Hurricane Rita: The next Katrina? w0ot.

[Greed]

Yo yo peeps :3

There's the new hurricane Rita that is suppoused to be hitting the Galveston area of Texas.

Meteorologists are thinking that this hurricane may be almost as bad as Katrina. But then again, what do they know? They're always wrong lol.

Anyway, just discuss here what you guys think. And then I'll let you know, as a live Houston resident, if Rita turns out bad. :3

Good thing is that so many schools are being closed.

Bad thing is that everybody's now rushing to stores to grab anything they need. lol.

Right now I'm probably gonna go stay with my uncle, so yeah. Wish us Texas peeps luck <3

EDIT: Whoops, forgot to put the poll. lol

[Kid Frost]

Yeah this is serious i hope everything will turn out okay

[Hinoshi-chan]

thats so bad, I know someone from texas >.< hope there ok, I hope it turns out good, and not much is done.Cause ive seen what katrina has done , and thats awful >.<

[Drifblim]

Some people are saying it'll hit Houston.

That is ridiculous, however. Houston sits on high land and it's a lot farther inland than New Orleans was. If Rita hits Galveston, the cap farthest it'll go is Texas City or League City.

[bna_li]

Erg... What's happening in this world... Hope people there stay safe.

[Ryoutarou]

This thing can't be anywhere near as bad as Katrina, it's only at cat 1 at the moment and it's only expected to raise to cat 3.

I've got my brother around there though so I hope he'll be okay~

[Hinoshi-chan]

I have heared its catergory is rising >.<
it might hit new orleans, this is all the polutions fault...we have failed mother earths ways, now we shall be punnished with are own crimes....but all mother earth has are the elements of fire, winds, water..... ** ohh**

[Kid Frost]

So do you know if they are going to have to evacuate texas

[Charizard_Fire_God]

F5s are very rare cases. Indeed it is doubtful that it will be anywhere near as powerful as Katrina was. Nevertheless, a hurricane's destruction depends mostly on the path it chooses, tch, so it really varies. Yes, if it chooses a path where there are many inhabittants it could cause more damage than Katrina did, tch, but I honestly doubt it'll cause too many victims, since ppl are already on alert as a result of Katrina's devastating force.

[Ryoutarou]

*rechecks news* Dang...that's gonna hit my brother's place o_o;

Wow, it's been like 40 years since a cat 5 hit land in American before Katrina, two of them in one year and so close is just crazy. This could very well end up as strong if not stronger than Katrina actually. It's already at cat 5 so that's just as bad.

[Chairman Kaga]

Erm, since you didn't specify what you wanted for the poll and since this is more of a conversation topic, I think I'm going to move it to other chat ^^

*moved*

[vato_nolan]

Aawww I heared it's going to hit TEXAS!No TEXAS is the best.That can't happen to my home state.How sad.

[Kayleigh]

I live in Texas, but in the eastern part of it so I'll most likely only get rain here... I was just in Galveston a few weeks ago, though, and it's a shame that it's right in the path of Rita. I especially feel sorry for all of the people there from Louisinia who will now have to go through the whole evacuation process again. From what I've heard on the news, this storm sounds like it will be just as strong as Katrina!

[Wish]

Ahh! just raised to catagory 4 and still over water. This is turning bad.

[Jeremy]

Well sweeties, I live in Houston, and my parents think it's gonna hit us...So yeah, I'm leaving for awhile.
I hope it's not gonna be strong and devasting as Katrina.

Anyway, see ya sweeties in awhile, I'll miss you all. =3

~Jeremy

[wishirulz]

F5s are very rare cases. Indeed it is doubtful that it will be anywhere near as powerful as Katrina was. Nevertheless, a hurricane's destruction depends mostly on the path it chooses, tch, so it really varies. Yes, if it chooses a path where there are many inhabittants it could cause more damage than Katrina did, tch, but I honestly doubt it'll cause too many victims, since ppl are already on alert as a result of Katrina's devastating force.

eh florin, WHY ARE YOU TALING ABOUT TORNADOS WILL WERE IN A HURRICANE TOPIC!

[Lucid-Acid]

[COLOR=HotPink]Meh, That's hurricane season for ya. -- They evacuated New Orleans, they're worried about more flooding, that poor city. I even have family coming in from Texas.[/COLOR

[Kratos]

From what I heard it's now a category 6, I heard from my mom since she works at Maersk and communicates with the other Maersk Company at Houston, they had to evacuate the whole company in Houston because of this hurricane.

[Morkula]

It's actually quite comparable to Katrina right now. It's a cat 5 with 165 mph winds. There's no such thing as a cat 6, Kratos. >.<
Bye, Jeremy, hope you keep safe!

