Hurricane Rita & 3A Down Low

[Administrator]

Hello everyone,
As most of you already know, the 3A Down Low server is located in Beaumont. Hurricane Rita has the possibility to grow into a monsterous Category 4 hurricane, and although is expected to make landfall about 100 miles to our Southwest, our area will not escape some high winds and extremely heavy rain. The current forecast shows that winds in the Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange/Bridge City areas will be in the 50-70mph range. This will cause widespread power outages in the Golden Triangle area. The server is on a battery backup that will last several hours, and we have rented a generator to help power the most needed equipment at our office where the server is located. I can not promise that 3A Down Low is going to be part of the high priority systems, as we have over 50 machines, and will be having to shut down over half of them after the power fails. The only generator I was able to find for our company is small, but it will serve its purpose to keep the high priority systems in order. If I am able to keep 3ADL operational on Friday/Saturday with the generator, I will do so. Expect frequent outages to occur though. I will continue to update everyone regarding this situation as the week progresses.

Current Projections:
http://www.sfwmd.gov/org/omd/ops/weather/plots/storm_18.gif

[LH Panther Mom]

Please stay safe over there!

[Bandera YaYa]

Yeah....you take care of yourself and loved ones first....we know the dl will be ok, it not then, later....take care! :)

[CHS_CG]

Best wishes to ya Admin, stay safe!

[Bullaholic]

Admin...

Thank you for all of your efforts. Just hope all is well and Rita does no one or their property any major harm. Take care and stay safe.

[wannabgobbler08]

Just stay safe.

[AggieJohn]

hey dude i still appreciate your work

[wos fan1]

ADM,

Thanks for contacting me. I'll keep you updated. The next advisory will be out around 10-10:30

[Pmoney]

if the server goes down....how long will it prolly be down...and stay safe

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by Pmoney
if the server goes down....how long will it prolly be down...and stay safe

haha preston, always thinking about the DL....gosh! you should have said


Stay safe!!!!



oh ya if the server goes down, how long will it be!?

lol thats how ya do it preston!

[Pmoney]

Originally posted by SnyTigBaseB07
haha preston, always thinking about the DL....gosh! you should have said

Stay safe!!!!

oh ya if the server goes down, how long will it be!?

lol thats how ya do it preston!
Hey thats what i said but in a diff. order lol and i do really hope that everybody stays safe...and the DL is my addiction:D i cant live without it for long

[gobblerfan02]

safe and secure first admin!

[SnyTigBaseB07]

Originally posted by Pmoney
Hey thats what i said but in a diff. order lol and i do really hope that everybody stays safe...and the DL is my addiction:D i cant live without it for long


haha the DL is like crack...or pringles w/e you prefer...cuz one once you pop you just cant stop.....wait...wow....yaaaaaa :D :D


I <3 3ADL


and RM!!! haha

[fury900]

Stay safe

[NHSRattler60]

anyone have a shelter?

[wos fan1]

Rita is forecasted to hit near Freeport Saturday as a cat. 4. Winds are expected to be near 145 mph with gusts to 170....

[Ranger05]

stay safe everybody and good luck

[BMOC]

Stay Safe,

Your friends at on the Down Low will keep you guys in their prayers. This goes for all you in RITA's way.

[sicem74]

i was looking at cnn and they said if it is a category 4 thats coming in it could wipe out 6000,000 homes in houston!

[wos fan1]

Just pray for us.:crying:

[Ranger05]

everybody in the path of this hurricane is in my prayers

[systemofaflamer]

I'm sorry but the media likes to blow things outta proportion. Although I do believe this is a strong storm, but for some reason I just don't think its gonna demolish "6000,000 homes." Katrina was a big case of stupidity and the fact it was below sea level. Galveston would be in big trouble which is where I'm living currently. I will say though that I do have peeps in prayers along w/ my apartment (hopefully it wont be among those "6000,000 homes") But hopefully things will be alright and it seems everyone is much more prepared than New Orleans. But anyways, everyone take care and btw i was just messing w/ the poster who accidentally wrote 6000,000.

