Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VII

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

To: glock rocks; Eaker

1,601 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:09 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Lord, we need a Logan miracle for Simcha7 and Cowboy. Please.)

To: Brad's Gramma

Winds are picking up in Lake Charles, La. for Leventhal now.

1,602 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:36 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (If you still vote Democrat, you're still stuck on stupid!)

I felt guilty abut posting that; I think they (the Lake Charles TV people) are doing great for what they have. I hope win an Emmy Award.

1,603 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:50 PM PDT by Heatseeker ("I sort of like liberals now. They’re kind of cute when they’re shivering and afraid." - Ann Coulter)

To: Brad's Gramma

NWS Lake Charles Office Landfall Call PREMATURE:

1:35 AM - Okay, it looks like my landfall projection was slightly premature, as convection ahead of the eyewall pushed out slightly ahead of the actual center, which now looks to still be 10 or so miles offshore. Also, the strongest convection to affect the office is ongoing at this time. Cars in the parking lot are rocking and rolling!

1,604 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:50 PM PDT by conservative in nyc

To: Republic of Texas

No license needed for looter. No minimum looter size, either.

Get started early - the looter population is easily spooked and they disappear after a few of them get killed. Sometimes they don't even show up for looter season.

1,605 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:55 PM PDT by Spktyr (Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))

To: conservative in nyc

The official landfall is where the center of circulation ends up crossing the coast, and this eye is still quite big.

1,606 posted on 09/23/2005 11:40:58 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)

To: Republic of Texas

No license required, no bag limit. The emergency order is in effect once the cane has hit land.

1,607 posted on 09/23/2005 11:41:09 PM PDT by glock rocks (Bring back dirndl !!!)

To: conservative in nyc

The miracles of modern chemistry...

I'm thinking Valium.

1,608 posted on 09/23/2005 11:41:48 PM PDT by Spktyr (Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))

To: Brad's Gramma; BurbankKarl

Turn on Nightline. They are showing the latest - it looks like it's live. I'm without cable and am grateful for BurbankKarl's link:

http://www.weatherserver.net/ritavideoLouisiana2.htm

1,609 posted on 09/23/2005 11:41:56 PM PDT by bd476

Other people leaving earlier clears the road for later people. If everyone leaves at the same time then traffic will be much worse. Please tell the mayor I'll be glad to explain it to him anytime.

1,610 posted on 09/23/2005 11:42:00 PM PDT by John Jamieson (Hybrids are a highway around CAFE, that's all they're good for.)

To: conservative in nyc

Especially with the dumb blonde asking him what he expects the conditions will be like tonight.
"Rick: Gee Bimbo, I'm hoping it will calm down so I can get some fishing in."

1,611 posted on 09/23/2005 11:42:01 PM PDT by Republic of Texas

Rick Reichmuth said this eyewall is about 35 miles wide.

1,612 posted on 09/23/2005 11:42:18 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Don't Get Stuck On Stupid!" - Lieutenant General Russell "Ragin' Cajun" Honore)

To: sheikdetailfeather

When he was talking to those two guys they could barely stand and the camera was bobbing and weaving, too.

1,613 posted on 09/23/2005 11:42:24 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn

To: A Citizen Reporter; Arizona Carolyn

Dude, what is wrong with you tonight? I've gone over all of her posts and I can't find anything wrong with them... but I can find plenty wrong with yours. I'm trying to keep track of this freekin' hurricane, can you PLEASE back off the attacks?

You're not usually like this - what's wrong??

1,614 posted on 09/23/2005 11:43:00 PM PDT by dandelion (Location: A Stone's Throw Due East of Waco, (Deliberately Vague Because My Husband Is Paranoid))

To: Armedanddangerous; Arizona Carolyn; Torie

Thanks! I was just curious to know what it was that changed your view. I read the comment about your grandfather, but it wasn't clear whether your view changed prior to that or afterward.

As for me, I am probably what might be termed a "super skeptic".. ;^) I have had at least four memorable events that others would've interpreted as 'ghosts' - one of which I seriously thought might be a ghost - but none of them persuaded me ultimately.

