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Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse
The poll needs bumping! Currently,
Misguided environmentalists for blocking new oil production and refinery construction is in 3rd place.
Bob Riley (Governor of Alabama) ordered a mandatory evacuation of Mobile and Baldwin counties for hurricane Dennis...it turned east and we had minimum effects. He's still taking heat for that move.
"the * admin is all about culling the 'useless' population so that there is no longer a tax burden."
And rita has not even hit.
A lot better than over Houston, if you want to talk about absolute damage...more wetlands involved to handle storm surge, not nearly as many people, but it will still hurt when it comes in.
what trains are running in NO now?
I'm sure the media's rushing to give Bush credit for strong arming Naggin to rescind his repopulation order. NOT!
At 1 PM CDT...1800z...the center of Hurricane Rita was located near
latitude 27.8 north...longitude 92.2 west or about 190 miles
southeast of Galveston Texas and about 175 miles southeast of
Port Arthur Texas.
Rita is moving toward the northwest near 10 mph and this motion is
expected to continue during the next 24 hours. On this track...the
core of Rita will make landfall near the southwest Louisiana and
Upper Texas coasts early Saturday.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 125 mph with higher
gusts. Rita is now a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson
scale. A further slow weakening is possible before landfall...but
Rita is still expected to come ashore as a dangerous hurricane.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 85 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 205 miles. An elevated platform on Isle denieres near the
south-central Louisiana coast just reported sustained winds of 58
mph.
Latest minimum central pressure reported by an Air Force
reconnaissance plane was 931 mb...27.49 inches.
Wherever it would do the least damage is close enough for me (I'd prefer nowhere, but that's not going to happen).
That poll is just UNbelievable!
What morons! Where's the "Free market" choice?
If SUVs and George Bush are to blame, then why is Europe paying so much more than us?
Thanks dear FRiend. What's your weather like right now?
We're overcast and BREEZY.
Nope. Love Bugs. They are black bugs with big orange eyes that attach themselves to a "mate". Therein, love bugs. They will cover your window and grill in a heartbeat.
I heard one refinery hasnt shut down in 38 years!
Thanks Diddle.
Don't bother complaining to NBC or your local NBC station. Write down the names of some of the local advertisers on the local NBC station and complain to them saying that you will not see their advertising on NBC because you no longer watch NBC.
"While your at it---can you take a minute and pay mine too..>? LOL"
I'll be glad to do it. Just give me your account number, logon name and password. Do, please, ignore any payments you don't recognize.
Don't underestimate a cat 3 storm though...
Category Three Hurricane:
Winds 111-130 mph (96-113 kt or 178-209 km/hr). Storm surge generally 9-12 ft above normal. Some structural damage to small residences and utility buildings with a minor amount of curtainwall failures. Damage to shrubbery and trees with foliage blown off trees and large trees blown down. Mobile homes and poorly constructed signs are destroyed. Low-lying escape routes are cut by rising water 3-5 hours before arrival of the center of the hurricane. Flooding near the coast destroys smaller structures with larger structures damaged by battering from floating debris. Terrain continuously lower than 5 ft above mean sea level may be flooded inland 8 miles (13 km) or more. Evacuation of low-lying residences with several blocks of the shoreline may be required. Hurricanes Jeanne and Ivan of 2004 were Category Three hurricanes when they made landfall in Florida and in Alabama, respectively.
And this will have a bigger than normal storm surge cause it was a Cat 5 storm earlier.
But every little bit helps!
We're preparing for it all.
Boarded up windows. Stocked food and water. Plenty of ammo.We put an ax in the attic, just encase. My photos are the only thing I've packed, they're the only thing. Everything else can just float away.
Shep has been installed in Port Arthur TX, right where the eye will make landfall. Should be interesting right up until their satellite antenna blows away and the cell towers go under. Then we can watch old file footage while they search for Shep.
See #379. While the winds are a LOT better, the surge is still going to be on the capital-U side of ugly.
Thanks, for some reason the eye isnt very clear on the visible or IR images. It was all morning.. At least she is weakening somewhat.
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