posted 09-21-2005 10:36 PM                  

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Originally posted by texasprowler:
News said all the hotels in dallas are full due to katrina evacuees. Don't know if this is an exaggeration or not. If anyone is heading to Dallas and needs a place to park a kat or their hat let me know. I have an empty garage stall and empty room available.

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I can also offer any Prowler owner a garage stall in the Dallas area. If I can help just let me know!

posted 09-22-2005 12:46 AM                  

This should put the size of the storm into perspective for everyone.

This is the latest info I have for the North Texas area.

ANDERSON-BELL-BOSQUE-COLLIN-COMANCHE-COOKE-CORYELL-DALLAS-DELTA- DENTON-EASTLAND-ELLIS-ERATH-FALLS-FANNIN-FREESTONE-GRAYSON-HAMILTON- HENDERSON-HILL-HOOD-HOPKINS-HUNT-JACK-JOHNSON-KAUFMAN-LAMAR-LAMPASAS- LEON-LIMESTONE-MCLENNAN-MILAM-MILLS-MONTAGUE-NAVARRO-PALO PINTO- PARKER-RAINS-ROBERTSON-ROCKWALL-SOMERVELL-STEPHENS-TARRANT-VAN ZANDT- WISE-YOUNG-

525 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...EFFECTS FROM MAJOR HURRICANE RITA EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS...

HURRICANE RITA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE UPPER AND MIDDLE TEXAS GULF COAST PRIOR TO SUNRISE ON SATURDAY. RITA HAS INTENSIFIED TO A CATEGORY 5 STORM ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE THIS AFTERNOON AND AT 898 MB NOW HAS THE THIRD LOWEST ATLANTIC STORM CENTRAL PRESSURE EVER. FORTUNATELY THE HURRICANE SHOULD WEAKEN SLIGHTLY BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL...BUT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE A DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 STORM.

AFTER THE STORM MAKES LANDFALL...THE HURRICANE SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER WOULD BRING THE WEAKENING HURRICANE NORTH TO NEAR HEARNE SATURDAY NIGHT AND NEAR DALLAS AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY. MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO DIVERGE IN THEIR SOLUTIONS...AND THERE IS NOW MORE UNCERTAINTY IN RITA/S TRACK AND TIMING. THE RIDGE OVER TEXAS THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED TO WEAKEN SEEMS TO BE STRONGER THAN THE MODELS EXPECTED...AND THIS MAY IMPACT RITA/S TIMING AND LOCATION.

IN NORTH TEXAS AS THE STORM APPROACHES WE EXPECT THE FOLLOWING EFFECTS:

1. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY IN THE SOUTH AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WESTERN COUNTIES MAY SEE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN AS WELL...AND MORE IS POSSIBLE IF RITA/S PATH PROVES FARTHER WEST THAN THE CURRENT FORECAST. EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN A DROUGHT IN MUCH OF NORTH TEXAS...TOO MUCH RAIN LIKELY WILL FALL IN TOO SHORT A TIME TO ALLOW SOILS TO SOAK UP THE RAINFALL. THUS...FLASH FLOODING MAY RESULT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER FOR THIS WEEKEND. SHOULD RITA STALL OR SLOW SIGNIFICANTLY IN NORTH TEXAS...A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WELL OVER A FOOT OF RAIN MAY ACCUMULATE IN SOME AREAS.

2. STRONG WINDS. EXPECT 40 TO 60 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS IN SQUALLS...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LAMPASAS...TO HILLSBORO...TO ATHENS SATURDAY EVENING INTO THE NIGHT. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO KNOCK DOWN TREES...POWER LINES AND CAUSE LOCALIZED MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD PREPARE FOR INTERRUPTIONS IN POWER SERVICE. ALSO REMEMBER...MOBILE HOMES OFTEN ROLL OVER DURING PERIODS OF HIGH WINDS AND CAN EASILY BE DAMAGED BY FALLING TREES. WINDS SHOULD TAPER OFF TO 30 TO 40 MPH SUNDAY MORNING AS RITA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...BUT THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE FELT OVER MOST OF NORTH TEXAS. RESIDENTS ACROSS ALL OF NORTH TEXAS SHOULD SECURE SMALL AND LIGHTWEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

3. A FEW TORNADOES. AS WITH ALL LANDFALLING HURRICANES...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ALONG AND TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.

4. TRAVEL PROBLEMS. INCREASED TRAFFIC ON INTERSTATES AS PEOPLE EVACUATE FROM THE HURRICANE. WET ROADS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND INCREASED TRAFFIC COULD LEAD TO DELAYS AND ACCIDENTS. SOME AIRLINE DELAYS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATIONS THIS WEEKEND.

DISSIPATING HURRICANES HAVE MOVED ACROSS NORTH TEXAS MANY TIMES IN THE PAST...TYPICALLY WITH SOME WIND DAMAGE AND FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS RIVER FLOODING. RESIDENTS AND THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THIS SYSTEM AND STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

posted 09-22-2005 05:04 AM                  

Hurricane Rita's winds were at 180 mph today as it spun closer to the Texas coast -- where it is projected to make landfall early Saturday -- and as thousands of residents began streaming from the Gulf Coast. The storm, which now is history's third most intense, "could be worse than Katrina," which devastated southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi a little over three weeks ago, said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center.
The storm is now in catagory 5 , it will get real dangerous !!!

posted 09-22-2005 08:13 AM                  

We have plenty of food and water here at the shop and we are hoping for the best.

posted 09-22-2005 08:43 AM                  

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Originally posted by Bcoffman Gray Ghost:
8:00 AM local time. CNBC just announced that they have measured wind gusts of 210 MPH!!! That is just too much. PLEASE!!! EVERYONE. GET THE HELL OUTTA THERE!!!!!

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I can understand how you feel about the "cars" but lives are much more important and with winds like they are predicting I can't agree more with Gray Ghost!!

posted 09-22-2005 10:11 AM                  

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Originally posted by JKrehel:
We're staying, we just can't walk away from everything. Lots of preparation going on, we've never taped so many windows. These nothing left outside that's not bolted down, the winds are going to be incredible

Good luck to everyone who's in the path of this monster storm.
May God Bless us all.

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I hope Rita fizzles out before she hits...
Judy & Mike, Teri & Tim PLEASE BE SAFE!!! Stock up on plenty of fresh food & water. I hope you all make it through alright with minimal damage if any... Scott hope the house & the Kat make it through alright... You are all in my thoughts & prayers... Nothing is as precious & as priceless as your lives...

WildBill

posted 09-23-2005 07:20 AM                  

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Originally posted by JKrehel:

May God Bless us all.

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He'll be there right beside you!!!

posted 09-23-2005 10:10 PM                  

It definately was a lot more orange than usual, and you could see the high cirrus clouds moving in ahead of the storm.

posted 09-23-2005 11:08 PM                  

We are thinking of our friends sticking it out in the face of this nasty monster. Hang in there,,,and if your power stays on, report in so we know how you are doing.