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September 22, 2005

Hurricane Rita: Helpful Links

SEATTLE - These are a collection of links that I've been finding useful in keeping tabs on what is going down in the Galvestion Bay area of Texas. KTRH (740 AM) is reporting that I-45 north (a.k.a, The North Freeway), is a standstill near IH-610, with all southbound lanes blocked from traffic, and unused. They are discussing the traffic as "Houston's Superdome"...

I'll be editing these as I find more:

Web Sites & Blogs

Audio

Video

Posted by caropepe at 01:32 PM | Comments (0)

Hurricane Rita: Danger Guy in Seabrook

SEATTLE - The Weather Channel's favorite danger guy, Jim Cantore is holed up in Seabrook, TX. Last night it looked like he was broadcasing from the corner of NASA Road 1 and Texas Highway 146, across the road from Tookies. I hope all of our friends, including Paolo & Denise, Robin, the Hayes' family and Kolius are out of there and someplace safe!

Posted by caropepe at 11:21 AM | Comments (0)

September 21, 2005

Hurricane Rita: Pilots fly 9 of 40 vintage aircraft out of Galveston

SEATTLE - More stuff from the Houston Chronicle

Sept. 21, 2005, 6:09PM

Pilots fly 9 of 40 vintage aircraft out of Galveston
By HARVEY RICE
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

GALVESTON — Volunteer pilots from around Texas flew nine vintage aircraft out of harm's way today, but 31 other planes had to be left at the Lone Star Flight Museum as Hurricane Rita continued its approach to the Texas coast.

Read more here.

Posted by caropepe at 04:14 PM | Comments (0)

Hurricane Rita: Hanson Family

SEATTLE - I heard from Karen that both of her brother's families are evacuating the Galvestion Bay area. Brian, Tamara, and Makayla live in Pearland, TX and are heading to Tamara's family farm in Arkansas.

Mark, Jennifer, Brandon, Avery & Chance, who also live near Pearland, are heading up to Ron & Kathy's house on Lake Conroe, north of Houston.

I tried calling Brian on his cell phone and all circuits, as you might imgagine, are busy.

Posted by caropepe at 02:24 PM | Comments (0)

Hurricane Rita: NOAA Feed from Houston Chronicle

SEATTLE - The Houston Chronicle has ongoing coverage, including a live NOAA Weather Radio feed.

Posted by caropepe at 02:22 PM | Comments (0)

Hurricane Rita: Category 5 Storm

SEATTLE - It's 2:15 PM here on the west coast and I just got word from the National Hurricane Center that Hurricane Rita has been upgraded to a category 5 storm:



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WTNT63 KNHC 211955

TCUAT3

HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

255 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005



DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED

CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE

WINDS OF 165 MPH.  THIS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE 4 PM CDT ADVISORY.



FORECASTER AVILA

Posted by caropepe at 02:15 PM | Comments (0)