Curse

Storm Crow · Sep 22, 2005, 03:06 AM // 03:06

yea, they say she's the only cat. 5 in the Atlantic Basin on record.

She is also supposed to hit somewhere around Galveston, TX, so I suggest if youre anywhere within a 100 mile radius, clear out.

Link Ironhammer · Sep 22, 2005, 03:13 AM // 03:13

It may hit me in dfw

Nick The Nicker · Sep 22, 2005, 03:20 AM // 03:20

I had a hard time grasping how big this was sinice i live in the midwest and never seen a hurricane but on the weather channel they say its a size 3 tornado the size of georiga...

now i have seen a few twisters and thats just massive

Lost · Sep 22, 2005, 03:24 AM // 03:24

175 mph wind, 897 mb now.

SOT · Sep 22, 2005, 03:25 AM // 03:25

A size 5 hurricane the highest on the scale. I eagerly await the madness.

Larry the Hippo · Sep 22, 2005, 03:32 AM // 03:32

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Originally Posted by Lost

First time since 1961 there were two category fives in the same season. And it's the third lowest pressure on record in the atlantic beating Katrina. Apart from it heading toward lands to bring doom and gloom, it's fascinating to study.

im not sure where your getting you information, but katrina WAS NOT a class five when it hit, as soon as it got over land it dropped to a class 4. if it had not, there may not have been any roof tops left for people to stand on.

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Life's harsh.. gotta keep plumin' it on. I bet in the next 25 years a Hurricanes will make their presence better known.

according to a current geologist, what you said could be far more then a hunch. the hypothesis he has been testing shows evidence that hurricanes come in 1500 year periods of low and high strength. we are at the tail end of a low strength.

Lost · Sep 22, 2005, 03:34 AM // 03:34

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Originally Posted by Larry the Hippo

im not sure where your getting you information, but katrina WAS NOT a class five when it hit, as soon as it got over land it dropped to a class 4. if it had not, there may not have been any roof tops left for people to stand on.

I never said anything about when it hit. I merely stated the peak category. Two category five storms in the season. It doesn't matter at what time they were category five.

Aniewiel · Sep 22, 2005, 03:43 AM // 03:43

It is the first time in recorded tracking that two Atlantic category 5 hurricanes have occurred in the same season. While NO hurricane is a category 5 when it makes landfall (the movement over land slows the sustained winds), both Rita and Katrina are considered category 5 hurricanes.

Though Rita is in the Gulf now, she is still an "Atlantic" hurricane with sustained winds of 175mph. There is a chance that a low pressure system sitting over AZ and NM will nudge her further south away from Galveston and Houston. Not good news for Corpus Christi to be sure, but better than slamming our only other major port on the Gulf.

Akilles · Sep 22, 2005, 03:44 AM // 03:44

i almost decided to just stay and live in houston to! after the New Olreans Evac. MANY ppl who evacuated in my town are not returning. I am now in Cali. and will live here. I was supposed to be in New Orleans today to salvage stuff and drive back but that wont happen now. And I think after Rita a Catagory 6 may be made, I NEVER seen 175 mph winds, and it will get stronger, but will die off alot b4 it hits texas....cooler waters closer in u get.

Now I can help those who helped me! Sorta, if Cali. would have up with the jobs here, you people advertise on-line and in the papers but never call people back to interview, if u need people ACTUALLY INTERVIEW!!! sadly it is like this everywhere, every job I got I had to call them to set up an interview since they advertise but r to lazy to call ppl.

Seriously Texas, dont stay for this one, dont base what happend to my under sea lvl town which is all CNN shows, think of mississippi and the piles of wood that was someones home. even the superdome was ripped open from katrina winds! this will be stronger.

hopefully your roads hold up as I need to drive through houston comin out of louisiana. Flee now, avoid traffic.

WHAT I LEARNED FROM KATRINA!!! (and many others)

* Don't assume you will be back in 2-3 days, PACK AS IF YOU ARE MOVING!!! it can be a while till you get home.

*take a laptop or computer and tell family you may try to hook up through the net with them. Cell phones will be useless, the towers WILL be overloaded and soem will blow down, on evacuating from katrina the day b4, nobody could call out. 2 way radios if you have them if you have multiple cars. Some hotels offer free internet so that helps.

