-=- Tropical Storm Out in the Atlantic RIGHT NOW -=-

898 Mbar compared to 902 Mbar by Katrina.

If your wondering what the numbers mean. They are the center pressure of the hurricane measured in millibars. The lowest ever in the Atlantic is 888 Mbar by gilbert in 1988 and 1935 Hurricane that had a 892 Mbar. It has surpassed Hurricane Allen (1980) of 899 Mbar. Its going to become another Gilbert however some good news was that Gilbert weakened before land however we never know these hurricanes.

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/FLOAT/VIS/20.jpg
Wow what a shot. Our Local Meteorologist said "the more beautiful they look the worse they are."
Just look at the spin at that eye and everything raps around it so nicely. That means its a very bad ass storm.

🙁

WOW, just WOW

it's like in The Day After Tomorrow.

lol, but this doesn't have anything to do with global warming. ITs an increased Hurricane season. It happens every 30-50 yrs or so.

Its a monster on steroids. So are people in Houston leaving or are they are waiting to see where it hit?

Note you may be missed by the center but because the storm is going to get so large you may still get some damage.

Its now at 175 mph with pressure of 897 Mbar. Unheard of strength really its stronger then Katrina. Whats worse is that THE Hurricane Center actually predicts it will go higher to 180-185 Mph.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/023809.shtml?chart

Its getting serious and it is expected to hit the US as a 4/5 155-160 Mph winds and its current track will hit Houston very very hard.

Alot of people are evacuating Houston...more than I expected. Probably because they are scared of what Katrina did. I'm stocked up with gallons of water, flashlights, and bread and I still don't think I'm ready.

Originally posted by X-Woman
Rita's a category 5 now and I LIVE IN HOUSTON TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!! 🙁 🙁 I'm not evacuating....dad won't let me.

Hope you don't live in a mobile home. Good luck to you, though.

You should really pull out all the stops for this one. Meaning really hunker down and be prepared for a good 12-18 hours of pounding and some flooding maybe. If you get a direct hit you may get some very intense winds that could damage your house.

Its still at 175mph way longer then Katrina. Its expected to weaken to 150-155 mph, but it may surprise us like it already did. They say it will hit the coast 155 mph with storm surges of 25-30 feet. It could be weaker or stronger however the storm surge will destroy the coast just like Mississippi.

Man I'm glad I don't live by the coast...

Bread, BREAD?!?!?!? get something thats not perishable. LIKE canned foods, biscuits, crackers etc. Bread will spoil in 3-4 days..

Damn, while I am SUPERLY impressed with the hurricane right now, I hope that people have gotten out of the coastal regions there. The US army corp released a 'worst possibility" scenario video" last night, and it looked a lot like the before and after pics of Banda Aceh before and after the tsunami.

chances are that Galveston may cease to exist.

Thats what you get for not signing up for kiota or whatever its called. climate change

OH FOR F*CK sake, this is not global warming.

Melting ice caps is global warming. THIS IS heightened hurricane season( it takes a 10-20 yr period). READ the damn thread. Sheessh.

fini's right. Whoever's in disagreement with her needs to begin very slowly with a new terminology here...Lesson One: The word "cycles."

hehe

and we are not talking about women here.

Let's not go there!

Soa when is this gonna hit Houston? today?

I think Saturday morning.

yep Saturday morning. People there should be feeling tropical storm effects from Friday night.

By this afternoon, Galveston will start seeing increase in sea levels.

New Orleans has started seeing the first of the rain bands from Rita.