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Hurricane Rita Live Thread, Part VI
NHC - NOAA ^ | 23 September 2005 | NHC - NOAA

Posted on 09/23/2005 9:39:06 AM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: hummingbird

Brilliant! Email W!!!!!!!!!!!!


221 posted on 09/23/2005 10:23:52 AM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: Calpernia
My local radio just said stock trading is going up because Rita isn't going to cause as much damage as initially feared.

I'm thinking of asking the traders a question from GREATER TUNA...."whatayouknow?"

Accent is what makes the line work!
222 posted on 09/23/2005 10:23:57 AM PDT by hummingbird (21st Century Newsreporting - "Don't get me started!")
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To: cgk

If he made an example of one of them and totally humiliated one reporter that would stop it. There needs to be consequences for these actions. With President Bush, there are never consequences for treating him with disrespect.


223 posted on 09/23/2005 10:23:58 AM PDT by Patriot from Philly
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To: 2harddrive
Silent Dynamite!

LOL!

224 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:15 AM PDT by talleyman (Moose lips sink ships.)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

Good's news. Now if Rita just blows herself away....


225 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:23 AM PDT by ekwd (Murphy's Law Has Not Been Repealed)
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To: hummingbird
They are the land of lakes...

All it takes is for a big rain the make all the small lakes one BIG one. =D 1997-98 wasn't that around the time of all the flooding there?
226 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:25 AM PDT by myself6 (Nazi = socialist , democrat=socialist , therefore democrat = Nazi)
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To: Types_with_Fist

....more like one long Hillary shrillllllll


227 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:47 AM PDT by auto power
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To: sheikdetailfeather
I'm pretty sure it was David Gregory from NBC. He has a hx of disrespectful comments.
228 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:54 AM PDT by fjsva
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To: RedBloodedAmerican

Actually, last time he was holed up in a armed forces retirement home. This time, because he was in a rush to get to Galveston Bay (can't remember the town, but it's on the mainland between Galveston and Houston), he's stuck in Houston, so he'll get electricity back quickly.


229 posted on 09/23/2005 10:24:56 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: Tennessee_Bob

you've waited a long time to use that one, havne't you? ;)


230 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:14 AM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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Station 42019
Freeport, TX
60 NM South of Freeport, TX
(11:50 am CDT)
Wind Direction (WDIR): N ( 360 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 27.2 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 33.0 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 16.7 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 14 sec
Average Period (APD): 8.1 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWDIR): E ( 101 deg true )
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.59 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.02 in ( Falling )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 82.9 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP): 85.5 °F
Dew Point (DEWP): 73.9 °F
Heat Index (HEAT): 89.4 °F
Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

 

Continuous Winds
TIME(CDT) WDIR WSPD
11:50 am N ( 356 deg ) 26.6 kts
11:40 am N ( 358 deg ) 26.2 kts
11:30 am N ( 355 deg ) 26.8 kts
11:20 am N ( 355 deg ) 26.2 kts
11:10 am N ( 352 deg ) 26.8 kts
11:00 am N ( 350 deg ) 26.0 kts

 

Station 42035
GALVESTON
22NM East of Galveston, TX
(11:50 am CDT)
Wind Direction (WDIR): N ( 10 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 29.1 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 38.9 kts
Wave Height (WVHT): 13.8 ft
Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 17 sec
Average Period (APD): 7.3 sec
Mean Wave Direction (MWDIR): E ( 95 deg true )
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.60 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.04 in ( Falling )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 82.0 °F
Water Temperature (WTMP): 85.5 °F
Dew Point (DEWP): 74.3 °F
Heat Index (HEAT): 88.3 °F
Combined plot of Wind Speed, Gust, and Air Pressure

231 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:27 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: RDTF

That's a shame.


232 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:41 AM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: oldironsides

Rush would probably love to know about this.


233 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:46 AM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: oldironsides

Area code for New Orleans is 504.
I live here- and I didn't get a call! But then, I'm in the hated Jefferson parish. Who would she be calling in New Orleans anyway- it's deserted except for a few nutballs or criminals.
Maybe you should feel all warm and fuzzy- our Governor CARES for you, even way up there in PA!
Did she tell you to write your S.S.number on your arm if you insist on staying in Philly?? -lol


234 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:53 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: rit
"Winds are gusting to 80 miles per hour."

That's almost as bad as it gets up here in the NW. But if it levelled off at 80 mph down there, you'd think you were getting off easy.
235 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:55 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: pbrown

LOL----I have done that many times, while holding my baby granddaughter ----

How are you guys??? It sounds like northwest La could be in for some heavy rain....

We have some friends that live in Nacogdoches...and they are FREAKING....they don't want to waste gas by coming here, if there is JUST rain...but then they hear about 2 feet, and they don't know what to do...

OTOH>...I told my husband I might as well turn on the sprinklers because the DFW area is predicting NO RAIN.

Are you guys preparing for flooding or anything?


236 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:55 AM PDT by Txsleuth (Arlington, Texas--future home of the Dallas Cowboys!)
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To: Lemondropkid31
Misunderstood (where's my Dew). Thought you asking if it was still contraflow.

It's both ways.

237 posted on 09/23/2005 10:25:56 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: Uncle Ike

Maybe this will help:

Boiling is the most reliable method for killing microbes and parasites. Bring water to a rolling boil and keep it simmering for at least several minutes. Add one minute of boiling to the initial 10 minutes for every 1,000 feet above sea level. Cover the pot to shorten boiling time and conserve fuel.

When boiling is not practical, chemical disinfection should be used. Common household bleach contains a chlorine compound that will disinfect water. The treated water should be mixed thoroughly and allowed to stand, preferably covered, for 30 minutes.

Most emergency experts and health officials suggest a mixture of 8 drops of bleach to a gallon of generally clear water for best results. Based on environment or cloudiness of the water, you may want to change the quantity of drops to 16 per gallon of cloudy or murky water.

The water should have a slight chlorine odor; if not, repeat the dosage and allow the water to stand for an additional 15 minutes.

If the treated water has too strong a chlorine taste, it can be made more pleasing by allowing the water to stand exposed to the air for a few hours

or by pouring it from one clean container to another several times.

http://www.csgnetwork.com/h2oemergencypurifycalc.html


238 posted on 09/23/2005 10:26:04 AM PDT by LucyT
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Rita seems to be weakening for now on the IR loop:

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/GMEX/IR4/20.jpg

Hopefully that trend will continue.


239 posted on 09/23/2005 10:26:07 AM PDT by No Blue States (FW)
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To: steveegg

Arfe you POSITIVE??? I dont want to get arrested for going south against traffic


240 posted on 09/23/2005 10:26:45 AM PDT by Lemondropkid31 (Conroe, TX)
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