* grab those non-replacable items! photos, documents, etc. jam that f-ing car!!!

* after storm and you may not get in, call fema and red cross, if your job is gone call for unemployment (u are entitled) food stamps (humbeling experience but do it!) call red cross and see if any hotels are paid for by red cross for evacuees, my father is in one for 1 month paid by red cross. they fill up FAST!

Be safe guys. Katrina was said to have the power of a tornado, so look at it as a 300 mile tornado! and watch for the tornados that come with hurricanes!

Aniewiel · Sep 22, 2005, 03:46 AM // 03:46

Every refugee who was brought to Phoenix has had at least an interview and ALL of the teachers who made their way here have been hired...we have a teacher shortage here.

California's not the hotbed of the job market. If you want more opportunities, try Vegas, Phoenix, Salt Lake City. And, if I may be so bold, California has its own problems natural-disaster wise with earthquakes.

Lost · Sep 22, 2005, 03:48 AM // 03:48

Just to throw out a fun fact:

Typhoon Tip in the Northwest Pacific Ocean on 12 October 1979 was measured to have a central pressure of 870 mb and estimated surface sustained winds of 85 m/s (165 kt, 190 mph).

If anything deserves a category 6, that 190 mph does!

knives · Sep 22, 2005, 03:55 AM // 03:55

Well, this will be my first Hurricane ever. So I am looking forward to it. I live on the southwest side of Houston, so lets see how this goes. Pfft, tons of friends are "evacuating" to Dallas, but I don't think it will be anything too severe.

Like they have said, "Expect the worst, but hope for the best." Too bad we forgot to go grocery shopping like we planned on monday. Now all I have is water + leftover chinese food. I am worried about my grandmother though, she got put in the hospital after she slipped a few days ago, and I wonder if the hospital is closing down..or even if the winds blow otu the glass from the hospital..

lg5000 · Sep 22, 2005, 04:01 AM // 04:01

Hm... and all I can think about is "At least you guys got a fair amount of warning"

Incidently, people will cope with this type of disaster on different levels. Those who are familiar with it are happy to stay behind and defend their home. Those who are not.. evacuate.

I agree, take what you know you can't replace. You CAN replace appliances, you CANT replace photos.

We had almost no warning when a 180km/h firestorm engulfed our suburb, had time enough to make sure the kids were ok and that they took 1 bag of toys, as well as some of our photos, and birth certificates/other certificates.

The evacuation notice got given 15 mins after we evacuated... with fire metres high jumping the road and blocking your only escape route, you do what you know is best for your family, with or without evac. notice.

Turns out, we coulda stayed, and we might have been able to save a lot more than we took (the house ended up burning to the ground, but not from the original onslaught of flames).

so for everyone who has to deal with natural disasters, I wish you the best of luck and that you won't loose anyone/anything due to it. And for those who have been through it or will be going through it... trauma related to it sometimes doesn't show until 6-12 month after. The fire I spoke of happened in 2003, to date, I have not been able to get over it completly and will freak out if it's dark and I see the lights on a fire engine.

Selerious · Sep 22, 2005, 05:06 AM // 05:06

2003, wasnt that the canberra firestorm, damn that was a freak bushfire. The only one that was as bad as that (that comes to my mind) was the Ash wednesday fires. Bu i know what they are like had a few that came close to my house when I was living in the western part of SE Qld.

Link Ironhammer · Sep 22, 2005, 12:53 PM // 12:53

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Originally Posted by knives

Well, this will be my first Hurricane ever. So I am looking forward to it. I live on the southwest side of Houston, so lets see how this goes. Pfft, tons of friends are "evacuating" to Dallas, but I don't think it will be anything too severe.

Like they have said, "Expect the worst, but hope for the best." Too bad we forgot to go grocery shopping like we planned on monday. Now all I have is water + leftover chinese food. I am worried about my grandmother though, she got put in the hospital after she slipped a few days ago, and I wonder if the hospital is closing down..or even if the winds blow otu the glass from the hospital..

