Rita

[cheets]

Here is a tip, this hurricane which is heading towards texas, Could shut down 18 refiners in texas, so fill up you cars now, becuase next week petrol prices could be sky high.

This is just my speculation.



BBC NEWS

More than one million people have begun to evacuate the Gulf Coast of the United States ahead of Hurricane Rita.

The storm, which has been upgraded to Category Five, is heading towards Texas with winds of 165mph (265km/h).

Meteorologists say the hurricane could be the most intense ever to hit Texas, and one of the most powerful ever seen on the US mainland.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40825000/gif/_40825134_hurricane_rita5_map416.gif

[SupaFry]

I bet this hurricane does not get ignored by the president since it's hitting Texas.

[RATM_4_EVA]

I bet this hurricane does not get ignored by the president since it's hitting Texas.
:hehe: . he wont make the same mistake twice.....who am i kidding its bush. its sad :no:

[Lammie]

Dammit. And prices were beginning to go down.

We need OPEC to step up production again to help my hip pocket.

[Wesley]

Damn I thought this was about the Alton Towers' ride for a moment . . .

[Bowser57]

My tip is to panic as much as possible, punch people in their stupid little faces to get to the front of the queue. Upon reaching the pumps, as well as filling up your car fill up any plastic bottles, bowls and containers of any kind you might find at home.

[SupaFry]

I'm hoping prices don't go up too much.
We just had a tax cut on fuel in Australia so maby it wont be too bad.

(I think we had a tax cut but I could be wrong.)

[Lammie]

I think they just decided not to up the tax on fuel, as they were planning to do in the near future.

If they had there'd be riots.

[Blackfox]

Although panic buying isnt the way to go, everyone else will be doing it - so you may as beat the queues imo.

This hurricane was upgraded twice yesterday and has a constant windspeed of 165mph. That would destroy a city if it maintained windspeed..

[Noodleman]

so thats 2 rather nasty hurracaines inside a month but remember folks global warming is all just a myth made up by hippies.

[Eddage]

Damn I thought this was about the Alton Towers' ride for a moment . . .

So did I , got all excited about it as well! :weep:

[Retro_Link]

With wind speeds now reaching 175mph!, i think this Rita is the true queen of speed!

Did anyone see the lunchtime news?

They said that the area that Rita is going to strike with the most force, the coastal town of Galveston, whilst not being below sea level like New Orleans, Glaveston is only SLIGHTLY above sea level; and a University has produced a computerised video of the possible destruction, which showed that even a Force 3 hurricane would probably be enough to completely flood the area!!!

They also said that Rita will be the 3rd worst Hurricane to have ever hit the USA (Katrina was the 4th worst)

And that we could now be entering into a time/stage when it's possible we are going to see alot of these types of fierce Hurricanes strike, as apparently they tend to move in 20-30 year cycles where the worst ones appear and we are entering that time now;
They said that warmer sea temperatures also help in creating Hurricanes and that sea temperatures have certainly been going up lately as a result of global warming.

The effects of the Hurricane is going to cost America billions of dollars;

All in all, it's not looking good at the moment!!

[Shmotz]

Sometimes I'm really quite glad I didn't learn to drive and get a car before going to Uni. It's like having a leech permanently attached to your wallet.

I'm gonna see if I can just try and avoid a car altogether - easier said than done. How about mopeds :D.

EDIT

I'm talking about rising fuel prices because of the hurricane i.e. I don't have a car and thus don't need to worry about rising fuel prices. Capiche?

[elniro]

haha shmotz good thinkin

damn oil companies, i know they have technology for cars to run on water or sumthin, greedy bastards

[Ray Falling]

Damn lots of my friends live there ;_;

[dukkadukka]

Damn lots of my friends live there ;_;
shit, i'm sorry to hear it. i really hope that america has prepared for this hurricane better than they did for katrina :hmm:it's easy for us to forget that it's the safety of the people rather than petrol that's important.

