Hurricane Rita!

[Sphexi]

All I can say is I wish everyone down there the best. Keep your head low, get out of its path, and hopefully you'll have something to go home to.

It's weird though, they predicted that this year would be worse than last year, as last year was worse than the year before, and so on. Does that mean next year will be even worse than this year is turning out to be?

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Mill
Pressue is 908mb. Winds of 165mph SUSTAINED.

It's at least as powerful as Katrina was when it made landfall. We had sustained 175MPH in Slidell, LA, and I'm sure those winds are somewhere in this storm.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
All I can say is I wish everyone down there the best. Keep your head low, get out of its path, and hopefully you'll have something to go home to.

It's weird though, they predicted that this year would be worse than last year, as last year was worse than the year before, and so on. Does that mean next year will be even worse than this year is turning out to be?

Possibly, over the last decade things have been increasing.
Some say its a normal cycle of earth and other will say its the ozone layer and green house effect.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
Why the hell do you want a stick so much. For fame? wtf. For Natural Disasters I think mods should make and stick a thread so attention whores like this can stfu.

I wish we had an icon that gave you the finger.

I like how you completely ignored the question. Why the hell are you begging for a sticky?

More post!

I agree with AccruedExpenditure ... there is already a thread stickied about this topic.

If they unsticky the other one and sticky this is fine with me, but to have 2 stickied threads about Rita is pointless.

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
Why the hell do you want a stick so much. For fame? wtf. For Natural Disasters I think mods should make and stick a thread so attention whores like this can stfu.

I wish we had an icon that gave you the finger.

I like how you completely ignored the question. Why the hell are you begging for a sticky?

Get that crap out of here.

What crap.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Mill
Pressue is 908mb. Winds of 165mph SUSTAINED.

It's at least as powerful as Katrina was when it made landfall. We had sustained 175MPH in Slidell, LA, and I'm sure those winds are somewhere in this storm.

Wondering where the pressure is going to level off. 908 (someone reported 906 on Storm2k) is only just a few millibars away from Katrina's 902. Now, I wonder if Rita can go sub 900mb. :Q

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
What crap.

Do you really want a confrontation with me? Keep the trolling, flaming, and general asshattery out of this thread. Ok?

 

[Mloot]

Now, I wonder if Rita can go sub 900mb. :Q

I, for one, sure as hell hope not. I'd like to have a house remaining when I come back.

 

[Balt]

/sigh

If you've got less than half a tank of gas might wanna fill up before everyone hits panic mode and start refilling when they hit 9/10 of a tank.

 

[frankgomez75]

WTF!!!!

This is fvckin crazy..... These storms can actually get winds up and over 200MPH!
I guess I'm gonna have to packup and prepare. This sux major bullox....

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Balt
/sigh

If you've got less than half a tank of gas might wanna fill up before everyone hits panic mode and start refilling when they hit 9/10 of a tank.

Yeah good point... not to make this a gas thread but i saw the gas price pretty low this morning, might as well fill up.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: Balt
/sigh

If you've got less than half a tank of gas might wanna fill up before everyone hits panic mode and start refilling when they hit 9/10 of a tank.

Yeah good point... not to make this a gas thread but i saw the gas price pretty low this morning, might as well fill up.

I am going to top up for the hell of it tonight
I have probably a little more than 2/3 of a tank, but might as well git 'r dun

 

[Balt]

Right after they start getting evacuees in temporary housing in the Houston area they're probably going to have to abandon it.

 

[Rubycon]

This one could be another Gilbert. :shocked:

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: C6FT7
This one could be another Gilbert. :shocked:

Yeah, waiting to see what the next recon says. If it keeps up even a marginal rate of deepening it will go sub-800. 888 is down there, though.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: C6FT7
This one could be another Gilbert. :shocked:

Yeah, waiting to see what the next recon says. If it keeps up even a marginal rate of deepening it will go sub-800. 888 is down there, though.

Gilbert ??

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: C6FT7
This one could be another Gilbert. :shocked:

Yeah, waiting to see what the next recon says. If it keeps up even a marginal rate of deepening it will go sub-800. 888 is down there, though.

Gilbert ??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gilbert

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Originally posted by: astrosfan90

Originally posted by: Jnetty99

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: C6FT7
This one could be another Gilbert. :shocked:

Yeah, waiting to see what the next recon says. If it keeps up even a marginal rate of deepening it will go sub-800. 888 is down there, though.

Gilbert ??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gilbert

thanks.

 

[AbsolutZero]

Max Mayfield now on CNN attm...

Air Force recon took one more pass in the last few minutes and pressure has dropped even more.

 

[Mill]

904mb.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: SupaDupaCheez
I think they only do a certain number of names per year (around 20) so not every letter in the alphabet is represented.

21 names, where Q, U, X, Y, and Z are not used(you try coming up with some reasonable names with those letters!). Once we exhaust the 21 name list for this season(and it looks highly likely we will, there are only 4 names left, and it looks likely another TS will spawn within 3 days), we'll start using the Greek alphabet for the first time in history.

Hurricane Quagmire!

 

[SVT Cobra]

5!!!!! :Q

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Mill
904mb.

holy fsck


looking at the maps, going to austin isn't such a great idea

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Mill
904mb.

Look for Rita to become the 3rd most intense hurricane in recorded history real soon now. All it has to do is pass Kat at 902 and Allen at 899.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: ViRGE

Originally posted by: Mill
904mb.

Look for Rita to become the 3rd most intense hurricane in recorded history real soon now. All it has to do is pass Kat at 902 and Allen at 899.

and labor day at 892 and gilbert at 888 and those are just the atlantic, the pacific had some lower