[Zaffa Dot Xom]

Okay, so, my brain decided to completely ignore what they called the new hurricane that's coming into Florida, but, it's definately worth a new topic.

Discuss.

EDIT: I just heard about it now.

Hurricane Rita.

EDIT2: And it's not Florida, but a big chunk of Texas and a couple of states north, northeast, and east of it.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Another hurricane already? o.o
Daymn you Americans had so many this year...

[Wiflewood]

It would seem the catastrophic events of "The Day after Tomorrow" weren't so farfetched after all.

[TheEnglishman]

I've got to say America are really unlucky. It was four hurricanes in Florida last year wasn't it?
Now there are these as well. It's really bad. I wonder what is going to happen this time.
It can't be as bad as Katrina. Then again if it is George Bush might move a bit quicker this time around.

[Zaffa Dot Xom]

Me111, on Sep 21 2005, 10:02 AM, said:

I've got to say America are really unlucky. It was four hurricanes in Florida last year wasn't it?
Now there are these as well. It's really bad. I wonder what is going to happen this time.
It can't be as bad as Katrina. Then again if it is George Bush might move a bit quicker this time around.

I half-agree and disagree with you. Surely do I believe that he would actually speed up the recovery process, but another part of me believes that he wouldn't do anything. He's kinda like the Herbert Hoover of the 2000's.

[Golden Djinn13]

Hoover was horrible at handling dire situations.


There was also hurricane Ophelia, but it was weak. Why do hurricanes have names anyway.

Hurricane Katrina is gonna be a retired name.(I got all my info from wiki)

[Izar]

Yeah, the big hurricane Rita is coming for the chunk of Texas I am on. My mom packed a load of bottled water. I'm not to worried, it's a catagory 5 hurricane, yes, but we are kinda mainland.

Don't forget Tropical Storms Phillipe and Kenneth, which may become hurricanes, but they aren't coming this way.

[Echo_djinn]

Izar, on Sep 21 2005, 04:41 PM, said:

Yeah, the big hurricane Rita is coming for the chunk of Texas I am on. My mom packed a load of bottled water. I'm not to worried, it's a catagory 5 hurricane, yes, but we are kinda mainland.

Don't forget Tropical Storms Phillipe and Kenneth, which may become hurricanes, but they aren't coming this way.

Yep. I heard that just not. It's risen to a level 5 hurricane and is heading up to Texas. Hope your safe Izar. They better started evacuating people closer to the coast.

[Izar]

The pressure has even beat the world record, went way past Katrina. We are out of school friday,m and have a half day tomorrow. We are not sure if we will be out next week at any time.

[Golden Djinn13]

Izar, on Sep 21 2005, 07:26 PM, said:

The pressure has even beat the world record, went way past Katrina. We are out of school friday,m and have a half day tomorrow. We are not sure if we will be out next week at any time.

This is one horrible hurricane season.

Make sure you save your computer. Its your life-line :(

[Sea of Time]

It's going to hit tomorrow at 8 pm est. My aunt lives in Houston. Has anyone thought of all those people in the Astrodome? They will be evacuated, of course, but Houston won't get a direct hit but will get tropical storm winds.

[Izar]

Update: School's been cancelled for us tomorrow now too. I wont be on the next few days maybe. My sister, who lives near Houston, is coming here. My other sister has gone to Waco.

Houston does get a direct hit., unless it shoots to the west. It's really close to Galveston, which gets a direct hit. Bad thing is, in 1901, Galveston had a hurricane that took out the entire city just about.

[TheEnglishman]

Hearing about stuff over there makes me realise that, in weather terms, I'm quite lucky. We rarely get any really bad things happen. A few months ago there was a few powerful storms in Britain and we had an earthquake a few years ago. That can't really be counted as major though as I slept through it.
I hope that nothing to bad happens in America.

[Golden Djinn13]

Me111, on Sep 22 2005, 09:19 AM, said:

Hearing about stuff over there makes me realise that, in weather terms, I'm quite lucky.

I would call it bad weather when it rains almost every day in that country :P

My aunt lives in houston but already went on vacation. Lucky her.

