from cnn:
As more than 1 million people scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, the Category 5 hurricane grew more turbulent, becoming the third most intense storm in history, the National Hurricane Center said Wednesday night.also from cnn:
Officials said the barometric pressure near the eye of the storm was 898 millibars or less, a lower reading than Hurricane Katrina, which slammed into the Gulf Coast August 29.
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Officials at a Texas nuclear power plant in the path of Hurricane Rita prepared Wednesday to shut down two reactors.
The South Texas Project plant serving 1 million customers is built on elevated ground in Bay City, 12 miles inland from the Texas coast. It is designed to withstand storm surges from Category 5 hurricanes.
"We have a specific plan in place on what to do with a hurricane approaching," spokesman Alan Mikus said. "Our plan calls for the complete shutdown of the plant in advance of the storm's arrival."
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2 comments:
well the good news (if you can call it that) is that officials have been lining buses up on barrier islands to move out the poor.
the bad news is that there aren't enough buses.
the really shitty news is that a bunch of katrina evacuees are in texas.
what the hell is up with the weather nowadays?
latest advisory from the noaa - 11pm eastern
...CATEGORY FIVE RITA CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO...
[snip]
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.
nature is one scary bitch.
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