[MARLINDOGS]

Our prayers are with everyone.

[wos fan1]

Rita moving west at 14 mph. The good news is she picked up speed overnight and hopefully this will continue. If this continues looks like landfall Saturday between Matagorda and Freeport. I believe most games in this area have been cancelled.

[Maroon87]

We're going to ride it out here. Unfortunately, we came back from our weekend tubing trip to New Braunfels to discover the home PC had crashed, and right now isn't the best time to worry about getting it fixed. I had wanted to post updates on the storm and it's affects on my area as it made landfall but it looks like it won't happen. I'll have to give ya'll the details later...:mad:

[bccards]

I see KFDM says East/West travel will not be permitted if a Mandatory evacuation is called. Surely this does not include Interstate 10?

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by bccards
I see KFDM says East/West travel will not be permitted if a Mandatory evacuation is called. Surely this does not include Interstate 10? I heard it did mean I-10..... :thinking:

[wos fan1]

Rita approaching Cat. 5..:eek: Looks like landfall Saturday between Port Lavaca and Freeport. Most if not all games in the region have been cancelled.

[ej2525]

I can't decide to stay or go!!! My wife & daughter are going north to grandma's house though!

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by ej2525
I can't decide to stay or go!!! My wife & daughter are going north to grandma's house though! Uh, guess you can think of it like this....do you want your wife and daughter to see you again????? seems simple to me! :D

[rhs78]

I'm going to stay as my 89 and 88 year old parents will not allow me to take them away so i will stay with them thru the storm. The projected eye path will come thru colorado county. hopefully it will have lost some strength.

[GS#17]

I can't decide to stay or go!!! My wife & daughter are going north to grandma's house though!

I'm not sure how much damage we'll get, but here's what I figure:

I'd rather evacuate and wish that I was home than stay home and wish that I had evacuated...

[wos fan1]

Latest recon from the plane showing Rita now a cat. 5, just as strong as Andrew was. Getting stronger as we speak.

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by wos fan1
Latest recon from the plane showing Rita now a cat. 5, just as strong as Andrew was. Getting stronger as we speak. :eek: Dang... :( When will we know about this high pressure system? They are ordering all these evacutions all along the coast ... have I said lately that I HATE THIS!!

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by rhs78
I'm going to stay as my 89 and 88 year old parents will not allow me to take them away so i will stay with them thru the storm. The projected eye path will come thru colorado county. hopefully it will have lost some strength. I'll pray for your safety.....Just hang on tight!!! :D

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by wos fan1
Latest recon from the plane showing Rita now a cat. 5, just as strong as Andrew was. Getting stronger as we speak. None of the weather sites I'm visiting are reporting a "5"...do you work for the weather station.

[turbostud]

Originally posted by pirate4state
None of the weather sites I'm visiting are reporting a "5"...do you work for the weather station.

Fox News weatherman earlier said the winds were 140knots which is equivilent to 160mph or so.

[spiveyrat]

Weather Channel is showing 150mph... I believe that is 5 shy of Cat 5.

Here's the evac. zones...

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop03_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg

[Buccaneer]

Wind is at 150 mph Wed at noon! Pressure is dropping, means it is strengthing!

[Fish's mom]

Praying for everyone. Be safe.
Leaving in the AM heading toward west SA
Take care. May God Bless us All:)

[Maroon87]

Rita is officially a Cat. 5.:eek:

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by Maroon87
Rita is officially a Cat. 5.:eek:


is anybody else scared outta their damn mind?

[tc8232]

im praying for everyone in the path of this storm, just heard it made cat 5 which means pressure is going down and its more damaging every moment. hope everyone that is leaving makes it out ok. my stubborn grandmother lives in huntsville and she is riding it out. what the heck is she thinking, its already to late to go down there and get her. arggh some people

[spiveyrat]

Damn! That pressure is LOW!

