gustav Options

[brooklyneast05]

man all this Gustav coverage on tv is wearing me out.

[technicolour]

This hurricane is going to be crazy, just like Katrina + Rita. I have family down on the Texas coast and they had to evacuate.


At least someone knew what they were doing with the evacuations and such. Sort of.

[sixfive]

This hurricane is going to be crazy, just like Katrina + Rita. I have family down on the Texas coast and they had to evacuate.
At least someone knew what they were doing with the evacuations and such. Sort of.

Neg. Texas hasn't done shit.

Also, Rita was a joke.

I hope Gustav comes straight towards us. My apartment will be completely safe, and it'll allow me to miss class for at least one day. Possibly two.

[hi-C]

Also, Rita was a joke.

What do you mean Rita was a joke?

RITA WAS AN INTENSE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND DEADLY HURRICANE THAT
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED THE FLORIDA KEYS AND DEVASTATED PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHERN LOUISIANA. [...] AFTER ENTERING THE GULF OF MEXICO...RITA INTENSIFIED AT A RAPID
RATE...FROM CATEGORY TWO TO CATEGORY FIVE IN ABOUT 24
HOURS...WITH WINDS REACHING 165 MPH ON THE AFTERNOON OF 21
SEPTEMBER. THE HURRICANE STRENGTHENED FURTHER AND REACHED A PEAK
INTENSITY OF 180 MPH EARLY ON 22 SEPTEMBER...ABOUT 310 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE
CENTRAL PRESSURE FELL TO 895 MB...THE FOURTH LOWEST ON RECORD IN
THE ATLANTIC BASIN. RITA BEGAN TO WEAKEN LATER THAT DAY...BUT AS
IT PASSED THROUGH THE GULF OF MEXICO...IT PRODUCED STORM SURGE
FLOODING IN PORTIONS OF THE NEW ORLEANS AREA THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY
BEEN INUNDATED BY KATRINA. RITA TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENED
TO CATEGORY THREE ON 23 SEPTEMBER. IT THEN MADE LANDFALL AROUND
240 AM CDT 24 SEPTEMBER JUST EAST OF THE TEXAS/LOUISIANA BORDER
BETWEEN SABINE PASS AND JOHNSON.S BAYOU...STILL AT CATEGORY THREE
INTENSITY WITH 115 MPH WINDS. RITA CAUSED DEVASTATING STORM SURGE
FLOODING AND WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS. RITA WEAKENED AFTER MOVING INLAND BUT
REMAINED A TROPICAL STORM UNTIL REACHING NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA
LATE ON 24 SEPTEMBER. IT THEN TURNED NORTHEASTWARD AND MERGED
WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM TWO DAYS LATER. RITA CAUSED SEVEN DEATHS
AND DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $11.3 BILLION IN THE UNITED STATES.

Tropical Weather Summary - 2005 Web Final