Biggest Storm EVER?
09-21-2005, 10:24 PM
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Biggest Storm EVER? The news just said Hurricane Rita is the biggest storm to EVER hit the Texas coast, and only the second cat 5 to make landfall!! Sustained winds of 175mph with gusts of 215mph!!!! Anyone else hear this about the storm?
Everyone really needs to take this storm serisously, you saw what Katrina did to LA, and this storm is wayyy more powerful. I think I'm gonna head out tomorrow sometime, maybe Austin, San Antonio, who knows.
And I agree people are overreacting about some things, you don't need to go out and buy 4,000 gallons of gas.
Everyone really needs to take this storm serisously, you saw what Katrina did to LA, and this storm is wayyy more powerful. I think I'm gonna head out tomorrow sometime, maybe Austin, San Antonio, who knows.
And I agree people are overreacting about some things, you don't need to go out and buy 4,000 gallons of gas.
09-21-2005, 10:37 PM
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At my work, we have no more bullets. 
Either people are getting ready to protect or do what they did in Lousiana, and i'm not staying around to find out. I'm going to Panama City Beach, FL for a couple days with family, my mom finally came around and decided to leave. Everybody stay safe and God Bless.
Either people are getting ready to protect or do what they did in Lousiana, and i'm not staying around to find out. I'm going to Panama City Beach, FL for a couple days with family, my mom finally came around and decided to leave. Everybody stay safe and God Bless.
09-21-2005, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Onyx Z
The news just said Hurricane Rita is the biggest storm to EVER hit the Texas coast, and only the second cat 5 to make landfall!! Sustained winds of 175mph with gusts of 215mph!!!! Anyone else hear this about the storm?
Everyone really needs to take this storm serisously, you saw what Katrina did to LA, and this storm is wayyy more powerful. I think I'm gonna head out tomorrow sometime, maybe Austin, San Antonio, who knows.
And I agree people are overreacting about some things, you don't need to go out and buy 4,000 gallons of gas.
Everyone really needs to take this storm serisously, you saw what Katrina did to LA, and this storm is wayyy more powerful. I think I'm gonna head out tomorrow sometime, maybe Austin, San Antonio, who knows.
And I agree people are overreacting about some things, you don't need to go out and buy 4,000 gallons of gas.
And yeah you should buy 4,000 gallons of gas cause by the end of tommorow its gonna skyrocket past $3 again!
09-21-2005, 10:40 PM
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3rd strongest storm in the Atlantic Basin in recorded history.
It'll probably only be a cat 4 when it hits land though, I'd be very surprised if it's still a cat 5 Friday night when it hits.
It'll probably only be a cat 4 when it hits land though, I'd be very surprised if it's still a cat 5 Friday night when it hits.
09-21-2005, 11:03 PM
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*IF* Rita makes landfall as a Category 5 storm (which I don't believe it will), it would have been the 4th to make U.S. landfall in recorded history. Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Camille, and Andrew are the only recorded storms to make landfall as a category 5.
It is correct that Rita is the 3rd most intense atlantic hurricane recorded, at 897mbar. (Behind 1935 Labor Day @ 892 and Gilbert @ 888)
If you want to see a BIG storm, go look up Supertyphoon Tip. Pressure of 870mbar, sustained 190mph winds, and a circulation diameter of 1350 miles. (To put that in perspective, it would nearly cover up the entire western half of the United States.)
It is correct that Rita is the 3rd most intense atlantic hurricane recorded, at 897mbar. (Behind 1935 Labor Day @ 892 and Gilbert @ 888)
If you want to see a BIG storm, go look up Supertyphoon Tip. Pressure of 870mbar, sustained 190mph winds, and a circulation diameter of 1350 miles. (To put that in perspective, it would nearly cover up the entire western half of the United States.)
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09-21-2005, 11:35 PM
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i'm down for some evacs from h-town, it would make for some great meets, everyone knows that all the fast cars are down south. HA HA HA, come on up here guys.
09-22-2005, 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by xaon
*IF* Rita makes landfall as a Category 5 storm (which I don't believe it will), it would have been the 4th to make U.S. landfall in recorded history. Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, Camille, and Andrew are the only recorded storms to make landfall as a category 5.
It is correct that Rita is the 3rd most intense atlantic hurricane recorded, at 897mbar. (Behind 1935 Labor Day @ 892 and Gilbert @ 888)
If you want to see a BIG storm, go look up Supertyphoon Tip. Pressure of 870mbar, sustained 190mph winds, and a circulation diameter of 1350 miles. (To put that in perspective, it would nearly cover up the entire western half of the United States.)
It is correct that Rita is the 3rd most intense atlantic hurricane recorded, at 897mbar. (Behind 1935 Labor Day @ 892 and Gilbert @ 888)
If you want to see a BIG storm, go look up Supertyphoon Tip. Pressure of 870mbar, sustained 190mph winds, and a circulation diameter of 1350 miles. (To put that in perspective, it would nearly cover up the entire western half of the United States.)
i've looked around weather.com and havent found it..
09-22-2005, 10:25 AM
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where are you finding the mbar info at?
i've looked around weather.com and havent found it..
i've looked around weather.com and havent found it..
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USN...=none&pid=none
which btw, as of 10am CST, the storm's pressure had dropped to 907mbar.
09-22-2005, 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by RyanJ
why does everyone think it won't be a cat 5 when it hits? Warm water fuels hurricanes, and gulf water is warmer than the pure atlantic. It will be a Cat 5.
09-22-2005, 10:42 AM
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why does everyone think it won't be a cat 5 when it hits? Warm water fuels hurricanes, and gulf water is warmer than the pure atlantic. It will be a Cat 5.
I'll try to explain the best I can using the following map.
The gulf of mexico waters are warmer than the main atlantic basin waters are, so once it gets into the gulf, it starts to pick up strength. The water temperatures just into the gulf between florida and cuba. Rita's path led her over the bahamas and the keys, so it caught some land and did not let it gain alot of strength at that point.
Then the storm entered back into the gulf, and once it reached the channel of water that enters into the gulf of mexico between cuba and the yucatan peninsula (read, those waters are significantly warmer than the rest of the gulf, by 4-8 degrees). This is EXACTLY where Rita picked up all her power from.
As you can see on the storm tracker, the storm has passed to the west of this warmer channel and has entered into the cooler waters, which is why we have already seen the storm decrease from a 175mph 897mbar storm, to a 165mph 907mbar storm. This doesn't seem like a lot at this point, but it has only made a very small shift in water temperature. As the storm continues to move towards land, the surface temperature continues to decrease. The water depth also decreases, which means that the storm begins to pull the cooler water from below the surface to feed the storm.
Warmer waters = increased power, Cooler waters = decreased power. This storm has already been through the warmest waters and from this point on will only continue to weaken.