[Kratos]

Yes there is such a thing as cat 6 but every cat 6 that has ever happened has never reached land before this would be the first. Why do you argue when I can prove you wrong?

[Morkula]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml
There are only Cat. 1-5. That's the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale. There is no such thing as a Category 6 hurricane. Cat 1: 74-95mph, Cat 2: 96-110mph, Cat 3: 111-130mph, Cat 4: 131-155mph, Cat 5: 156+ mph

They say Rita's going to weaken to Cat 4 before landfall. That's still about as strong as Katrina was before landfall. =/

[Legolas]

[color=Red]omg, i sure hope it gets weaker. Lucy-Chan lives in Texas, and shes my best girl friend *meaning GENDER, not in that sort or way your thinking of @_@* on PC and MSN, *sigh* dam hurricanes, there have been soooo much, 0.0/color]

[Dawg 2005]

Like Jeremy, I live in Houston too. We packed all our crap and we're gonna wait it out. We WERE gonna leave, but have you seen the traffic? A 2 hour drive is taking 12-15 hours!

Wish me luck guys, I'm gonna need it.

[Lucid-Acid]

SOB, it's coming right for us! >< It's gonna hit where I live as bad as Hurrican Lily did in 03.

[Himawarii]

I hope you guys are okay over there.They said that this hurricane is WORSE than Katrina so becareful.I'm watching it because my cousin's parents live around that area.....

[Ryoutarou]

Dang, my brother's going to get hit straight on o_o;

And...the gas is at five bucks a gallon here O_o;;

[Team Magma Girl]

I'm worried about the people who live in Texas! o.o

I wish everyone, that is in the areas where the hurricane may hit, luck.
*spazzes*
Crap, the gas prices are going up again?!?! o.0;;
*goes to watch the news* XD

[AngelWolfie]

It's up to category 5 now ._. Wish 'yall luck! o_o

[John Denver]

Will it never end...oh well...people up north here take all this for granted...I can't imagine what they're going through right now.

[Akio123]

My question is despite the fact that it could still be considered late hurricane season, I am wondering why are these hurricanes happenining one after another. I now am nervous how many hurricanes there will be this year.

[AngelWolfie]

*gasp* It's the...Day After TOMORROW! Sorry, I know this isn't funny. But all this has been making the apocolypse come to mind...

[Ryoutarou]

My question is despite the fact that it could still be considered late hurricane season, I am wondering why are these hurricanes happenining one after another. I now am nervous how many hurricanes there will be this year.Global warming, it causes the waters out at sea to heat up and that's the main driving force of a hurricane; hot water.

Yeah now try and say there's no such thing as global warming.

[Akio123]

Global warming, it causes the waters out at sea to heat up and that's the main driving force of a hurricane; hot water.

Now try and say there's no such thing as global warming.
Well I knew Global Warming, however I have a theory of other factors.

[Stemps]

Ok..this is going to hit Texas and GAS PRICING WILL GO SKY ROCKET! It said someting about hitting Corpus Christi! Vampiric Angel PLease becarful!

[Akio123]

That is also another problem as Randall-Kun stated. We are already min an oil crisis. Other than the same horrible effects as Hurricane Katrina. We will have a problem with oil even more then we did.

[Legolas]

omfg, Dawg 2005, Hotaru, and Mhiara's brother, i very much hope that you guys make it out fine.................., but because i know her so well, i am hoping Lucy will get out perfect, i haven't talked to her for days now... !_!:'(!_!:'(........

I also hope that everyone else gets out as well .........

[Arekkusu Rizu]

Rita wasn't as bad here in Florida as Karina was but it will be as it was mentioned all over the news on Texas. We just got a day off on Tuesday for all Miami Dade and Broward counties, and mostly a full day of raining, luckly my house nothing happened. All that happened here was rain showers, but when Katrina hit us, we lost power for a week. And we got about like 6 inches of flood around in broward. What I did hate were the high gas prices which I payed $40 to fill almost a full tank, and now it seems the same thing is going tohappen.
What these hurricanes bring to FLorida, which me and all my pals are happy about the day before are the waves, on Katrina we got from 9 to 15 feet waves which never happens, and with Rita it was up to 11 but pure plain since we couldn't surf. We had these local police or w/e come to us and said it wasn't safe to surf, and we ignored them, then a while after a truck coems to us sayig he's towing our cars and we all ran to it.
I guess I'm used to all these hurricanes, I had Ivan, Frances, and Charlie i think last year... and i got mad since my homecoming got postponed cause of it.