[Sea of Time]

Why is the news only focusing on Galveston when Houston is a much bigger city and is close to the path? I guess it might be because Galveston was flattened by the hurricane in 1900.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Djinn13, on Sep 22 2005, 03:34 PM, said:

I would call it bad weather when it rains almost every day in that country :P

It doesn't rain everyday overhere. It didn't rain today.
Unfortunately it will tomorrow so that's kind of unfortunate. :D

[Golden Djinn13]

I was there last summer, and it rained every single day I was there.

[Sea of Time]

I've never been there but....I hear it rains a lot. It rains quite a bit here too, but that's a seasonal thing.

[Golden Djinn13]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 22 2005, 05:05 PM, said:

I've never been there but....I hear it rains a lot. It rains quite a bit here too, but that's a seasonal thing.

If you don't mind me asking, where exactly is "here".

[Eugine]

I think SoT is from Canada, don't know.

I think they are concentrating on the island because they assume it will do major damage there after what happened in 1900.

[Golden Djinn13]

I just hope it doesn't turn out to be another Katrina. Especially with all those people that evacuated
to Texas. Its just a big mess.

[Sea of Time]

Eugine, on Sep 22 2005, 04:08 PM, said:

I think SoT is from Canada, don't know.

<.< Oh, I changed my location to something stupid. Well, somewhere up north is Canada, yup, Manitoba Canada. Technically, we're about thirteen miles from the centre of North America.

[Golden Djinn13]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 22 2005, 05:13 PM, said:

<.< Oh, I changed my location to something stupid. Well, somewhere up north is Canada, yup, Manitoba Canada. Technically, we're about thirteen miles from the centre of North America.

And I bet you feel special. :P (I wish I was close to the center :D )

Back to the main issue, has hurricane rita slowed to a category 4 or is it still a 5?

[Sea of Time]

Golden Djinn13, on Sep 22 2005, 04:15 PM, said:

And I bet you feel special. :P (I wish I was close to the center :D )

Pppphh, there's nothing else to be proud about here. We are in the middle of nowhere!

Anyhoo, it is still a 5 as far as I know, they say it will lower to a 4 by the time it hits Houston.

[Golden Djinn13]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 22 2005, 05:19 PM, said:

Pppphh, there's nothing else to be proud about here. We are in the middle of nowhere!

Anyhoo, it is still a 5 as far as I know, they say it will lower to a 4 by the time it hits Houston.

Just like there is nothing special here. (except my pile of dirt in the back)

When does it hit

[Sea of Time]

From what I remember, tonight just before dark falls there. It will be totally on land by Saturday.

[Andross]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 22 2005, 10:24 AM, said:

Why is the news only focusing on Galveston when Houston is a much bigger city and is close to the path? I guess it might be because Galveston was flattened by the hurricane in 1900.

wtf are you talking about? They're evacuating virtually all of Houston - almost a million in fact, and the roads are PACKED. It is at a stand still, no one can get any gas because refineries have shut down, not to mention that there have been people driving since morning, for 19 hours, and have only gone 20 miles. It seems the authorities are friggin' STUPID, and can't understand the concept of opening another three lanes of highway on the southbound side.

:P

I'll probably get some weather up where I am (North Texas), but at worst, some thunderstorms. There is a chance for tornadoes though . . .

[Izar]

Golden Djinn13, on Sep 22 2005, 03:36 PM, said:

I was there last summer, and it rained every single day I was there.

Texas = No Rain.

The US gets a fair amount of rain, but it hardly ever rains here.

And they are talking about Galveston because galveston island will be almost compeltely submerged underwater.

And andross, they have opened EVERY way to go. And things like that aren't always simple anyways.

Houston are gets 18 inches of rain AT LEAST. We get 4-8 inches.

JUST IN - The hurrican has gone back down to a catagory 4... or was it 3? Bah, it was more powerful than Katrina, but it's now dropped in strength, which is good news.

Bring on the Pringles. :P

[Andross]

Izar, on Sep 22 2005, 07:02 PM, said:

And andross, they have opened EVERY way to go. And things like that aren't always simple anyways.

It took them 24 hours to do it, because when I checked last at 4pm, there was still crazy backup on the highway. One person was calling in, saying they left at 6am, and only traveled 20 miles in 19 hours. Please, simple like that? I can understand 8 hours to get the whole area open, but 24? They knew the evacuation was coming, so it certainly could be faster.

