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Hurricane Rita

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  1. mwagner1, Sep 21, 2005
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    Hey all....

    Please keep the Texas coast in your thoughts and prayers this weekend as Rita is a real B***H and taking aim on the Texas coast, somewhere between Corpus Christi and God help us all, Houston!!!

    Rita is now the 4th ever strongest Atlantic storm (this storm is even more a "perfect textbook" storm than Katrina was) and is a terrifying beast.

    What is bad is the possible ultra severe weather we will have in central Texas, with the possibility of 90mph + winds and between 15" to 20" of rain....depending on where it makes landfall....

    Many thanks!!!

    Mark
  2. Codger, Sep 21, 2005
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    Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. Good luck.
  3. mwagner1, Sep 21, 2005
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    Thanks Codger....

    I should edit my first post, as Rita is now the THIRD strongest storm ever in either the Gulf or Atlantic....

    Better news for where I live though: maybe 4-6" of rain, and only 40-50mph winds....we will take that over 20" of rain and 100mph winds!!!! WHEW!!!

    Cheers,

    Mark
  4. Codger, Sep 22, 2005
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    Been quite some time since I've been in Houston. I do remember a lot of glass surfaced buildings. Beautiful on a sunny day but the thought of being anywhere around them in the kind of weather that is forecast.... Hope everyone gets out of there so that they can come back afterwards.
  5. JonS, Sep 22, 2005
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    The UK is also reporting the track of this storm closely. Thoughts with all those who become effected.

    The after effects of Katrina were felt as far north as Buffalo, as my brother reported extreme weather conditions in the days around Katrina.

    Best wishes to all.
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  7. Kevin, Sep 22, 2005
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    LOL That's because if they do their jobs right the first time they end up with a lot of spare time on their hands to waste away surfing the web.
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  9. Kevin, Sep 23, 2005
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    Looking not so bad right now... 40-50 knots with 20-something foot waves.
  10. Steven H, Sep 23, 2005
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    If you check the "plotted chart" of "wind-speed / Air-Pressure" you can easily see when the eye of the storm has passed over or colse to the buoy with gusts over 100 knts.

    If you compare the "Mean Wave height" , "Mean Wave direction" and "Mean Windspeed" and "Mean wind direction" charts, you can easily conclude that the heighest wave's have come up right after the eye of the storm has passed. The wind is blowing for exactly the opposite direction forcing the old "waves" to collide into the "new" waves. Actually creating very sharp peak's that can break in any direction and are very static. No longer travelling in 1 clear direction. you can also see that this "worst-case-scenario" luckily only lasted briefly.

    Standing wave-peaks of 38 ft with 100+knts of winds :
    Hold on to your nickers ... :eek:

    Just hoping lessons from Katrina have been learned and nobody that there will be no loss of life. Damage can be repaired, but no-one can be replaced when he/she is gone.