[Senor Kyle]

Yeah this is serious i hope everything will turn out okay

I am personally sticking it out here in Houston. Other staff members have evacuated already to ensure they will be able to handle our support desk.

[Himawarii]

I rather think about hurricane than gas prices.Anyways,today it lowered to a Category 3.Good grief,but still not safe.

[Akio123]

I rather think about hurricane than gas prices.Anyways,today it lowered to a Category 3.Good grief,but still not safe.
I agree and disagree with you. I care about the people more then the gas, but given the current oil crisis I think it is important, but not as imporatant as the people.

[Envy]

It's only a matter of time when the hurricane hits....which I live in Texas;Hey,did ya heard about there was a bus that blow up?Oh god,I heard 20 people died on it!Today me and my sister had to go somewhere which we had to go on the Highway!Every single time there was triffic,and we saw a whole lot of cars at the side of some highways we were on!Dang,this year is just so crazy,first there was the war,Katrina,Gas,NOW THERES A SISTER OF KATRINA?!

[AnzRayquazaX]

I know that it lowered to Category 3(I know it because I've been watching the Weather Channel all day) and it's going to have a direct hit on Port Arthur, Texas. Poor people there, they're right in the middle of it. :(

[Dee Trier]

I hope it not as big as katrina.
Btw why a hurrican was named with good name??

[AnzRayquazaX]

The names are automatically picked from the beginning of the hurricane season. For example: Let's say Hurricane Dan just faded and then a Tropical Depression forms. Then the tropical depression strengthens and then it becomes a tropical storm. If Dan was used already, then they would go to the next name on the list. If it's Ethan, then they'll call the tropical storm Tropical Storn Ethan.

That's how the names work.

[wakachamo]

It's now a category 1, Houston is devastated. I wish luck to you, thanhthuy, and to all the people that have been evacuated.

The mayor says there have been isolated incidents of misconduct.

Let's just hope everything's going fine...

[Senor Kyle]

Fortunately, the only damage at my house was the fence

EDIT: I have some rita pics

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/kyletech/rita/20050923143626_dscf1241.jpg
Walmart was all closed down - Bad time to buy AA Batteries

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/kyletech/rita/20050923143416_dscf1235.jpg
The Everyone's Internet Datacenter

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/kyletech/rita/20050923110903_new.jpg
My temporary command center at home - had ICQ, MSN, AIM and Yahoo! running. Wish I had Trillian set up here though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v318/kyletech/rita/20050923110816_dscf1232.jpg
LOBD, Inc. Fortress - Yep, everyone boarded everything down

[Envy]

WoW,the sight of it is not pretty except for theres only sunlight on the last picture.Well,Rita's at my place now.It hasn't rain yet,and there is a lot of big clouds forming and stuff.And if anyone is going back down,there going to have to face that everything is shut down,even the GAS!!Aagghhh!I just heard a thurder!The sight now is not so bright now....

[Himawarii]

Rita's creating a tornado over where my teacher lives,in Shreveport(boy gotta wish her luck^^)

[Envy]

Thats bad!Ya every think Rita was a wimp compare to her sister,Katrina?!God,it was a level 5 in the Gulf Coust and it went lower!I was kinda expecting something more,waste of gas for those people who run away from there home in Galveston....

[Himawarii]

Katrina and Rita are sisters?Kawaii^^That makes Charley their adopted bro^^

[Envy]

Yeah,there sisters!And I heard there might be two other ones!!Just might will....

[Drifblim]

Looks like Houston and Galveston lucked out. I'm not too happy for Beaumont and Port Arthur, though.

[Himawarii]

How about Ivan,their gramps?No no no....that's their papa!^^And Andrew was Katrina's ex-boyfriend^^

Anyways,I've been hearing on the news that Rita set a house on fire.That's something we don't see every day.

[Envy]

Oh!U know what,the house got burned down,right?Well,they couldn't put it out,because the water was shut off and they couldn't do anything for it,just watching it burn down to the ground!!And,it was actally three houses.I feel sad for the person who own them...

[Akio123]

How about Ivan,their gramps?No no no....that's their papa!^^And Andrew was Katrina's ex-boyfriend^^

That isn't funny or cute. This is a serious matter.

[Greed]

I'm back now lol

H-town got lucky. It didn't got hit straight on, it was suppoused to hit us though. We dodged a bullet lol

I pretty much took my valuables with me to my uncle's home. The "hurricane" hit around Saturday around midnight.

All we got was hard winds, and rain. No fatalities so far. The roof tiles in my apartments were blown off, and a tree got ripped apart.

It was crazy on Thursday though. Gas ran out really quickly, and all Kroger, HEB, and Randalls stores ran out of food. I spent two hours on traffic on what was suppoused to be a quick ten minute drive to my uncle's.

