Hurricane Rita: The next Katrina? w0ot.

Started by Greed September 21st, 2005 1:11 PM
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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
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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**
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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.

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*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.
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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!

Jeremy

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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
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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?
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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. =/
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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.
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