Hurricane Rita...down to cat 4

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[Talking Hands]

Up to Cat 2 now. Raining and windy here is So Dade. Some ponding in the street but house is high and dry. At least the winds aren't blowing water under the door like Katrina. Schools will open tomorrow but I am not sure on my school as it is a shelter. Depends on when they close the shelter.

 

[dturner]

All I can say is that the Dallas area sure does need the rain - 100 degrees in late September is just crazzzzyyyyyy!!

Hope everyone in the line of this Hurricane has someplace safe to go. Don't want to see another New Orleans this week that's for sure.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Man,

The good news is that we are leaving the Austin area on Thursday for Orldando and our first family trip to WDW. The bad news is that it looks like the storm will cause Thunderstorms in Orlando for the majority of our trip.

I don't see how. They've had no mentions of Katirna being responsible directly for any weather as late as then.

We've had about 3 or 4..sudden downpours today...and they've lasted less than 5 minutes.

 

[Talking Hands]

Rita will definately be out of the area by Thursday. It shouldn't be a problem at all for the Orlando area.

 

[Planogirl]

Key West radar as of 01:48 PM EDT Tue Sep 20th 2005

Oh, Mr Pirate.... I hope that you got out of there this time.

 

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[Mom2Ashli]

Praying for everyone in Rita's Path.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I read a story (CNN if I remember right) where a 42 year old nurse said she and her husband were planning on riding out the storm. They are in Galveston. She said they have food and water to last 10 days. If they need to they will get on their roof. The city is 8 feet above sea level and has 17 foot flood walls. They expect a storm surge of 50 feet. What is she thinking?

 

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Fox news was showing a couple of freeways leading out of Houston at a standstill.

Also saying everyone flying Continental should keep up to changes seeing that Continentals main hub is in Houston and many flights go through there.

 

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11am NHC Discussion:

RITA APPEARS TO HAVE REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY DURING THE PAST
12 HOURS. HURRICANES TYPICALLY DO NOT MAINTAIN SUCH HIGH INTENSITY
FOR A LONG TIME. INITIAL INTENSITY ESTIMATE IS 145 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH
SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO...DUE TO EYEWALL REPLACEMENT CYCLES...AN OVERALL GRADUAL
WEAKENING TREND SHOULD TAKE PLACE. THIS WEAKENING TREND IS BASED ON
LOWER OCEANIC HEAT CONTENT ALONG THE FORECAST TRACK AND INCREASING
SHEAR. NEVERTHERELESS...RITA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A
DANGEROUS HURRICANE OF AT LEAST A CATEGORY THREE INTENSITY.

 

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