I got freaked out really, I was pretty scared that we'd all get the same thing as those poor Katrina victims. I sure as hell didn't fancy the idea of moving to a shelter.

Anyway, at my uncle's I just spent nice time with my cousins and stayed with them for three nights lol. Our power went out for a couple of hours, not much. I've had the TV and radio on for updates. And yes, I got so freaked out when it went up to category 5. lol We had to board up our windows and duct tape them.

I'm counting my blessings, man. H-town's freakin lucky to not get hit by that hurricane.

Oh, and btw, please listen to Akio123 guys. :3 This was a pretty serious matter, and most of us people got scared especially about what happened with Katrina. Let's not make jokes about this pretty please >>;

[Himawarii]

Okay,no more jokes.Anyways,I feel happy for you.You are now back online.

[Jeremy]

Guess who's back sweeties! XD
Well I'm back in H-town, with my homes and parnta's.
Thank God my house is still in tact. Here's my trip in a nutshell!

Backed ALL my games.
Left Thursday
Stuck in traffic
10 gas stations without gas
Slept outside in a parking lot
Got some Yu-Gi-Oh Cards
Went to a motel, which was ugly as it was expansive!
Left the motel after staying there for one hour because of plumming poblems. *Cough.*FecescomingoutoftheSINK!EWW~*Cough.*
Found my Uncle's house! *Technically my mother's cousin's house.*
Met relatives...I never knew I had! XD
Got back home!
Put my games back in place.
Posting here!

I missed you sweeties! X3

[Greed]

Glad to have you back, Jeremy. <3

At my uncle's house I got to sleep on the couch. x3; T'was comfy, I daresay. I'm glad I didn't got to stay at a shelter or a motel. I feel sorry for you Jeremy ::pat pat:: I once stayed in an apartment with roaches crawling up the walls.. So yeah. lol. You poor thing

[Icy Soul]

Well we did have warnings from Sylvia Browne, some kind of psychic. She predicted this like 2 yrs ago. Becuase of the polar tilt we just had, and global warming, we're gonna have very strong tropical storms.

She says california will have volcano eruptions. Since I'm in idaho, I'd probably get the ash, I don't think I'm that close to get lava. Ash can be just as bad though, with the weight making roofs collaspe. I guess that means I'd need to sweep the roof off regulary. California already had a small earthquake.

The only worst thing that can happen is Yellow Stone park erupting, that one would be a super eruption, it'd make ash cover the whole north hemisphere.

Good thing the people of Texas was smart to evacuate, even though those routes and highways were JAMMED. Rita was kinda weird, it became a category 3? I didn't watch the news yet, but is there another hurricane in the line forming? Or is this the last?

[Himawarii]

I heard the news about Phillepe forming,but it doesn't seem to be going nowhere.

[Envy]

Mmm,thats kinda werid...oh well,werid things happens in life!^^

[x-treme scripter]

Yeah, but hurricane phillipes could become stronger, I think they're supposed to strengthen on the ocean.

[The Fly]

Man, Rita was something...

No hurricane force winds and stuff like that...my area was bombarded with tornadoes. I swear, the tornado siren was on for about four hours straight Saturday...>_>

My area was lucky. Belzoni, a town about 50 miles near here, wasn't. One person was killed and most of the town was destroyed...

[Envy]

Well,I'm just glad everyone is okay....^^And came out alive!!

[Utada]

Wow...yeah I live Corpus Christi, Texas...and at first it was going to hit where I was...so I had to get away. I evacuated to Hye, Texas a hour away from Austin. It was sooo scary. >< Luckly it didn't hit over there. But I feel sorry for Northeastern Texas and Southwestern Texas. ;; I hope everyone will be alright.

[Envy]

WoW,u must had felt like u were near death,weren't u?

[Greed]

It did indeed feel a bit frightening since it shifted to category 5.

This hurricane was suppoused to be stronger than Katrina I heard. Fortunately, it decided to spare houston for now. <3

[John Denver]

10 people have already died from Rita...insane

[Greed]

10 people have already died from Rita...insane
Really? crap. wtf have those people been doing? Playing around power lines?

Rita didn't strike us bad enough to kill us ._.;

[♥Whitney♥]

Well I live in Texas but I live in Midland a way from most of that stuff,I might get a little rain but that's all.It's so sad to hear about all these Hurricanes. :'(

[Envy]

Hey,Housten is very lucky to not get hit by it,or the oil place will all be a mess and the gas is going to be about $4 or more then that.....

[fnsandpwr]

...it's all ready about 3$

[Envy]

I know,I was meaning it would be possible.....-.-