Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part III

NHC - NOAA ^ | 21 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Extremely dangerous and large Category Five Hurricane Rita is churning westward across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas. Air Force Reconnaissance indicated the central pressure has dropped to 904mb, making Rita the fifth most intense hurricane ever in the Atlantic Basin.

Hurricane and Tropical Storm Watches have been issued from Northern Mexico through the South Louisiana coastline. Galveston TX used school buses to evacuate residents. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations are in effect along the Texas coastline.

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
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Texas
Current Weather Warnings and Watches for Louisiana

Images:

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: mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_khou
WWLTV NOLA

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
Coastal TX Evacuation Maps
KHOU Houston
KTRK ABC News Houston
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 II
Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part I
Tropical Storm Rita
Tropical Depression 18

[NautiNurse]

Per usual, do not post graphics >50KB.
Do not post webcams or satellite loops. Use links instead. This is a high traffic thread.

[MamaB]

Thanks for your hard work.

[NautiNurse]

New Thread

[grey_whiskers]

Hi Folks,

Glad to see Texas has it more together as far as Evacs.

Prayers that prayers won't be needed, if you catch my drift.

Cheers!

[cgk]

Ditto!

[DallasMike]

Here's the latest strike map. The majority of the models are converging between Corpus Christi and Houston. For those of us in Texas, that means that everything inward from Wichita Falls, through Dallas and Fort Worth, and to far East Texas can expect major winds, heavy rains, and possible tornados.

 

 

 

[DouglasKC]

What's the record low barometric pressure for a hurricane? BTW, thanks for these threads. I lurk quite a bit trying to catch up on information.

[woofie]

my advice: run!

[MamaB]

Is anyone watching that judge on WHOU? He is begging for ambulances and troopers.

[RoseofTexas]

Forgive me for saying this, but I'm praying that either the hurricane subsides or that it make a sharp turn left towards Mexico...I don't want my state to end up like N.O. I have family and friends there!

[alancarp]

Latest recon report: 904 mb. Now ranks in the TOP FIVE of all-time since keeping records... (Gilbert @ 888mb, 1935 Labor Day 'Cane, Allen, Katrina (902)).

[onyx]

That's quite a stunning post. Thanks Mike.

[La Enchiladita]

Presidential Prayer Team Urges Prayer re path of hurricane "Rita." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488886/posts

[fishntex]

I am sure it has been said before but it cannot hurt.


Let us pray for those in the path of this storm.

[DouglasKC]

Latest recon report: 904 mb. Now ranks in the TOP FIVE of all-time since keeping records... (Gilbert @ 888mb, 1935 Labor Day 'Cane, Allen, Katrina (902)).

Thanks for the information.

[fishntex]

Here here!

[Textide]

Posting Beatles' lyrics since I was not specifically told not to...:D

Lovely Rita meter maid
nothing can come between us
When it gets dark I tow your heart away

Standing by a parking meter
when I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling in a ticket in her little white book
In a cap she looked much older
And the bag across her shoulder
Made her look a little like a military man

Lovely Rita meter maid
may I inquire discreetly
When are you free to take some tea with me

Took her out and tried to win her
had a laugh and over dinner
Told her I would really like to see her again
Got the bill and Rita paid it
Took her home and nearly made it
Sitting on a sofa with a sister or two

Lovely Rita meter maid
where would I be without you
give us a wink and make me think of you

Lovely meter maid
Rita meter maid
oh, Lovely Rita meter, meter maid

[NautiNurse]

I managed to get that info into the header of this thread...along with the fact that Galveston uses school buses for evacuations.

[La Enchiladita]

I'm with you, Rose! Amen!

[samadams2000]

Looks like this could truely be the real New Deal for all of us. Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government.

[SVTCobra03]

It looks lots of rain for us in Oklahoma City.

[Crawdad]

You catch his name?

[i362000]

Thanks for all your hard work.

Does anyone know if there are computer models that go past 5 days?

[RoseofTexas]

In the name of Jesus, PEACE BE STILL!! Lord if it be possible, please subside this monstrous storm, say the word Lord and it WILL obey your command!

[Right_in_Virginia]

Thanks for your hard work.

Mega dittos!

And, Godspeed to all in her path.

[samadams2000]

Buy another gun. Buy SWB stock.

[Lunkhead_01]

Just reported on MSNBC: Rita got bigger today -- and so did the hurricane.

[Flux Capacitor]

----say the word Lord and it WILL obey your command!----

If it doesn't, we're all in bigger trouble than we thought. :)

-Dan

[alancarp]

Arrggghh! You sneaked it in on me -- sorry, I admit I stopped reading the "front page news"... guess we're meeting here too often this summer.   :/

[MamaB]

Willey? I think that was how it was spelled.

[La Enchiladita]

Just as Jesus said to Lucifer; "Get thee behind me, Satan!", only You can rebuke this storm!! We know it, God, we praise You and we thank You!

[RDTF]

(wink)

http://www.led-zeppelin.com/EMl4.html

Led Zeppelin
When The Levee Breaks
(Bonham/Jones/Page/Plant/Memphis Minnie)

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, (X2)
When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, (X2)
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,
Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down South
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about Chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned, (X2)
Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.
Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...
Going down... going down now... going down....

[Howlin]

Freeper Hurricane Rita Sign In Thread

[who knows what evil?]

I can't imagine owning a house on the coast of Texas, knowing that is going to be wiped off the face of the earth within a few days, and knowing that there is NOTHING I can do to stop it.

[NautiNurse]

There is a link at the top of this thread for both the sign in thread, and the FReeper shelter offer thread.

[Moose4]

Record low in the Atlantic was Hurricane Gilbert at 888 mb. Rita is now #5 all time at 904 mb, just behind Katrina.

Record low world-wide was 870 mb in Typhoon Tip, out in the Pacific.

}:-)4

[RoseofTexas]

What can I say?! By faith alone and it's His will, not mine! 9-11 didn't humble us, Katrina didn't do it, let me tell you, there's a whole bunch of folks on their knees tonight! His will be done! I can only pray by faith, that's all I got!

[steveegg]

Thanks again for running these threads.

[RDTF]

Ditto from me - many thanks

[don-o]

I lived in Houston during the '90s. Unlike New Orleans, it's a city worth keeping. Good luck, folks.

As long as you are playing God, could you FM the Powerball numbers?

[blam]

""Blam, do you know if I-10 is passable down to Gulf Shores? My parents have a condo on Ft. Morgan Road and I'm thinking maybe we could head that way, but I don't know if we could make it from Houston."

I hear one westbound lane around Gautier and Pascagoula is out...If you come that way, go on I-12 at Baton Rouge and reconnect with I-10 at Slidell.

[agrace]

Nothing fills the void of a passing hurricane better than government.

That would make a great tagline.

[Judith Anne]

Thank you for all your work on this project. God bless, FRiend.

[Alia]

I'm at the part of book Isaac's Storm wherein "storm surge" gets explained. Saw data in previous thread: 60 foot waves!!!! ??? (silence from my 'puter)

[truthandlife]

Anyone have any hints on Hurricane preparation that the regular preparation guides will not say.

One thing I heard was to put your ice cream in a trash bag or just throw it away because it is very ugly in the freezer when it melts.

[Crawdad]

Try to think back to November, 1992, when it became clear that Clinton was going to win. It's kinda like that.

[againstallhope]

I looked at the map of all the rigs in that area. Thanks for the link. I wonder what the impact will be to natural gas and oil if the hurricane tracks as predicted. Has anybody heard any predictions?