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/tropical/map_tropinfo18_ltst_5nhato_enus_600x405.jpg

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by tc8232
im praying for everyone in the path of this storm, just heard it made cat 5 which means pressure is going down and its more damaging every moment. hope everyone that is leaving makes it out ok. my stubborn grandmother lives in huntsville and she is riding it out. what the heck is she thinking, its already to late to go down there and get her. arggh some people

If I was in Huntsville, I'd ride it out too... I think.

[CHS_CG]

Originally posted by tc8232
im praying for everyone in the path of this storm, just heard it made cat 5 which means pressure is going down and its more damaging every moment. hope everyone that is leaving makes it out ok. my stubborn grandmother lives in huntsville and she is riding it out. what the heck is she thinking, its already to late to go down there and get her. arggh some people

thats where they are takin people from galveston. here in caldwell I dont know if anybody is leaving but tonight my parents and i are goin to be gettin all the crap that can fly away and doin something with it. I know my family and my best friends family will be here the whole time. (not by MY choice but what can you do when ur family only has one workin car at this moment in time lol)

stay safe everybody!

[tc8232]

WOW, and its still staying on course for brownsville-galveston

[tc8232]

im just worried about the huge oak trees that are in her yard, i know the house can withstand the wind and rain, but the trees will snap like matches if the winds stay as strong as they have

[chaingang]

My observation is that they have no idea where this thing is going to end up. I live in Lafayette LA and Im starting to get antsy.

[tc8232]

thanks for the update CHS i feel a little bit better, i just talked to her, she says they are in the process of shutting down southbound 45 tomorrow to allow the people from houston to get out.

[Mustang2019]

My hopes and my prayers go out to everyone. Please be careful and stay safe.

[Ranger Mom]

I used to think it would be so cool to live on the ocean....but I swear, the dry, barren, mesquite tree laded terrain of West Texas is sounding better and better to me all the time!

[systemofaflamer]

I'm not sure if they have opened southbound yet on 45. They have had a lot of construction around that area. I left Galveston yesterday and it was slow with just students evacuating. Our A&M campus down there had to evacuate before 5 and the traffic wasn't all that great b/c of the construction. They seem to have it well organized, though, down there so things should be alright. Hopefully we don't have any "brave idiots" that try to fight out the storm. Ole College station should be full to capacity with all the galveston people and so on. To top it off the aggie game is now tommorrow so everything is just happened at once.

[lepfan]

Hey, I have space on my sofas...if anyone would dare come to the land of cow poopy! This is the one and ONLY time I am glad I am up here. I hope everyone stays safe!

[turbostud]

Well... I think I've found the best model to predict where this thing will go... if you keep you're eye on the black line, you'll see that were not out of it yet.....


http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gifs/allstorms.gif

[c-town_balla]

The MOST up to minute reports are found at the National Hurricane Center (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/)

[football4life]

Rita is now one of the top 5 most powerful hurricanes in the history, according to weather channel. Pressure is dropping(still), but he said storms that strong tend to fluctuate, so it may not stay exactly that high.

[bccards]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

WTNT63 KNHC 212351
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
650 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...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

[c-town_balla]

WOW......I being a aspiring Metorologist and all, I can just facinated with Hurricanes and all I have to say is damn.......

[Administrator]

Tuesday Night Update:
As of right now, the forecast still shows the storm going into the same area. We are still expected to have up to 80MPH wind gusts, with sustained winds between 50-80. *IF* this thing makes ANY further jogs up to the North and ends up making landfall around Galveston, Beaumont will experience 120-130 MPH. As the storm gets closer to landfall, I will make my own personal decision on rather or not I will be leaving town and taking the server with me. If this happens, I will try my best to get the database uploaded to ANOTHER server from my safe location in East Texas.. The 4A Site will NOT be affected by the possible outages, as it is not on the server that 3A Down Low is, and is hosted off site in some other state.

[wos fan1]

Rita moving West to northwest with a jog just recently back to the west. Rita is the 3rd strongest Hurricane of all time. :weeping: :weeping:

[Bandera YaYa]

WEll we will be hoping for the best, but you make sure you take care of yourself first!!! Good Luck!! :)

[bccards]

175mph now! :eek: :eek:

[gobbler grad]

it's really getting crazy aroung here...175 mph...what's next...:thinking:

[wos fan1]

Gusts to 205. Man Man Man! :eek: :crying: :crying:

[WOS1]

What can withstand 205 mph winds?

