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Posted on 09/23/2005 8:01:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hurricane Rita landfall is anticipated within the next few hours. Strong winds and heavy rains are battering southern Louisiana and southeastern Texas.
MSM news crews are shouting over the howling winds as they foolishly describe blowing rain, swaying trees, and crashing waves through rain splattered camera lenses. It's a hurricane. We know these things already.
An 18 wheeler rig reportedly overturned on an I-10 bridge. The fate of the truck driver is unknown at this time. Reports of widespread power outages in Lake Charles. KPLC-TV Lake Charles local news has remarkably improvised their reporting from a remote location. They are taking calls from residents, NWS, and public utility representatives, and alerting residents to local conditions.
On the flip side, CNN announced to the world that law enforcement officers had evacuated from Port Arthur TX with the rest of the population. Engraved looter invitations would have been more elegant.
Godspeed to all those in the path of this storm.
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 VI
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
KPLC: These 4 anchors are the definition of people who are obviously very nervous trying to act calm . . . can hear "pounding" against wall . . .
Much to our benefit, and their detriment.
We haven't had a good looter season in quite a while.
Yep, and he'll get them, too. Next season will see them fight/flee from both the Colonials and the Cylons - you wait!
KPLC - "We just heard a large thump." Pretty amazing to hear this streaming audio under the circumstances. Sounds like they're facing some tougher winds shortly.
I heard he was going to Colorado tonight to the bunker. Wondered why, too. I hope it means absolutely nothing, but it is quite strange.
Since you are already doing it, Carolyn. I'll just bet you can't.
Part of the problem with the evacuation is folks that were not in emanate danger left the city at the same time as those that live in the actual coastal area.
A co-worker that lives in Tomball was determined to leave Wednesday evening, even though Rita was not predicted to be here until late Friday/early Saturday.
Had the selfish people like her waited, it would not have taken people (like my brother) 20 hours just to get to Tomball.
Kentucky schools already announed a four-day school week, Georgia closing schools two days next week. Personally, I recommend we go to five-days-a-week mail delivery... IMHO we'd save a lot of energy and money by cutting out Saturday delivery.
When you hear footsteps on the second floor of your home, know for certain there is no one up there and can't see anyone, you gotta wonder where the noises came from.
I know I didn't imagine them. Other folks heard the noises too.
And before you ask, they couldn't be from the house settling.
That's what I had heard as well - That Bush was heading to CO Springs to see first hand the response of our military.
There is inner eye, outer eye, I don't know what it means, but the second one is the one that is the carnivore, and the second one since the storm is still moving slightly west (maybe), will be father west than the outer wall. And then it moves north to northeast Texas, and stalls, and dumps two feet of rain over five days, trapped between two high pressure zones. Maybe that is hyperbole. More probably, nobody knows. This storm has been very confusing.
Cut junk mail too.
Would you folks refrain from the nasty comments about the Fox anchors? Trying to read a thread and get information, and every other post is some smart*** remark about Geraldo or Shep blowing out to sea. First 100 or so were humorous, after that it just looks tacky.
New Orleans is going to have longer term effects on the country. Houston's going to get messed up and Galveston is going to be beat pretty bad, but casualties will be extremely low and since everyone had plenty of time to get out, we're not going to have a new SuperFund site when the storm leaves.
The TN gas pipeline isn't likely to have problems anyway. That comes out of North Texas.
That is not a good omen. It is a great omen, if you have ice. And a little water back.
LOL I would love to see a visual (photoshop).
Sorry, Armsted, I do not have the same faith in the process that you have, but how I hope you are right, and I am totally out to lunch.
I see history as cyclical, alas. And, I am therefore depressed. Probably because I read "The Fourth Turning", and I think this is the trigger.
We are in for an interesting 20 year ride. Hang on folks, for it will be a real cliff-hanger.
let me know what you find.
It's in a really cool bottle with a little pewter statue of a jockey riding his racehorse adorning the cork... black wax seal... uh... I think it's just begging to be opened.
Wind gusts of over 130 from a boat "in the channel".
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