Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VIII

www.freerepublic.com | September 24, 2005

[silentknight]

Where is that pic from

[silentknight]

Sharkley County, Mississippi - possible tornado. 1:15 p.m.

[jeffers]

Look on New Orleans' Times Picayune blog, should be near the top it's not that old. Specifically said "river to Lake"

[brytlea]

Thank you for the update. I was just able to talk to my friend on the phone, she said their electricity had been off, but was back on and they were in a lull. She's been working at their local shelter there (she's a school teacher and the teachers have been taking shifts taking care of special needs evacuees from S. TX who are sheltered in the Gyms.
susie

[AFPhys]

I've seen the 360º predictions on some of those models. I simply don't believe them. My : I believe they are acting like early "computer chess" programs which, in unclear positions, randomly moved their king back and forth. The lack of strong steering currents has hold of their logic now, but the GFS seems less prone to that. For that reason, I believe the GFS since more (not all) history supports that. (I certainly had to use "I believe" a whole bunch in that paragraph, didn't I? ...LOL)

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Thanks


I don't want to make hijack this and make it a NO/ thread, but I have another question - related to Mississippi river flow. i river, but is this Bonnet Carre thing I've seen linked to related to the discussion about 're-routing' the MS? If I understand the discussion correctly and the MS left to it's own devices is trying to re-route out the Atchafalya? But for port/financial/cultural reasons we're trying to keep it flowing where it is?

[jeffers]

There were open locks, but you can't tell the difference between open and stuck open from them.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I, er wonder if those "poor homeless flooded-out" ( blacks and all others) in Port Arthur in 1915 looted, shot at rescue volunteers and demanded federal aid to recover.....

[BurbankKarl]

Robert Schumake carries the American flag as he walks past the statue marking the 1900 storm which destroyed Galveston, Texas after Hurricane Rita passed Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 in Galveston, Texas. Galveston was not seriously damaged by Rita. Schumake carries the flag everyday to show support for the troops.

[CedarDave]

Picture is from Galveston, I believe. See the statue in the background.

[LikeLight]

Water still rising at Lake Charles . . . otherwise, a frustrating lack of info . . .

[jeffers]

LOL...I hope you're right.

[silentknight]

The sand looks pretty deep? Not sure how tall that statue was to begin with.

[laz]

That is quite a list of damage, which doesn't surprise me in the least. But the impression I get from MSM is that this pales in comparison to Katrina. It's as if they're not paying much attention to it at all. They are still stuck on stupid, worrying only about NOLA and the levees. NOLA is the center of their universe. It's as if Rita has happened in another dimension that just marginally intersects their own.

Like the effects of Katrina on Mississippi, the effects of Rita don't serve their agenda (except with regard to NOLA's levees). If it doesn't matter to the MSM, it never happened.

[BurbankKarl]

The statue marking the 1900 storm which destroyed Galveston, Texas stands after Hurricane Rita passed throught the area Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005.

[nwctwx]

The longer we are in the dark, the worse it is.

[brytlea]

I'm sorry, it's Henderson TX (altho there ARE some cajuns there!!) We had to drive to Shreveport to get cajun food when I lived there!
susie

[silentknight]

Better pic of the statue there...not so deep sand. heh

[jeffers]

I suppose I could run a 25 foot surge model for Lake Charles, but it wouldn't do much good.

At 20 feet, no land is visible anymore.

[BurbankKarl]

no, not like the end of Planet of the Apes.