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by WOS1
What can withstand 205 mph winds?

quite possibly just the street

[Tidal Wave]

maybe WOS defensive line could withstand it..haha j/k

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by WOS1
What can withstand 205 mph winds? Gee I feel like i'm dreaming......nite all and safe travels! :)

[WOS1]

Originally posted by Tidal Wave
maybe WOS defensive line could withstand it..haha j/k

That's about it...;)

[NateDawg39]

I heard Waco was evacuating aswell. Truth do that? I dont get to go home either, back to Decatur because of the follow through of the storm.:( :mad:

[Administrator]

As of 1AM, there are at least TWO models showing a direct hit at Sabine Pass, which would put the Golden Triangle in the 150+MPH Zone. I will make my decision tomorrow evening on rather or not I will be leaving.. If I do leave, the server will go offline sometime tomorrow evening.. I will try to forward the site to a placeholder informing everyone that the site is temporarily down. At the time of the outage, feel free to post on the 4A site located at http://www.texaaaasports.com --- If I end up taking this server online, I will create a temporary section on the 4A site for 3ADL.. Posts will NOT be archived or injected into the current 3ADL board. PLEASE STAY TUNED..

A huge thanks goes out to wos fan1 for the assistance!

[exbccards76'smom]

Everyone be safe. I am bugging out this morning with hubby's grandfather. Catch ya'll when I get back.

[Administrator]

5AM Update:
NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS! Models have began to move up the coast, landfall of this catastrophic historic category 5 hurricane is expected to be between TX/LA State Line to Galveston. This will put ALL of Southeast Texas in the worst part of the hurricane imagineable.

EVERYONE PLEASE STAY SAFE.. I believe within the next hour Jefferson and Orange counties will have a MANDATORY Evacuation! This shift was NOT EXPECTED.. god bless everyone in the path of this monster!

I'm going to get some more sleep!

http://img417.imageshack.us/img417/8781/storm189ha.gif

[Administrator]

Orange and Jefferson Counties in SETX have been issued a mandatory evacuation effective immediately.

[AggieJohn]

http://i.flhurricane.com/images/2005/storm18/plot22092005-0550.gif

[pirate44]

please everybody. dont take any chances. get out and as far from this thing as you can. God bless yall.

[pirate4state]

A friend of mine is just coming up on I37 and she said there is bumper to bumper traffic, but that it is moving. For the time being, I've decided to stay put. Right now, TWC is even telling people that travelling south to CC might be a a better idea than going North to Dallas. :(

I'll keep watching, but now I can't (or won't) go to Dallas. I have family way out in Stanton/Midland/Sweetwater and that is about an 8 hour drive w/o traffic so that just doesn't seem like a very good option right now.

I'll keep on eye closed & the other on TWC.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by pirate44
please everybody. dont take any chances. get out and as far from this thing as you can. God bless yall.

I agree! For any of you who have no choice but to ride it out, please know that we have you in our thoughts and prayers.

[sinton66]

Keep an eye on the direction of movement. If the hurricane continues to drift to the north or west northwest, South Texas will escape it's wrath. Current center of the cone is just northeast of Galveston, and I'm figuring that to be the High Island area. Bridge City, Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange will bear a heavy hit if the path continues as projected.

[chaingang]

If it shifts farther East, like I think will happen, the Golden Triangle will probably be leveled!:eek: :confused:

[gobbler grad]

everyone just needs to be careful...especially driving in all that heavy traffic...:(

[Jody]

Originally posted by chaingang
If it shifts farther East, like I think will happen, the Golden Triangle will probably be leveled!:eek: :confused:

Chain,

I sure hope the Traingle did not wait to see what this thing was going to do. You may very well end up inside the eye with us, or even on a dirtier side of the storm. Houston is not scheduled to start shifting traffic to one way on North bound roads until 10:00 AM, which is probably 12 hours to late. That may take formt eh resources to create one way traffic out of the Golden Triangle area.

