RITA ROARING THROUGH THE GULF AT 5:30 A.M. THIS
MORNING - CATEGORY FIVE WITH WINDS OF 165 MPH
THE UNTHINKABLE...
DISASTER LOOMS FOR THE TEXAS AND
LOUISIANA COASTLINES...
GAS AND OIL FUTURES HIGHER...
STOCK MARKET JITTERS...
THE NATION WATCHES IN HORROR AS A
CATEGORY FIVE PUSHES FURTHER AND FURTHER WEST...
GALVESTON 1900 REPEAT?
RED CROSS PUTS OUT A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR
VOLUNTEERS...
MOST OF TEXAS COASTLINE BEING EVACUATED...
HURRICANE SEASON 2005 - THE EXCLAMATION POINT
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CATEGORY FIVE RITA CONTINUES TO MOVE TOWARDS HOUSTON, TEXAS
TEXAS PRAYS FOR WEAKENING
Morning satellite view
RITA ROARING THROUGH THE GULF AT 5:30 A.M. THIS
MORNING - CATEGORY FIVE WITH WINDS OF 165 MPH
HURRICANE RITA ROARING TOWARDS THE TEXAS COASTLINE
MORNING MODELS ARE SHIFTING NORTH AND EAST
MORNING MODEL RUNS - FURTHER AND FURTHER NORTH
TEXAS OFFICIALS TELLING EVERYONE FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO BEAUMONT TO GET OUT NOW.
MORNING VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGES
SUNRISE ON RITA - CATEGORY FIVE
8 A.M. RITA
RITA AT 8:20 A.M. September, 22, 2005
MORNING EYE
MORNING PAPERS
FIRST RAINBAND MOVING TOWARDS NEW ORLEANS
8:50 A.M. EASTERN
8:55 a.m. THE PERFECT STORM
8:55 a.m. EYE OF RITA
Rita has maintained most of her strength overnight. She should start to weaken some later this morning. Expect her to move further north and east than earlier forecast models indicated. Rita could cause major damage to portions of the upper Texas Coast and Louisiana. This is an extremely dangerous hurricane.
MAJOR traffic jams across Houston this morning. People are reportedly driving just a few miles per hour. Over 1 million people are expected to leave the Houston area.
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10 a.m. Eastern
HURRICANE TURNING MORE NORTHWARD...THIS COULD SPARE GALVESTON THE WORST OF THE HURRICANE. CROSSING FINGERS FOR THEM :)
RITA AT 10 A.M. EASTERN - CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE
CATEGORY FIVE RITA AT 10 A.M. EASTERN TIME
1:00 p.m. EASTERN
RITA CONTINUES TO BE A POWERFUL ATLANTIC HURRICANE
WINDS ARE 165 MPH WITH A PRESSURE OF 913 MB
SHE IS GOING THROUGH AN EYE WALL REPLACEMENT CYCLE
RITA REMAINS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE
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GASOLINE PRICES EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE $4
DOLLARS PER GALLON....DUE TO HURRICANE RITA
Blog Quote
There was a woman on the phone to local Houston television a few moments ago.
They left League City (southeast side of Houston near Galveston Bay) at 4 pm
yesterday.
They just now got onto 290 from the Beltway now.
In other words, they've made approximately 35 miles in 20 hours, they're still
in Houston, and 290 is the same sort of parking lot.
It's the same story everywhere, except that people are running out of gas and
blocking the road.
And there's no gas to be found. The Governor has asked the Air Force if they can
fly some in, but I don't know how you distribute it.
And more good news from Houston. The delay at Hobby airport is many hours long
because workers called in "sick" or just didn't show up at all. And there's no
room in ANY parking lot. You either take a taxi to the airport or you abandon
your car in a bad neighborhood and walk to the airport.
1:33 p.m. Eastern - Category 4 Rita
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2:30 P.M. Eastern - RITA IS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE ON SATELLITE
A TREMENDOUS HURRICANE THIS AFTERNOON - ROARING THROUGH
THE OPEN WATERS OF THE
GULF OF MEXICO - ALL EYES ON TEXAS AND LOUISIANA
UPDATED WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS
HOUSTON TRAFFIC - TOTAL MESS
THOUSANDS OF CARS ARE STUCK ON THE ROADS
HOUSTON
Houston Traffic
Houston
Thousands of people stay at the George Bush
International
Airport waiting for flights to evacuate Houston, before
Hurricane Rita hits the coastal communities of Texas and
Luisiana, September 22, 2005. Hurricane Rita
weakened to a still dangerous Category 4 storm
with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour,
the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory
on Thursday. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
RITA ROARING THIS EVENING - VERY POWERFUL
THURSDAY EVENING SATELLITE OF THE MONSTER HURRICANE
RITA TAKING AIM FOR THE GULF COAST - SHE IS GOING
THROUGH AN ERC AND COULD GROW IN INTENSITY TONIGHT
RITA AT 11 P.M. MASSIVE HURRICANE TONIGHT
President Bush to monitor Hurricane Rita from NorthCom
President Bush will visit Northern Command in Colorado Springs this week to monitor Hurricane Rita as it bears down on the Texas coastline.
It will be Bush’s first look at Northern Command since it was created in October 2002 in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
White House spokesman Allen Abney said Bush will land sometime after 6 p.m. tomorrow and depart Saturday.
“The purpose is to come and monitor the storm and get a firsthand look at the military response effort and where those (assets) are being directed,” Abney said.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said during a Thursday morning media briefing that Bush planned to go to Texas Friday afternoon to “get a firsthand look at the preparations that are underway for Hurricane Rita and to show our support for the first responders as they get ready for the response to Hurricane Rita.”
He’ll then fly to Peterson Air Force Base, Northern Command’s headquarters.
THIS IS A POSSIBLE TRACK FOR RITA - IF TRUE THEN BEAUMONT AND PORT ARTHUR COULD BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE
Possible Track Forecast (source unknown)
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