Rita y0!

[TurboMirage]

Originally posted by phyregod+Sep 21 2005, 04:18 PM-->

TurboMirage

@Sep 21 2005, 04:16 PM
[i hear ya there... ive got plenty of cash saved up since i got my raise.

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I got a raise recently: 62 cents an hour. Thats awesome.. If I save up all the extra money I'll get in a week , I can take my family out to a fancy dinner at Mc Donald's.

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mine was 3.50... a month ago it went up 5 bucks. first time i proved myself to compusmart, second time i got hired from contract status. when someone leaves soon (looking for a higher paying job) ill probably get more.

 

[posol]

welp, looks like they are saying its going to slow down (cat 4 again?) by the time it hits land fal...

 

[hondarin]

Originally posted by TurboMirage@Sep 21 2005, 03:02 PM
category 6?? i though the saffir-simpson scale only went to 5?

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yes, it only goes to 5

 

[DarkHand]

Originally posted by hondarin+Sep 21 2005, 04:01 PM-->

TurboMirage

@Sep 21 2005, 03:02 PM
category 6?? i though the saffir-simpson scale only went to 5?

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yes, it only goes to 5

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This hurricane goes to 11.

 

[hondarin]

Originally posted by pissedoffsol@Sep 21 2005, 02:57 PM
went to caves? i dunno...

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there are no caves on the gulf coast!

i need that .gif with the one smiley hitting the other

 

[Celerity]

Originally posted by DarkHand+Sep 21 2005, 05:03 PM-->

Originally posted by hondarin@Sep 21 2005, 04:01 PM
TurboMirage

@Sep 21 2005, 03:02 PM
category 6?? i though the saffir-simpson scale only went to 5?

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yes, it only goes to 5

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This hurricane goes to 11.

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"Ya see, Most othah country's hurricanes go to 10. But ours, ya see, it goes to eleven"

 

[B16]

She is now a CAT 5!!!!

 

[posol]

Originally posted by Blanco@Sep 21 2005, 08:19 PM
I am so happy that my fiancee had to go to Texas today for a manager's conferance that ends on Sunday. And shit, my mom's house in Brownsville is probably going to get wiped out too. Just when the renevations were just about done, for sale. I am not happy about this.

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have her leave early. conferences suck anyway.

as for b-ville, i have an office down there at the UofT and they aren't anticipating too much damange... i wouldn't worry unless you're north of corpis christi

 

[posol]

breaking news!

Hurricane Rita becomes third most intense storm on record, according to National Hurricane Center figures.

holy shit!!

...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT 623 PM CDT...2323Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS
FALLEN TO BELOW 899 MB...OR 26.55 INCHES. THE DROPSONDE INSTRUMENT
MEASURED 32 KT/35 MPH WINDS AT THE SURFACE...WHICH MEANS IT LIKELY
DID NOT RECORD THE LOWEST PRESSURE IN THE EYE OF RITA. THE CENTRAL
PRESSURE IS PROBABLY AT LEAST AS LOW AS 898 MB...AND PERHAPS EVEN
LOWER. FOR OFFICIAL PURPOSES... A PRESSURE OF 898 MB IS ASSUMED...
WHICH NOW MAKES RITA THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF
PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN. SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND
INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.

RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB
AND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB.

FORECASTER STEWART

898!!!!!!!!! katrina was what, 930mb?

 

[posol]

Originally posted by Blanco@Sep 21 2005, 08:42 PM
The thing worries me the most is that it's in Dallas, pretty much right in that projected line.

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ahh dallas... don't worry, thats far enough inland. it will be a cat 2 at best there...
probably only a cat 1 or just wind and rain...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=dallas&spn=1...18.076904&hl=en

galveston is fucked.

 

[B16]

Ya, Dallas is like 8 hours driving distance from the shore. Dallas is safe.

 

[Celerity]

Remember Dynomat ? Not Dynamat, Dyn-O-Mat. www.dynomat.com or something. Well, either way, check this article out

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories....04108594&EDATE=

Interesting. I wonder what happened to them.

Well, it looks like someone's stock is about to go through the roof.

Edit: They stopped a hurricane off the coast of Australia in 2002. I'm looking for the external article now

 

[Capt. Orygun]

Fuck, I'm supposed to pick up my father at the airport in Dallas Forth Worth on Tuesday. I hate Texas! :-(

Page 4 owned! (sorry never done it before)

 

[CRX-YEM]

Originally posted by E_SolSi+Sep 21 2005, 11:38 AM-->

TurboMirage

@Sep 21 2005, 09:15 AM
cat4 now! destroy!! kill!! maim!!

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w00t!

come on you fucker TURN RIGHT!!!!!!!!
new orleans is right there
finish what your sister started damnit!!!!!

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[posol]

10pm update:

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...280 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. RITA IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON
THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 185 MILES...295 KM.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 897 MB...26.49 INCHES.
THIS MEANS RITA IS THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF
PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

897mb.

god damn.

that shit is vacuum y0. lol

 

[posol]

Most Intense At U.S Landfall: 1935 Florida Keys 892 mb/ 26.35 in/ 140 kt
Highest Winds at U.S. Landfall: 1969 Camille 909 mb/ 26.84 in/ 165 kt
Most Intense Atlantic Hurricane: 1988 Gilbert 888 mb/ 26.22 in/ 160 kt
Longest as Category Five:* 1980 Allen 899 mb/ 26.55 in/ 165 kt

think it will drop below 892 or 888??? the bigest storm, EVER?

this shit is bananas



here's a pic of camille from 1969- the biggest/most powerful storm, ever

vs rita:

 

[Battle Pope]

Mother Nature' snapping her latex gloves.

Bend over, Texas. Cavity search, bitch!

 

[posol]

Originally posted by Blanco@Sep 22 2005, 12:08 AM
Ho. Lee. Shit. This is going to be one hell of a big bitch. Look at that shit.

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the stupid lowpressure is just sucking in all the moisture straight off florida. see that? its nuts...

 

[BodyDroppedNikes]

Originally posted by Battle Pope@Sep 21 2005, 11:11 PM
Mother Nature' snapping her latex gloves.

Bend over, Texas. Cavity search, bitch!

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:bo: dayum that had me rolling over here!!

 

[phunky.buddha]

Originally posted by pissedoffsol+Sep 21 2005, 06:49 PM-->

ahh dallas... don't worry, thats far enough inland. it will be a cat 2 at best there...
probably only a cat 1 or just wind and rain...

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You'll be fine. Projections are showing cat 1 by the time it gets to Dallas, and if it blows through Dallas on Sunday- you'll mostly just have thunderstorms left over.

Originally posted by B16@Sep 21 2005, 07:06 PM
Ya, Dallas is like 8 hours driving distance from the shore. Dallas is safe.

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Nowhere near 8 hours... maybe 6, 5 or less if you grew up driving in Texas.

Originally posted by Silverchild79@Sep 21 2005, 08:02 PM
Fuck, I'm supposed to pick up my father at the airport in Dallas Forth Worth on Tuesday. I hate Texas! :-(

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Tuesday should be mostly clear. I'm flying out of DFW (I hope) on Monday morning, so we'll see what happens.

pissedoffsol@Sep 21 2005, 09:59 PM
think it will drop below 892 or 888??? the bigest storm, EVER?
this shit is bananas

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It's very possible- there's still a huge spot of warm water that Rita is supposed to run over (same one that beefed up Katrina) before it hits land.