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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VII
NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

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



TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Florida; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: foxnews; hurricane; hurricanerita; rita; shephardsmith; shepsmith; tropical
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To: Howlin

Blanco: We help the evacuees from Texas come to Louisiana.


481 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:19 PM PDT by navysealdad
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To: CindyDawg
Who is having surgery? I don't have tv access.

VP Cheney, on Monday, to repair an aneurysm behind his knee.
482 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:23 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Eaker

483 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:30 PM PDT by glock rocks (Bring back dirndl !!!)
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To: Spktyr

You maybe getting the smell of the paper mills south of Dallas around Evadale, Tx.


484 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:31 PM PDT by deport
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To: steveegg

Moderating a weather board gives me a good heads up. ;-)


485 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:34 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: Txsleuth

They just showed it a couple of minutes ago.


486 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:37 PM PDT by Seattle Conservative (God Bless and protect our troops and their CIC)
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To: LibertyRocks

I agree...his nationality has NOTHING to do ith this tragedy..thanks for your post...


487 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:56 PM PDT by antivenom (Oak Forest Section 6 , Houston (safely riding storm out in Austin thanks to Howlin & GRRRR!))
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To: mware

LOL!!!!!


488 posted on 09/23/2005 8:51:58 PM PDT by Eaker (My Wife Rocks! - I will never take Dix off of my ping list as I have been asked to do.)
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To: navysealdad

And she's also telling us how we are going to need to give her a bunch of money to rebuild the levees. I detest this b*tch.


489 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:07 PM PDT by VirginiaMom (abortion is NEVER an option!)
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To: Pete-R-Bilt

I'm only 126 into this thread, and I can hardly breath i'm laughing so hard about Shep and his hats. Probably was in the other thread where Shep tripped over the curb and fell, and then spent a couple of minutes explaining how he fell, ignoring the whole "I tripped over the curb".

It will be hard for the insurance companies to deny claims for the houses that are burning down.


490 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:09 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: newzjunkey

I have been very impressed with (and glued to) KPLC out of Lake Charles. Link at the top of the thread.


491 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:24 PM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: Miss Marple

She's already talking about needing money.

She says they've asked for money for years and always been denied.

I see the looking into the eye of her second CAT 3+ hurricane in less than a month hasn't helped her TRUTHFULNESS.

You'd think she just might think God may be sending her a sign.


492 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:25 PM PDT by Howlin (No, I'm not as nice as NautiNurse. :-))
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To: Petronski
"MSNBC reporting the pictures are videotape and the fire is actually now "out."

I remember a time when the news used to tell you they were using FILE FOOTAGE but not anymore. They want to keep showing the worse footage over and over and over again making us think it is still happening.

493 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:39 PM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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To: Palladin

HEre we go...


494 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:44 PM PDT by johnb838 (Houston, Greenway)
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To: Spktyr

Maybe sulfer?


495 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:54 PM PDT by CindyDawg (Brownsville Texas)
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To: VirginiaMom

You are not alone.


496 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:56 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: Bubbette

It is *not* a good smell. I've never smelled anything like that before - except for after the LA Riots when the burned out buildings started decaying, and then it was overlaid by a burned smell.

It's like a combination of rotting vegetation, stagnant water, and rotting meat.


497 posted on 09/23/2005 8:52:59 PM PDT by Spktyr (Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))
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To: TomGuy

Is it Monday or tomorrow?


498 posted on 09/23/2005 8:53:04 PM PDT by Howlin (No, I'm not as nice as NautiNurse. :-))
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To: nwctwx; NautiNurse
And doing some fancy math slows me down. :-)

My best projection of landfall over here

499 posted on 09/23/2005 8:53:15 PM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: sinkspur

"All my in-laws have suddenly gone silent, as they realize that their hometown, Lake Charles, is going to get pounded. Lots of tall pine trees around their houses, that will get snapped off and dropped through roofs.

There'll be storm surge, with water in all their houses."


I am feeling for them Sinkspur. That is what I thought would happen to my place in League City, when I left on Wednesday. My good fortune is because of someone else's pain. Wish it wasn't.


500 posted on 09/23/2005 8:53:39 PM PDT by No Truce With Kings (The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
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