Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI

NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

[sheikdetailfeather]

Rita now Cat 3 per Fox. Fox news alerts are making me nervous.

[LikeLight]

Cat 3 - still packing a huge punch, but much better than a Cat 5.

[milagro]

Is that a good (relatively--of course) place for landfall?

[NautiNurse]

Maximum sustained winds 125 mph. Minimum central pressure 931 mb.

Every little bit helps.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Patient - like a zen spider...

[oceanview]

its weakening.

[cgk]

Amen.

placemark.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

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[oceanview]

for Houston and Galveston it is very good news.

[rit]

12:45 P.M. - WWL-TV Reporter Bill Capo said a second breach of the levee near the Industrial Canal has occurred, though officials said they haven't been able to get to the site to examine it.

12:42 P.M. - WWL-TV pictures show water overwhelming the Lower Ninth ward with waters rushing into streets and homes. Officials said they believe no one remains in that area.

[RDTF]

at least the alert this time was a good one!

[esarlls3]

I was in Picayune, MS last weekend helping with the cleanup. Didn't see a single mosquito. Tons of "Love Bugs" though. Had to stop twice on the way back to clean the windshield.

[No Blue States]

Maybe I got too excited about what looks like sognificant weakening, nice trend though. :) If it holds.

[cgk]

Who should get the biggest blame for high gasoline prices?
Greedy oil companies	281	(39.97%)
George Bush	133	(18.92%)
Misguided environmentalists for blocking new oil production and refinery construction	142	(20.20%)
Wasteful and indifferent Americans who insist on driving gas-guzzling SUVs and pickups	95	(13.51%)
Congress	9	(1.28%)
OPEC	32	(4.55%)
Somebody else	11	(1.56%)
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[RedBloodedAmerican]

That is, if you like New Orleans. Kidding...just kidding...

[RDTF]

LOL! do you mean Lady Bugs?

[steveegg]

That eye size what the NOAA hunters found in their latest trip in (eye fix at noon; satellite pic was at 11:45 am). While the eye is becoming less apparent on the satellite, it's still around across on the Lake Charles radar

[uncitizen]

You said:I was almost expecting him to ask that idiot reporter if he was stuck on stupid. I really wish he had!

I said: It's President Bush's MO is to stay above the fray and let the journalists look like the fools that they are. It's General Honore's MO to throw out the S.O.S's to let the journalists look like the fools that they are.

I add:Which is not to say President Bush wasn't thinking it.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Please DON'T be lulled into thinking this is "only" a category 3 storm now! As with Katrina, the storm surge of this hurricane is already developed at a Category 4 level and will be huge. There is very little difference between sustained winds of 125 (Category 3) and 135 (Category 4) mph in terms of damage to trees and buildings. Anything over 100 mph is very, very bad.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Praying hard. Glad it is weakening!