What the wind is blowin'. I'm not watching Shep; but I hope he keeps his head.

[carton253]

It's true... Clnton/Gingrich in 2008...

[IM2MAD]

Karl, do you recall how costly the fires in California were last year, I believe? How much federal money did the state receive. Were lost homes replaced by the federal government? And did the evacuees receive all the goodies Blanco, Landrieu & Co. are begging for?

[mtbopfuyn]

Here in central Texas, schools cancelled football games because they didn't want to have the buses out with all the traffic. Some schools were closed (as far northwest as Austin) today. Austin schools were housing evacuees.

[Republic]

ROFLMAssO!

[spectre]

Joe Scarborough just reported that the Galveston Post Office is on Fire..he thinks.

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[TheMom]

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

humblegunner: I'm all hammered up and ready to hunt!

Flyer: I guess TheMom and I will be the ones on call in an hour or so.

Guess again. My idea of hurricane preparedness is to get drunk & sleep through the damn thing.

[RummyChick]

What's this about the 3 year shower. Does it have something to do with scientology?

[Mo1]

. Along comes a new storm and they were out of there as fast as the wind could blow them to the next location.

Those idiots have no clue of what it's really like to be in a storm this strong

I'm betting Shep is gonna be very sore from the beating he's getting from these winds

[Palladin]

>>>Is Greta a scientologist?<<<

Yes.

[MikefromOhio]

LOL


you get the line of the night though LOL

[SouthTexas]

The one you suggested:

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.

[ConservativeDude]

Are you in Houston? What part?

[Blogger]

Stay tuned for Shep's next report after this break.

[RDTF]

hahahahahahahahahahhaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[Howlin]

Thanks for reminding me.

Michelle Malkin

Ann Coulter

[AliVeritas]

My saddest moment: When Cooper almost got hit by that sheet metal and sign... they missed.

[McLynnan]

I'm in the Waco area. No action here, but I can feel the atmospheric changes. It's just too darned hot for almost 10:00 at night. Before sunset we had buttermilk clouds and a slight breeze. Now it's just eerily still out there -- the kind of still that gives us Texans the creeps.

[silentknight]

Fires reported in Galveston

[RobFromGa]

I can see this for Texas.