[chaingang]

My father is head of the emergency management in Orange County and he's worried $&*^less! He says that the Golden triangle will be in very very very bad shape! Possible total loss. He said everything south of I10 in Orange county will be under water if this thing stays on course with the intensity staying the same also. I live in Lafayette and they are talking about evac. I cant believe this far east. I think they are worried that the eye could hit the Texas/LA border which could even wipe us out. Wehave nowhere to go. So ill just pray for my family's safety.

[chaingang]

As of right now, Beaumont, PA, and Orange are in the 100-150mph swaith. The funny thing about it is that he said that it would be better(if possible)if the eye would hit the Triangle.

[setex]

Well, it's our turn to take off. Wish us luck and just hope we will have a house Saturday. SEEEE YAAAAA.

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by Jody
Chain,

I sure hope the Traingle did not wait to see what this thing was going to do. You may very well end up inside the eye with us, or even on a dirtier side of the storm. Houston is not scheduled to start shifting traffic to one way on North bound roads until 10:00 AM, which is probably 12 hours to late. That may take formt eh resources to create one way traffic out of the Golden Triangle area.

But they did wait! Look at this excerpt:
================================
Jefferson County Judge Carl Griffith has issued a mandatory evacuation order for the entire county.
Judge Griffith says it will be a staggered evacuation. There is already a mandatory evacuation order taking effect at 6 a.m. for Sabine Pass. Port Arthur will be evacuated beginning at 8 a.m. followed by Mid County at 10 a.m. and Beaumont at noon.

================================

2 hours per "stagger" is not enough time to make any real difference out on the highways. I can't believe Sabine Pass is just now this morning getting evacuation orders.
:rolleyes:

[spiveyrat]

Gosh, even southern Jasper/Newton counties are being evacuated:

MANDATORY EVACUATION NOTICE

At 8:00a.m. this morning Jasper County Judge Joe Folk has ordered the mandatory evacuation of the southern end of Jasper County from a point south of Farm Road 82 which is on the south side of Kirbyville. All residents should follow the traffic management plan and travel north on U.S. Highway 96 to the shelter information center located in Shelby County.

At 8:00a.m. this morning Newton County Judge Truman Dougharty has ordered the mandatory evacuation of the southern end of Newton County from a point south of Farm Road 253. All residents should follow the traffic management plan and travel north on State Highway 87 to the shelter information center located in Shelby County.

There will not be any shelters opened in Jasper or Newton Counties.

For additional information please contact Billy Ted Smith, EMC or James Gunter, Assistant EMC at the Jasper County Emergency Operations Center at 409.383.6168 (non-published number).

[chaingang]

My father just told me the worst case scenario has evolved for Jefferson and Orange counties. The storm is now predicted to hit Sabine pass directly. This would put orange county under water well north of I10!!!!!!!!! Here in Lafayette we are under a voluntary evac and Vermillion Parish about 10 miles south of us is under a Mandatory!! Im getting scared, I live in South West Lafayette.

[hoosierdaddy]

Originally posted by NHSRattler60
anyone have a shelter?
you can come this way if you need to D! I've got room for any of y'all from the family.

[PhiI C]

Originally posted by pirate4state
A friend of mine is just coming up on I37 and she said there is bumper to bumper traffic, but that it is moving. For the time being, I've decided to stay put. Right now, TWC is even telling people that travelling south to CC might be a a better idea than going North to Dallas. :(

I'll keep watching, but now I can't (or won't) go to Dallas. I have family way out in Stanton/Midland/Sweetwater and that is about an 8 hour drive w/o traffic so that just doesn't seem like a very good option right now.

I'll keep on eye closed & the other on TWC.

Hey P4S and 44 I just met some people at Dollar General from Port Aransas who were coming to Sinton to get away from the storm. They decided to go ahead and go to Poteet where they have relatives rather than stay at a local hotel.

[chaingang]

If info is needed. Read the "please read" thread.