1) I had come home from work one day when I was in my early 20s, and fallen asleep on the couch. I'd just completed a 16+ hour shift. Anyhow, I was awakened by loud, extended banging at the door (it was roughly around one in the very bright, sunny afternoon). The way the house was built, you could see through a bay window if someone was standing at the door as you were walking from the couch to the door. It looked as if there were a silhouette at the door (beyond the drawn curtains). I looked through the peephole as I always did, and clear as day there was a man in some kind of uniform standing at the door. When I opened the door, there was nothing there. I get chills just remembering it. It's seared .. seared .. into my memory.

2) A couple months afterward, I was sleeping on the bed after another 16+ hour shift. It was around noon. I was right on the side of the bed, facing the direction of the bedroom door. I was half-awakened by the sound of the front door opening but was so dead tired that I couldn't move or open my eyes quite all the way. I saw rather clearly though someone walk through the door and stand at the side of the bed - right in front of me. I was trying to force my eyes all the way open, but I couldn't for what felt like the longest time. Finally, I came fully awake and my eyes opened completely and *flash* there was no one there..

3) Many years afterward, I was visiting the house where my grandfather died. I stayed there for about three months. I was doing renovations to parts of the house. Anyhow, one night I was looking over this one room, which was supposed to be a bedroom but which I wanted to convert into a TV room. The house was generally pretty spartan: no one had lived there for years, although much of the furniture was still there, and it had been kept neat by my grandmother, who dusted, etc. on a regular basis. In any case, I noticed that there was a photo on the wall, which hadn't drawn my attention since I'd been there, because I hardly ever went into that room (I stayed in another bedroom). The room was half-dark, because there was no lamp in there and no light fixture above. I was using the light in the hall to see by. So, I went to look at the photo, and it was my grandparents with me & my sister. Anyhow, as I was looking in this photo the glass front was reflecting me & and the room. All of a sudden, someone stepped into view and was standing right over my shoulder. I turned around and about had a heart attack when no one was there..

I attribute that one to all the hash that my uncle who was also there at the time would smoke, because although I never smoke it I'm very hyper-susceptible to pot and can't be around it in just about any way, shape, or form without it giving me a buzz (i.e., 'contact high').

4) Finally, in one of the houses I grew up in, I would frequently hear the sound of someone running up and down the stairs. Sometimes when I was walking by those stairs it would feel as if someone brushed by me from behind. There was never anyone there at the time. I would also on occasion think I heard my first name as if someone said it from behind right into my ear in a forceful whisper. That all went away when there were major renovations done to the house.

So, anyways, I'm not sure why I told these stories except that I'm bored. I guess that I am a 'hopeless' skeptic. Maybe if I opened the door and the ghost stuck around long enough to hold a conversation, I would believe. =) Perhaps I am beyond redemption..

Incidentally, there's a very intriguing book y'all might want to track down. The Power of Place. It's got a couple chapters dealing with how events that we perceive as paranormal might be attributable to the electromagnetic features of a given place. The entire book is a very interesting read.

I'm pinging Torie so he can remind me what a nutjob I am.

1,615 posted on 09/23/2005 11:43:08 PM PDT by AntiGuv (™)

To: conservative in nyc

It's your scoop here. ;o)

1,616 posted on 09/23/2005 11:43:12 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 ("Virtute et armis" - By valor and arms)

To: John Jamieson

DUH!!!! That's what I said.

1,617 posted on 09/23/2005 11:43:37 PM PDT by TheMom (My husband and children rock! I am like a rock . . . round and thick.)

So are they still thinking a right before-dawn landfall hit, as in the center of the eye hitting? I'm getting the impression from the news it's coming "any minute" so I'm a little lost. FNC also had a headline on-screen a hundred posts ago that said "150 mph winds." Gusts only?

1,618 posted on 09/23/2005 11:43:39 PM PDT by cgk (When the BIG ONE wipes out Hollywood can we call it Bush's Fault instead of the San Andreas Fault?)

Oh no worries about the humor, Heatseeker. They just said themselves that it's like doing a telethon (only worse), that humor is very important in the midst of this.

They probably will get some type of award for keeping on-air no matter what.

1,619 posted on 09/23/2005 11:44:02 PM PDT by bd476

Best to leave a "TV Lick" out to attract the little buggers.

1,620 posted on 09/23/2005 11:44:03 PM PDT by Republic of Texas

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