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

[AliVeritas]

Guess what, it was Bastardi... I think he's lurking.

[COEXERJ145]

You can have Stephanie Abrams. I'll take Nicole Mitchell any day.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Odd even plates?"

Plates might be a good basis for an evacuation; something the authorities can see to enforce compliance.

[BurbankKarl]

that is heavy rain.....red is tornadic winds etc...

the winds will pick up this afternoon and night....I thought they said 9pm local last night...might be different now.

[cake_crumb]

"Perhaps one thing they could do in future evacuations is divide up the evacuation into smaller segments based on locale (neighborhood), first letter of last name, date of birth, or some such thing. "

Finally got on FR late...but glad to hear Rita has been downgraded to a category3.

Democrats with last names toward the end of the alphabet would probably scream "discrimination" at your idea...though they'd be the first ones to evacuate.

[The Grim Freeper]

I wasn't sure if anyone had seen/posted this news clip from KPIX San Francisco, about some of the soldier's supernatural experiences in the aftermath of Katrina.

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com

[Tennessee_Bob]

They eye looks full of clouds

Better that than full of stars.

Ok - obscure 2001/2010 reference.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Your's is open?"

Skeleton crew.

[Eaker]

They have a mind of their own!!

[nhoward14]

Ready or not... here she comes.

[glock rocks]

1:03 P.M. - The NRA says that the United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. "This is a significant victory for freedom and for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The court's ruling is instant relief for the victims who now have an effective means of defending themselves from the robbers and rapists that seek to further exploit the remnants of their shattered lives," said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.

[Lemondropkid31]

Ok, so the half of conroe that is not in the yellow is still going to get a lot rain and wind?

[dirtboy]

I've felt all along, since the storm went to Cat 5, that landfall was going to be a crapshoot as to where it was in cyclical changes. If it starts intensifying now, that is very bad, as it will make landfall on the upswing and carry stronger winds further inland.

[Lemondropkid31]

Hahaha LOLOL

[Knitting A Conundrum]

A really great IR loop...shows the re-intensifying going on right now, and enough images to show the direction:

Here

[Wneighbor]

I love it!!!!

My kids are both grown and gone now. I miss that kind of fun!

[Spktyr]

Nobody has to worry about anyone confiscating guns in TX after this passes. We have more guns than the cops, and the cops recognize the armed citizenry en masse as the militia and their backup.

[Chaguito]

I guess I'm just too simplistic, but it seems to me that NO proves that corruption kills people. It's not just a benign thing that politicians are corrupt.

[Steve_Seattle]

"3 evacuation zones"

That's still pretty large groups of people. I'm just suggesting ways it could be fine-tuned to reduce the huge backups. I'm not a nitpicker who thinks evacuating 1 - 4 million people is easy or can be done without traffic jams. There's sanctimonious nitpicking and there's constructive "criticism"; I'm trying to do the latter, not the former.

[tray-sea]

www.spf5000.com
For a little smart ass humor!
Stay safe and praying Houston doesn't take a direct hit!!!