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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
Ah, so you will be ok. For what I know of La geography, so recently learned...
Houston TV now saying that the AP story about the electric pole was inaccurate, because Galvez power company called in and said there was no juice flowing, so it couldn't have started the fire.
They're also trying to track down the rumor that a woman was injured in this fire--and wondering why anyone would've been there.
OK, of the three structures that burned (an hour ago), one was a house, one was that FOE lodge and they are across the street from each other, not next door. Third building unknown at this time.
would be a nice tribute if every city in the U.S. had a small WTC steel as a reminder
We have a museum in our town. If you would like to see the info on it, look up Pelco on the net. Then on the right side of their website you will see a 9-11 memorial link. Our BSA troop is the scout group in the pictures.
No, that would be "The wind is in the buffalo".
Hundreds of square miles of shoreline might be flatened by tomorrow morning, and Tucker is lamenting the loss of these few buildings by fire. Oh the humanity!!!
Yark.
smell....
I still thinks it's just the muck in the bay getting churned up. I'm also seeming to recall that smells are more pronounced in low preasures?
Are you listening to scanner?
we have had this conversation before. My husband says to tell you that his mother made her own sauerkraut and canned it but he doesn't know what the Koreans treat the cabbage with before they put it in a crock and bury it in the ground but he swears that after a person eats it, the smell hangs in the air and that person must sweat it out though their pores. They hired a young Korean man to keep their quarters clean and they barred him from entering the barracks if he had eaten kimchi because the smell made them all sick. LOL
My favorite was when somebody on here referred to has as "Blanco Dubois."
My cat has been staying away from the windows since about 9pm, which is a bit unusual for him. I first noticed the smell when I went outside at about 9:40.
Whatever is being carried on the wind is not pleasant.
I googled and found this link to the ghost face. Apparently it's too big for my slooow dial up to load so don't know if it's a good picture or not. Google and see if you can find something.
I didn't believe Mr. M. Late at night, park at the HEB grocery, cross the street and sneak around the chainlink fence, hold your nose and step very carefully down the dock to the back of the building. Can't miss him. The face is huge.
http://halloweensunseen.com/faceutmb.html
THIS FACT will be deleted faster than the Able Danger database.
yes.
Take care...and look at this post from Eastern weather forum:
Check out the 90hour position of Rita according to the latest GFS:
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/an...fs_85v_090l.gif
Basically a full loop, a return to the Gulf, and a restrike on the FL panhandle.....
*snort*
Good night, and get some rest (sometime) -- someone else can always give you a breather... Daylight should shed more light on this storm (no pun intended).
And G-dspeed to everyone else...
I don't really understand it, but suddenly, once a year or so, all the water that was on the bottom of a lake will come to the top and the water on top go to the bottom. The water coming to the top drags up lots of half rotted nasties that don't smell so good. It's called turning over. I don't think all lakes do it, I've only seen it once at lake Marble Falls, where I think it happens every year, from what the locals told me.
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