[Golden Djinn13]

This evacuation should have been better planned out. Houston is huge and they should have had those roads open earlier.

[TheEnglishman]

I wish I could say it didn't rain today but I would be lying. It is the only time this week though! :P
There was a picture in the paper of a road leading out of Houston and it was packed. I was wondering if people would be able to get out if the roads were so jammed.

[Sea of Time]

People who have been on the road since yesterday morning have only travelled 40 miles (as of this morning). It's four lanes jam packed with traffic.

[Golden Djinn13]

I just saw a few pics of what Hurricane Rita is already doing. I
also heard that there is a possibility it may not hit Houston, as
it went of course a tiny bit. It is still a category 4 (just like Katrina)

[Sea of Time]

Yeah, it downgraded late yesterday to a 4, I didn't know that. And I was wrong about the timing of it too. :P It arrives on coast early tomorrow morning. The levees in N.O. have already failed and all that has been done since Katrina has been undone.

[TobiasMar]

...HOLY CRAP!

I evacuated from New Orleans to Houston cuz of Hurricane Katrina

And now Hurricane Rita is coming toward Texas Gulf Coast! Traffic is so bad getting out that my parents almost ran out of gas. We had to turn home. Now I have to ride out this monster hurricane D:

UPDATE: Rita's down to a Category 3...but still a VERY Dangerous hurricane. However, it could be either a 3 or even 2 hurricane at land fall, which is not nearly as bad as a monster 5 like it was earlier

[Golden Djinn13]

Don't let your guard down just because it dropped. Hurricane Katrina went down to a 3 and went up to a 4 by the time it made landfall.

[Isaac13]

Yeah, there was a topic on the Fallout Shelter forums about it, and all. One of the Administartors lives down there and is going to try to get up North to escape the hurricane. So far wev'e had about 18 hurricanes already. America's in bad shape... too many people have died already. No more need for anymore.

[Unicornmaddy]

over in England we've had torrential rain which was apperently connected with the hurricane. I hope Texas still has something claim after this hurricane... :P

[TheEnglishman]

Unicornmaddy, on Sep 24 2005, 11:32 AM, said:

over in England we've had torrential rain which was apperently connected with the hurricane. I hope Texas still has something claim after this hurricane... :P

Torrential rain? I must have been asleep when it happened because we haven't had much rain. In fact the only rain we have had recently was yesterday and there wasn't much more than usual. Was there a lot in another part of England or something?

[Golden Djinn13]

Hurricane Rita is gonn make landfall soon or sometime today.Im gonna go check.

[TheEnglishman]

I think it's hitting today. I think it may have started but I'm not sure.

[Golden Djinn13]

Me111, on Sep 24 2005, 07:50 AM, said:

I think it's hitting today. I think it may have started but I'm not sure.

It has. Its a category 2, and it has started a power outage, and fires, and is straining the already damged levees in Orleans

[Someone Else]

We had a sunny day, then rain and a lightning and thunderstorm on the same day over where I live in California a week or two back. The weather's been so weird lately, what's going on?

I also heard from a friend that a tornado was coming over to CA too. I don't know if it's fact or not, and I also dunno where to look for information, so anyone else know about this? =/ (I had heard that CA NEVER get's tornadoes so I was like "WTF?" :P)

[Eugine]

Frankly those "big-ass" developed countries are getting what they asked for (particular USA). You destroy the ozone layer with your CFCs, pollute the enviromnment with your factory wastes and when other countries ask you kindly to try to amputate the problem what you say?

"IT'S TOO DAMAGING TO OUR ECONOMY!!!"

What's happening now? The weather pattern is changing like "WTF" and you try to pray now? YOU REEP WHAT YOU SOW!!!

The American government needs to reliase that trying to maintain their hyperpower comes at a great cost, and frankly their hyperpower will be removed because of their ignorance, how could those which are born with such given-talents be so ignorant after all they are nerds, they excelled at their field!

That's what screwing up your weather system.