You need to get out its comin to you its shifted to the east and its goin right over Houston, I am not kidding get out of town.Hurricane Rita will go down as the third most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin.Hurricane Rita's rapid intensification cycle that began Tuesday afternoon and evening has leveled off. Top winds at 8 AM EDT were 170 mph (down 5 mph from 5 AM), making Rita a category 5 hurricane. Rita's pressure dramatically dropped to 897 millibars by Wednesday evening, but has now risen to 907 millibars.

Rita is forecast to continue on a west-northwestward track through the Gulf of Mexico over the next 12 hours. A turn toward the northwest is anticipated Thursday night and Friday.

If there is any good news at this point, it is the fact that it is very difficult for a hurricane to maintain category 5 status for any lengthy period of time. Near-perfect to perfect atmospheric conditions are necessary for a category 5 hurricane to exist and these "perfect" conditions are difficult to come by and do not remain in place for a long period of time. So although Rita is currently a category 5 hurricane, fluctuations in intensity is likely. As a footnote to less than perfect conditions, Rita may now be entraining some drier mid-level air over the western Gulf of Mexico and Texas into its western side, causing the slight decrease in wind speed and increase in pressure.

That being said, it is almost a certainty that Rita will make landfall as a large, intense, major hurricane with impacts extending well away from the center. Hurricane force winds extend 70 miles away from the center and tropical storm force winds extend 185 miles from the center. Landfall is possible late Friday or early Saturday along the Texas or southwest Louisiana coast. Residents and tourists in locations such as Port O'Connor, Bay City, Lake Jackson, Freeport, Galveston, Texas City, Houston, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Cameron and Lake Charles should ALL prepare for a very dangerous landfalling major hurricane.

Hurricane watches remain in effect along much of the Texas coastline from Port Mansfied, Texas to Intracoastal City, La. In addition, tropical storm watches are in effect from Port Mansfield, Texas to Rio San Fernando, Mexico and from Intracoastal City, La. to Morgan City, La. A tropical storm warning has now been issued for parts of Louisiana from Morgan City to the mouth of the Mississippi River.

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm18/projectedpath_large.html
Plz if you live in Houston GET OUT!!

MSecorsky · Sep 22, 2005, 02:36 PM // 14:36

Hey look all, Rita weakened a tad overnight without the sun's energy feeding it, but the sun's up now. It could reintensify. There's nothing out there to cut it down. No cooler water, no shearing winds. If you live where the northeastern qaudrant of the eye could pass, imagine if the ocean levels were 30 feet higher with 30 foot waves on top of that. If you can taste salt water in your imagination, you may very well die in real life.

Get out.

When Charlie crossed over us in central Florida, it was a Cat 3 still and did devastating damage. That's without any surge or flooding. These things are serious. If you have children or elderly with you and are in the path and haven't left, you have serious problems risking the lives of the innocent to support some sense of bravado.

Pack everything of value you can fit in your car and go. Computer, photo albums, irreplacables... all the clothes you'd miss. Heirlooms.

Get out now, or you may never be posting here again in a couple days. This cannot be taken seriously enough. You could die. Your loved ones could die. It isn't worth it.

Witchblade · Sep 22, 2005, 03:14 PM // 15:14

whoaa ... so this might be the "good" thing when u live in europe..

life suxx, it's boring..nothin ever happens, but u dont have to deal with that kind of stuff :/

dreamcrafter · Sep 22, 2005, 03:46 PM // 15:46

You know, there are times, where I'm really glad that I live in the middle of europe. No earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricans, flashfloods, etc.. Oh sure, there are floodings, but if you don't live in or near the alps, the chances that your city is gonna be hit are rather slim..

My heartfelt sympathies for all hurricane victims in the states though (and everywhere else, for that matter). I can't even begin to imagine what you've been through and still are going through.

Aracos79 · Sep 22, 2005, 04:09 PM // 16:09

To all those fleeing the hurricane... the Grand Canyon State welcomes you! No hurricanes, no tornadoes, no earthquakes, and most of the state is comfortably above sea level. Heck, our problem is not enough water... not too much water.

I know Phoenix and Tucson have already opened their doors to victims of Katrina, and I'm sure we'll do our part for Rita too.

knives · Sep 22, 2005, 04:09 PM // 16:09

Listen to Ghost of You by My chemical romance while thinking about the hurricane. Its eerie. o.o Especially if your staying behind to wait it out.