[Hellfire]

Man this is horrible in a lot of ways. The worst one is, of course, the human side of the tragedy, but global economy really doesn't need this right now.

[Charlie]

haha shmotz good thinkin

damn oil companies, i know they have technology for cars to run on water or sumthin, greedy bastards

My biology teacher told us about someone who got fined because they were running their car on sun flower oil - apparently it's very similar to diesel and works really well...

When is the hurricane going to hit Texas?

[Platty]

yeah i thought the exact same thing cheets so i filled up at 90.4 a litre today, full tank should last a while as im going liverpool and manchester next week via train and wont need the car!

hurricane looks pretty bad, it could turn and smack into new orleans again, im so glad i dont live in america.

[Ray Falling]

shit, i'm sorry to hear it. i really hope that america has prepared for this hurricane better than they did for katrina :hmm:it's easy for us to forget that it's the safety of the people rather than petrol that's important.

Well 2wo of my friends say they'll be out of the "impact zone" but then again..mother nature is very unpredictable...

But yeah I agree, safety of people is more important now, but like, what happens when things go bad? People will loot places...they dont care about anything, just posessions...T_T so I'm not surpised if people are gonna take up on this.

--Ray

[Retro_Link]

it's easy for us to forget that it's the safety of the people rather than petrol that's important.Exactly!
When is the hurricane going to hit Texas?It's expected to hit Saturday morning,

There has been good warning and good evacuation this time round
it could turn and smack into new orleans again, im so glad i dont live in america.I don't think Rita is expected to go through New Orleans, instead it is all the surrounding rain of the hurricane that they are worried about flooding New Orleans!

[Eddage]

I don't think Rita is expected to go through New Orleans, instead it is all the surrounding rain of the hurricane that they are worried about flooding New Orleans!

But then a hrricanes path is very unpredictable and can change very quickly, so new orleans isn't out of the woods yet! :weep:

[cheets]

yeah, you cannot predict weather, its impossible.

anyway, keep up the good work america with the pointless SUV's and huge 2 Ton hummers, never heard of a corsa or fiesta or even a smart car.

You reap, what you sew.

[Retro_Link]

Latest news;

One of the 'repared' levee's (dams) surrounding New Orleans has given way (under rising water levels brought in as a widespread effect of the hurrican i guess) and the City is Re-flooding all over!

It did look like they were reparing them badly!! just putting piles of gravel on top of the previosly destroyed ones! Maybe that's the best thing to do (i'm not in construction), but when i saw them doing it on the news the other day it didn't look safe to me!

[Eenuh]

*is so worried*

My boyfriend lives in Texas... ;_____;

He doesn't live close to the coast though (Dallas area), so I hope he won't have to deal with too much hurricane stuff...

*continues to worry*

[Bowser57]

I'm hoping Houston gets away without being destroyed, I'm supposed to be flying there in a month or so.

(I also hope no one dies and stuff).

[Offerman]

Sometimes I'm really quite glad I didn't learn to drive and get a car before going to Uni. It's like having a leech permanently attached to your wallet.

I'm gonna see if I can just try and avoid a car altogether - easier said than done. How about mopeds :D.

EDIT

I'm talking about rising fuel prices because of the hurricane i.e. I don't have a car and thus don't need to worry about rising fuel prices. Capiche?

But Babes, when you've got your foot welded to the floor and your raping it down the open road doing speeds that would cause the driving examiner to spin in hes grave, you can't help but feel exhilerated.

EDIT - Offerman would like to take this oppertunity to say that he does not condone driving in excess of the designated speed limit at anytime.

[Bowser57]

EDIT - Offerman would like to take this oppertunity to say that he does not condone driving in excess of the designated speed limit at anytime.

Or the use of a spell-check.

[RATM_4_EVA]

http://news.yahoo.com/

it says here tha tits headed right for the oil. bush is gonna be mad :lmao:

you guys should see the traffic jams in texas.

