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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
West side of NO
The farther east they go on I-40, the more Katrina evacuees they will meet.
That technology is so neat. I hope you get another message today from him.
Mike won't hesitate to shoot back...
Daybreak should start showing video and pix of devastation like southern LA/MS/AL had.
Rick Leventhall, FoxNews, said he is hearing reports of buildings with structural damage in the Lake Charles area.
NHC: Rita is now a Category 2.
He should be ok. The idiots are downtown, and the so is the flooding.
Lake P can't be up much, and the levees near him held before, they should hold now.
From that radar, it looks like the Sulphur/Lake Charles area is getting a break. Does anyone know what the sw part of this storm should bring to that area?
Please... no more.
But if any more do develop, I'll be the first to predict that Stan will be a wimp and do either a Nate or a Philippe... but Tammy will be a real beeeeeeeyotch.
I'm sending you two dozen apricot-colored roses and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Leni
Thanks for the updates.
Mike told me that some of his men were to be moved to Lake Charles today or tomorrow...and hat several Blackhawks from or home station here in Decatur Il have been ordered to report there..
I don't know if there's anything intact worth looting, after the pounding Lake Charles has taken.
Belle Chasse is south of Gretna in that part of NO where the Misissippi turns back to the southwest from the southeast. It is perhaps 5-10 miles from the Superdome. The base there is where a lot of the military have been staging from.
ailing STK orders, I was reading an article quoting some police resources that was pointing out that looting psychology is like rioting psychology in that most of them hope to get away with it by hiding in the crowd, so the key to stopping looting is zero tolerance right from the start. When it is allowed to escalate somebody is going to get hurt.
After a couple of days I resented them calling what was going on in NO "looting" because it was RIOT behavior by then, just like in L.A. 1992, shooting at anything remotely associated with whitey, and living lawlessly in the meantime.
The impression I am getting is that the damage from Rita is relatively minor to the damage that was forecast.
I hope Fox does not have it's cameras on the N.O. levees all of today, like they did yesterday.
Reports are for 10 to 20 inches.
That radar is missing a tile, the Lake Charles set is down.
Also you have to look at what's upstream for any of the coastal river areas.
Im just worried about wind damage and the building he's in...they covered all their supplies/equipment with tarps...I don't know about that though!
As Rite moves inland northward, she is hitting against a high pressure area.
There is a chance that that could either stall her, allowing her to drop many more inches of water, or, worst case, allow her to move southerly and gain strength.
TX/LA is not out of the woods by a long shot.
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