Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI

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

[NautiNurse]

Dangerous Hurricane Rita is expected to make landfall in the northeast Gulf of Mexico within 24 hours. Tornados have spawned in Louisiana. Water is filling the Ninth Ward of New Orleans again. A bus carrying elderly evacuees was gutted by fire this morning outside Dallas, with multiple fatalities. Television crews have positioned their hurricane reporters throughout the region to attain maximum drama effects. Whoooooa.

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 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

[hummingbird]

LOL...well, you better jump to it, oldironsides! When your family and neighbors ask why you are going camping, just tell them that Blanco called you & gave you specific instructions. You can't afford to ignore the advice of someone so tuned in as "da govner."

[bwteim]

See Radar loop, refresh occasionally

http://radar.weather.gov/radar/loop/DS.p20-r/si.klix.shtml

[John Jamieson]

Maybe the two are related?

[N8VTXNinWV]

'preciate it!

:o)

[VirginiaMom]

You aren't alone in those thoughts............

[processing please hold]

You be alert.
Are you going to have much rain from this?

[conservative in nyc]

A key to deciphering aviation meterological data is here:

http://weather.cod.edu/notes/metar.html

[Steve_Seattle]

Blanco acts like some who crashes their Geo Metro and wants the insurance company to replace it with a BMW.

[tcrlaf]

WDSU-
Flooding now in St. Bernhard from levee failure...

Levees being undercut in other places now....

[hummingbird]

I wanna know where Geraldo is!

Still prepping with wardrobe & makeup people.

[LA Woman3]

I am so glad you are all right! Everyone has been worried about you! Take care!

[Ichneumon]

She's cute, but I dunno, there seems to be this leather/whip aura. Thing. Around her.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

[Michael Goldsberry]

Keep in mind that we don't know if my Grandpa's barometer here is properly calibrated, but as a relative measurement, it has fallen four points since this morning. It had been reading 984mb since I dug it out last night through this morning, now at 980mb.

No rain here yet, lots of wind.

It would appear that Eaker and family have me outgunned... barely. That's no small feat.

Eaker, if you get more than a few dozen or so looters, send some my way. I want my share too.

[ncpatriot]

I've heard you say this before, and I totally agree. The only other possibility is that she is dumb.

I guess it could be both possibilities.

[Abigail Adams]

http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com">http://cbs5.com/video/?id=6789@kpix.dayport.com

Thanks for posting this link to the story about soldiers experiencing weird spiritual stuff in NO. Things that make you go, "Hmmmmm!" Especially the two Bibles being open to the same passage in Revelations about the flood.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Maybe we can get Spielberg and crew to airbrush out the guns and put radios in their hands ala E.T.

Or maybe daisies or something. Could be they're holding kudzu to restrain the looter or something - or they're handing him some sort of empowering literature and making him feel better about what he's doing with his life.

[ClearBlueSky]

It is widely believed, here in LA, that she was elected, but it is her HUSBAND who is the 'Governor'. Both stink. She got in because of the Edwards crowd who wanted a Cajun governor again, and the ignoramuses who didn't want Jindal because of his ethnicity.
Blanko is flakier than Kelloggs.
She's a dim-witted Cajun mawmaw who couldn't run a local garden club.
To call her inept is too flattering.

[NautiNurse]

Blanco is giving a news conference. She said, "I've asked Rita" Instead of "I've asked FEMA"! Now she is consulting the hurricane!

That is way too funny.

[Fritzy]

We are all with you and please know that prayers are heading your way... our love and comfort to your Grandmother...

Blessings... Let us know you are OK....

[dfwgator]

Blanco is probably thinking, "Cool, this means I get to go on Oprah again."