If this thing hits NO then all that will be left is Burboun Street. They can still have Mardi Gras since it is one of the few places in the city that is above sea level.
Originally posted by: Viper0329
Hey guys.
I've had enough of this hurricane season. It's crazy that I'm directly affected by both Katrina and Rita. I go to school in Covington, Louisiana, and we where hit really hard by Katrina and have just gotten life quasi back to normal. Just when I think it's over, Rita is going to hit my home town (Lake Charles, LA) really hard. My family is attempting to evacuate here to Covington, but traffic isn't moving. The school has opened up an empty dorm for my family and other people. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as the next few days go on. I'd really just like to have a normal life right now, and I pray I still have a house this weekend.
Jeff
Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: Viper0329
Hey guys.
I've had enough of this hurricane season. It's crazy that I'm directly affected by both Katrina and Rita. I go to school in Covington, Louisiana, and we where hit really hard by Katrina and have just gotten life quasi back to normal. Just when I think it's over, Rita is going to hit my home town (Lake Charles, LA) really hard. My family is attempting to evacuate here to Covington, but traffic isn't moving. The school has opened up an empty dorm for my family and other people. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as the next few days go on. I'd really just like to have a normal life right now, and I pray I still have a house this weekend.
Jeff
Hey, I'm from Lake Charles, too. Looks like you guys are going to get the bad side of the storm now.
Originally posted by: Viper0329
Originally posted by: Ikonomi
Originally posted by: Viper0329
Hey guys.
I've had enough of this hurricane season. It's crazy that I'm directly affected by both Katrina and Rita. I go to school in Covington, Louisiana, and we where hit really hard by Katrina and have just gotten life quasi back to normal. Just when I think it's over, Rita is going to hit my home town (Lake Charles, LA) really hard. My family is attempting to evacuate here to Covington, but traffic isn't moving. The school has opened up an empty dorm for my family and other people. Keep us in your thoughts and prayers as the next few days go on. I'd really just like to have a normal life right now, and I pray I still have a house this weekend.
Jeff
Hey, I'm from Lake Charles, too. Looks like you guys are going to get the bad side of the storm now.
Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. I have some friends' families that are probably going to ride out the storm. I just wish I could persuade them to leave. It's not the hurricane itself that I'm worried about, but it's the 3 and 4 days after it that make life so tough. If there's a hole in a roof, there's no place to buy tarps. If you need medicine or emergency services, there are none. No phones, no way to buy food or anything else, etc. etc. etc. It's just not a good idea. This I learned from Katrina just 3 weeks ago. Life wasn't exactly a walk in the park the week following that storm.
That's an interesting perspective. Good point.Originally posted by: Jamie571
Originally posted by: jndietz
if you ask me, it looks like its going to go into new orleans.
view this:
oh snap
Ya know thats the best place for it to hit, I mean the city is already evacuated and most structures are destoryed. It just seems like it would be the less costly in loss of life and propery damage.
Originally posted by: ViRGE
For an Atlantic hurricane, the practical maximum is going to be around 890mb and 180mph winds sustained, and this is only for a short period of time. The Atlantic can't support anything bigger.Originally posted by: Nik
What is the theoretical maximum? Are we talking, like, Jupiter's giant tornado potential?
Originally posted by: conjur
Houston airport is backing up. Too few screeners left. Guess the rest have evacuated.
Rita weakens to a Cat 4 (150mph winds)
AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE RITA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.2 WEST OR ABOUT 435 MILES...700
KM...SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS AND ABOUT 430 MILES...695 KM...
SOUTHEAST OF PORT ARTHUR TEXAS.
RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. A
GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36
HOURS.
DATA FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR... WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. RITA IS NOW A STRONG CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME SLIGHT WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS BUT RITA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN AN EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER
PLANE WAS 915 MB...27.01 INCHES.
No new updates on the 3-day projection cone.
The Jeanne/Frances eyes hit within 50 miles of one another in Florida last year.Originally posted by: Cooler
I agree they do follow some patterns
Ya, with the end of the cycle and the improvement in organization(not to mention the low pressure), it seems highly unlikely she'll stay at 145mph for the next 12 hours.Originally posted by: conjur
Something tells me this time tomorrow, she'll be back to near Cat 5 strength.
Originally posted by: Tret
Don't worry guys the megazord will stop rita from doing major damage.
http://megazordstopsrita.ytmnd.com/
Originally posted by: Buck Naked
here is a recent pic of rita if anyone cares
rita 9/22/05 @ 10:40AM
Edit: Pacific time
Looks like the ERC is near completion.Originally posted by: JohnCU
I want some more info from the person who said the max that the atlantic could support is 890mb.
also,watch this
I swear it looks like it keeps going a little more north each update.
890ish is simply all it can support according to all past records. The lowest recorded hurricane is 888mb(and that was 70 years ago), and the lowest recorded in modern times is 892. Hurricanes that drop below 900 have never been able to hold that kind of pressure for over a day anyhow, ergo 890 is the floor of what the Atlantic is considered to be capable of supporting. The fact that the water required to sustain sub-900 pressures is in the relatively small gulf/Caribbean also prevents growth by limiting the size of a storm.Originally posted by: JohnCU
I want some more info from the person who said the max that the atlantic could support is 890mb.