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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
Probably....that one is just Yahoo/GeoCities! I have another site I own with more bandwidth...any requests for <50K images???
Said they are staying put for now... getting ready to evacuate their part of the hospital.
Think I will head to bed too. Wanted to stay up long enough to find out right at the moment of landfall where it would make landfall. Guess I'll just leave the radio on and get news updates every 30 minutes.
Is that what that pulled post was? It is too bad that some people have nothing better to do then complain about things like that. Could you post a link.
We are, dandelion, trust me.
I dare someone to go up behind that lady and yell boo!
They are on edge...
GeoCities; that explains it. As for the other site, put them images out out judiciously.
My wife is from San Antonio, and I'll have to answer yer question, unequivocally, uh, no darlin.
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CALCASIEU PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
CAMERON PARISH IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HURRICANE EYEWALL MOVING OVER
THE WARNING AREA.
* DESTRUCTIVE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 100 TO 120 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS
CAMERON...CALCASIEU...JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISHES AND JEFFERSON...AND
ORANGE COUNTIES PRODUCING TORNADO-LIKE DAMAGE THROUGH 4AM
Roger that...
"I had just logged off KPLC, now can't get back on. They probably have bigger fish to fry right now."
Nope they are still on. And they are talking about how miraculous it is that they are still on the air. They Thought they would have been knocked out a couple of hours ago.
Further down the hall is a breach from the roof in a conference room - not sure if it's the roof peeling back or what. Gathering up people and are going to bring them down to a lower level of the building. They are saying they can't believe they are still on the air/internet now... Appears they are in a safe place for now - if they disappear it's cause they are moving to a safer place and they will try to set back up as soon as possible.
LARGE WINDOW and NOT the roof they are saying now.
KPLC - Breach at St. Patrick's Hospital was in large window of conference room, NOT roof.
did you listen to them explain how they are broadcasting? they have a yagi antenna pointing their signal relay tower at the studio...
they will go off soon.....something will fail
Try clicking on again, maybe the server is busy. They're going to stay on as long as they can.
General Manager just sat down and says that further down the hall there's a breach in the roof in a conference room. Bringing people down from upper floors.
They're in the yellow area of the storm, soon to be within the eye.
Hopefully by morning I'll hear from my relatives in Houston. I've got a cousin, his wife and their 4 month old daughter riding out the storm with a couple neighbors in Houston. They didn't dare leave town, after seeing the nightmare on TV, otherwise they would have been stuck on I-45 somewhere north of town.
Just said it was just a window that had blown out.
Why don't you FRmail Eaker and give him their location? He'll do his best to find out for ya.
All I have to worry about is a tornado,and it looks like we're out of the feeder band area now:)
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