[Someone Else]

Pardon my planet. I'm all too aware of how sucky USA is. Why do you think we have tree huggers? :P

Don't say things like "Britian sucks!" and "USA sucks!" because that sounds like you're challenging even the citizens of said country. Say "The US Government sucks!". But maybe you were trying to challenge the citizens? o.o

You're also forgetting you wouldn't have half the neat little things you do now if it wasn't for well-developed countries. :D

[Andross]

Wind Dude, on Sep 24 2005, 01:35 PM, said:

I also heard from a friend that a tornado was coming over to CA too. I don't know if it's fact or not, and I also dunno where to look for information, so anyone else know about this? =/ (I had heard that CA NEVER get's tornadoes so I was like "WTF?" :lol:)

You're friend is an idiot. No, worse: A dumbass. Seriously, slap him in the face for being an idiot.

[Sea of Time]

I think it's passed over, and I think it's a tropical storm now, isn't it? Either that or a Category 1.

[Andross]

It's about gone now. You could call it a tropical storm still, but it's pretty mcuh all over with.

[Someone Else]

I think this should be the last of it. Hurricane Season is about done. Any thing else would be really weak. Like, a dust devil or something. :lol: *Captian Obvious returns!*

[Echo_djinn]

If you look in the news firefighters are still working hard to put out fires that where caused by the hurricane Rita. When the fires broke out they went out in the strom to put out many of these fires. Imagine going out in a hurricane to put out a bunch of fires that keep growing due to the wind spreading the flames around.

[Sea of Time]

Well, I guess all those people were "blessed". The hurricane ended up being a lot weaker than was suggested and loss of life will probably be limited to none.

[Andross]

Wind Dude, on Sep 24 2005, 06:34 PM, said:

I think this should be the last of it. Hurricane Season is about done. Any thing else would be really weak. Like, a dust devil or something. :lol: *Captian Obvious returns!*

Um, first, you aren't a meteorologist, so you really have no credibility for making such a claim. Second, Hurricane Season is not over. It ends in November. And usually, the US will see 3-6 hurricanes a season.

[TheEnglishman]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 25 2005, 02:00 AM, said:

Well, I guess all those people were "blessed". The hurricane ended up being a lot weaker than was suggested and loss of life will probably be limited to none.

I was surprised about this. Everyone was expecting it to be terrible but it was pretty weak compared to the last one.

[Sea of Time]

Right now, there are no confirmed deaths and not many injuries. This is obviously due to a much more orderly evacuation of the area. People are starting to move back to Houston and N.O. will be repopulated in the days to come.

[Lightning Star]

Yeah, there were only 2 fatalaties. its amazing how it got up to a category 5 but somehow dropped to, what I heard, a category 2 or 3.

[Golden Djinn13]

I bet in another week there will be Hurricane Phillipe. It seems that
there is a new one every day.

[Sea of Time]

Did you just make that up or is there really a Phillipe coming?

[Golden Djinn13]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 28 2005, 04:11 PM, said:

Did you just make that up or is there really a Phillipe coming?

Its a real name. The names of the Hurricanes now (katrina, rita, ophelia) were names
that weren't used in 1999 so they carried over into this year. Phillipe is a tropical storm
(I think) maybe it ended, I don't know.

[Sea of Time]

When did you hear about this? Is it going through the Gulf Coast? If it does, it will probably grow stronger.

[Golden Djinn13]

I heard a while ago (about at the begining of this month) I doubt its even a storm
anymore, but it could be. dunno

[Sea of Time]

Well, if you heard about it at the beginning of September, than yeah, it's probably gone.

[Golden Djinn13]

Im gonna see if there are anymore possible hurricanes coming.

I just looked it up and found this...

Tropical Storm Phillipe was upgraded to a hurricane, but was really week, and
dissolved about last week

Then there were also weak hurricanes like Irene and Emily, and Ophelia (it was stronger than
the other 2)

[Izar]

Hurricane eneded last week, but the thing is, we only got winds. little Rain, infact, No Rain, and the power didn't even go out. The winds were arounf 40-50 mph.

[Sea of Time]

We haven't had the power go out here in about eight months. We don't get as much rain in the summer anymore.

[MysticWarrior]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I heard Hurricane Rita was an all-hype-no-show kind of hurricane. Friends from Texas claimed that nothing happened, except for a few chairs being knocked over.

I feel sorry for all those people who spent countless hours escaping it's "wrath".

[Izar]

Pretty much, it's cuz it turned at the last moment and when to East Texas. They were tore up bad. it was more powerful than Katrina on the Waters, but then it just depleted.