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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
Someone needs to start a Ratherbiased.com website on all the things Joe Bastardi hypes and is wrong about. It's disturbing to see him plastered all over FNC.
Good advice. Thanks.
I just learned how to do some html here which is great. I jsut need to get image hosting so I can post images.
Scratching my head on that too.
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Nothing wrong with your math. The Mississippi is 14 ft above seas level. Lake P is 3 ft above seaslevel. Even if a levee on the Miss side goes, all it will do is send a cascade of water through NO down to the basin and the water will rise to Lake P levels.
For the water to rise to Mississippi levels would require Lake P and all the surrounding area to fill up with enough water to let that happen. And that would require the gulf level to rise accordingly also, as all the water would just run off into the gulf.
Last time I checked only one flood has measured up to thiose levels, and I believe the only person tosee it was named Noah.
Thanks,,vale, trail,,getting my great disasters mixed up.
a Diaspora might be a better word. I keep having trouble getting my mind around an entire area being uninhabitable.
Hi Flowergirl. Thanks. Stay safe !
I heard someone, I think on Fox say something about it going back into Gulf. I must have misunderstood reporter and do not know why he even said something to that affect. Weather channel doesn't indicate that. Rita is going Northeast.
The statistics of NO show that it is NOT a small amount of people in NO. High crime rate. High murder rate. High degree of corruption all the way up the line.
How can you possibly say that it is a small amount of people in NO? For pete's sake, the corruption is WELL known as you said yourself. Do you doubt that the NO police are perfectly capable of joining in the Looting and stealing that bus from the Superdome to haul their loot? Of course you don't doubt that they are capable of doing it -because you know that the corruption is just that prevalent.
It is not a small amount of people nor is it EVERY person.
There has been talk about this major "stalling" and even "looping" behavior for a couple days now, but I just don't believe that will become true. I would put strong odds that the GFS/AVN "book it east" model will prove most accurate.
"And yet, I have to blame the Dems more, much more, for her attitude than the woman herself. She's only what they made her.
That photo of the looter with all the Heineken's makes me laugh, makes me angry, and then makes me sad, in that order. I look at the guy and I can't help but wonder that in a different reality where he didn't end up the product of a failed social experiment, like the creation of a mad scientist, who knows what his destiny might have been? He might have been a doctor, or a musician, or who knows what else.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Too bad the Dems have wasted so many, and never even gave them a chance."
Yes, I have no heart, alright. None at all. I am a monster. Like Bush.
Hypocrite. You are guilty of the very charge you make about making judgments. But I will add, "Forgive her, Lord, for she knows not what she says."
alot of wind intermittenly now. and rain on and off.
Yeah, they actually practice using their brain cells.
"I like that name, Jasper. I think I'll name my next cat or dog..Jasper! :) "
Its probably named after the rock called jasper, its a red color. Ive got a few Texas arrowheads made from it.
Live feed Lake Charles: Large container barge grounded.
Autozone and doller store destroyed by fire in Pasadena.
Other than that not too bad for them.
I10 overpass somwhere in LA collapsed..unconfirmed.
Mom knows best. :)
Glad she called him.
GBU, thanks for the link.
Flowergirl, my nephew is there. We were told that his wife is at work today, until 1, unless the power flickers. Then the bank will send them home.
Hope you and yours are safe...stay away from tall trees!!
Rita is currently stuck between two High's with nothing to steer her. She may try to catch a small ride on the Jet that is way way north. This could cause a slight movement NE. She may also catch a small bump from the TExas H when it starts to move SW and there is a chance she moves slowly SW with the High. If that happens she will head back out into the Gulf and then it is anybodies guess.
Did you read the report from the "white boy" who volunteered to help at the Astrodome about how he was treated and what he saw?
Just curious.
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