VERY GRIM SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR LOUISIANA AS RITA CLOSES
Thu Sep 22, 2005 23:13
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UPDATED: 4:55 pm EDT, September 22, 2005
VERY GRIM SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR LOUISIANA AS RITA CLOSES IN
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I do not want to diminish the threat to Texas that Rita poses- but for areas like Freeport and Galveston, that threat is indeed less tonight. With that said, the threat to Louisiana has increased significantly- even in New Orleans. The official NHC track takes Rita inland near the Louisiana/Texas border. This will place a great deal of SW Louisiana within the dreaded right-front quadrant of this hurricane. Storm surge, very strong wind, flooding rain and even the possibility of tornadoes will plague portions of the upper Texas coast and into Louisiana. Obviously, the big story right now is the evacuation of these areas. Traffic is beyond description from what I understand- and it will only get worse until people file out. The brunt of Rita's effects will move in later tonight and throughout tomorrow. Landfall looks to be early Saturday morning. Tomorrow, the big countdown begins. Use the daylight to prepare and to evacuate. Use common sense to survive. I will be in or near Lake Charles, LA by late tonight. My plans to report on and take measurements from the hurricane will go in to action once I am in Louisiana. I hope to work with Jeff Flock and Rob Hess of HurricaneNow.com. We will report from the hurricane together- as we have done in the past when Jeff was at CNN. I will post video reports as often as possible and will also keep this page updated with commentary too. There will be a point when the Sprint PCS network takes a hit- and we will lose data coverage. I will do the best I can to phone in reports to my colleagues well outside of the area. That's it for now- it is a hot and hazy day here in Texas (I am currently in Clute- near Lake Jackson). Tomorrow, the rain will commence- and so will my work. I will have another update here around 11pm EDT tonight.
On another note, I would like to announce that I am going to donate $500.00 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund using proceeds from today's CNN appearance that I had. I was able to promote HurricaneLiveNet.com and obviously a lot of subscribers signed up. The money raised is not meant to pad my pockets- it pays the bills and helps to fund these missions, but not get rich. So, why not give something back? As of now, I am pledging $500 to the ARC and will take care of this ASAP. Thanks to the many people who signed up- now I hope we can deliver and show you how we work via that site. There is a lot of hard work involved, but a lot of luck also. So far, so good. I just wanted to pass this info along- so people better understand what I am trying to do with the new site. I will have another update here around 5pm EDT.
Rita video reports:
* CNN's Anderson Cooper as he does live work in Galveston, TX- 9/21
* Rita evacuation traffic along I-45 out of Galveston- 9/21
Tracking links & Misc. Info:
* Track Rita here
* Important info from the NWS on specific, local hurricane information
* HurricaneLiveNet.com subscribers click here to log in
http://www.hurricanetrack.com /
VERY GRIM SCENARIO SHAPING UP FOR LOUISIANA AS RITA CLOSES IN
http://www.hurricanetrack.com /
I do not want to diminish the threat to Texas that Rita poses- but for areas like Freeport and Galveston, that threat is indeed less tonight. With that said, the threat to Louisiana has increased significantly- even in New Orleans. The official NHC track takes Rita inland near the Louisiana/Texas border. This will place a great deal of SW Louisiana within the dreaded right-front quadrant of this hurricane. Storm surge, very strong wind, flooding rain and even the possibility of tornadoes will plague portions of the upper Texas coast and into Louisiana. Obviously, the big story right now is the evacuation of these areas. Traffic is beyond description from what I understand- and it will only get worse until people file out. The brunt of Rita's effects will move in later tonight and throughout tomorrow. Landfall looks to be early Saturday morning. Tomorrow, the big countdown begins. Use the daylight to prepare and to evacuate. Use common sense to survive. I will be in or near Lake Charles, LA by late tonight. My plans to report on and take measurements from the hurricane will go in to action once I am in Louisiana. I hope to work with Jeff Flock and Rob Hess of HurricaneNow.com. We will report from the hurricane together- as we have done in the past when Jeff was at CNN. I will post video reports as often as possible and will also keep this page updated with commentary too. There will be a point when the Sprint PCS network takes a hit- and we will lose data coverage. I will do the best I can to phone in reports to my colleagues well outside of the area. That's it for now- it is a hot and hazy day here in Texas (I am currently in Clute- near Lake Jackson). Tomorrow, the rain will commence- and so will my work. I will have another update here around 11pm EDT tonight.
On another note, I would like to announce that I am going to donate $500.00 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund using proceeds from today's CNN appearance that I had. I was able to promote HurricaneLiveNet.com and obviously a lot of subscribers signed up. The money raised is not meant to pad my pockets- it pays the bills and helps to fund these missions, but not get rich. So, why not give something back? As of now, I am pledging $500 to the ARC and will take care of this ASAP. Thanks to the many people who signed up- now I hope we can deliver and show you how we work via that site. There is a lot of hard work involved, but a lot of luck also. So far, so good. I just wanted to pass this info along- so people better understand what I am trying to do with the new site. I will have another update here around 5pm EDT.
Rita video reports:
* CNN's Anderson Cooper as he does live work in Galveston, TX- 9/21
* Rita evacuation traffic along I-45 out of Galveston- 9/21
Tracking links & Misc. Info:
* Track Rita here
* Important info from the NWS on specific, local hurricane information
* HurricaneLiveNet.com subscribers click here to log in
http://www.hurricanetrack.com /