The unprecedented flight from the flood-prone Houston area Thursday brought traffic to a standstill, frustrating hundreds of thousands of people. Cars overheated and ran out of gas. Some drivers gave up and turned around and went home.

"It can't get much worse, 100 yards an hour," fumed Willie Bayer, 70. "It's frustrating bumper-to-bumper."

[Offerman]

Or the use of a spell-check.

Had you have used a question-mark. As if you where asking me a question, I would have mearly laughed. However as you where making a statement, all I can really do is slide my well lubricated, endowed manhood into you. Prepare yourself.

[Raining_again]

oh noes Offerman's sexual references....a girl should never see this *hides*

[the_villa]

The Rita thing is bad mainly after katrina has just been

[Meik]

http://www.claydon-heights.com/martyn/Videos/CFLiveRita/ritaBanner.jpg

I came into this thread expecting discussion about this. I am disappointed.

[RATM_4_EVA]

http://www.claydon-heights.com/martyn/Videos/CFLiveRita/ritaBanner.jpg

I came into this thread expecting discussion about this. I am disappointed.
thats not a very good name for a ride. imo :hmm:

[Retro_Link]

it says here tha tits headed right for the oil.
Yeah; 25% of all of Americas oil refineries are in Texas!!!!!

and i think i heard on the news that there are about 160+ oil rigs off the Texas-Louisiana coastline!!!!!
The ones that stood in Katrinas way got ripped apart!

This is gonna be some devastating consequences!!!

[EEVILMURRAY]

thats not a very good name for a ride. imo :hmm:

Damn Americans shouldn't have named a hurricane/whatever after it then.

I know it's bad and everything, but am I the only one who really doesn't care?

[Platty]

its now been downgraded to a cat 3, but is still scarily massive, on the news they put an image of Britain over the storm and yeah you guessed it the storm is bigger than our entire island!

[RATM_4_EVA]

Damn Americans shouldn't have named a hurricane/whatever after it then.

I know it's bad and everything, but am I the only one who really doesn't care?
speaking of names, how do they get the names for them. :wtf:

[Platty]

d'ya know what i was thinking the same thing? is it the person in the weather office who first see's the storm brewing? or do they have a baby name book and randomly pick a name each time ?

[cheets]

they only added male names in some in the 70s or 80s i think, last big male on was Andrew, womens names where all the rage in the 40s kind of stfu bitch, and do the ironing

nope?

[ThePigMarcher]

I think they initially close female names because of all the damage , destruction and general heartache these things cause. Of course ,I may be lying.

[Platty]

I think they initially close female names because of all the damage , destruction and general heartache these things cause. Of course ,I may be lying.

haha i love it :smile:

[Eenuh]

For whoever was wondering about the names, they make a list of 21 names (21 because that's the most storms they've had in a year or whatever the time period is they use). These names have to stand out and be easy to remember. Also, they use both male and female names (male, female, male, female, etc.). However, when one of these storms causes death and a lot of destruction, it is taken off the list to never be used again. ='3

[Blackfox]

They have a cycle of 21 names per year. This is because they figure there cant be more than 21 hurricanes in a year. After 21 names, they use Greek letters. Each hurricane is given a name, and if it is particulary destructive e.g 'Andrew' and 'Katrina' then those names are retired.

www.metoffice.co.uk should have more answers.

EDIT: Fixed.

[cheets]

who is right, 12 or 21

[Eenuh]

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/19/storm.names/index.html

Says 21.

[Blackfox]

Yup, my mistake.

(CNN) -- Forecasters could run out of names for tropical storms and hurricanes before the season ends November 30.

The Atlantic basin has seen 17 named storms since the season began June 1, and only four are left on the list.

What's a meteorologist to do if the names run out? Go Greek.

Should the Atlantic see more than 21 named storms "additional storms will take names from the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and so on," according to the National Hurricane Center Web site.

"We only have four names left on the list this year: Stan, Tammy, Vince and Wilma. If we have a fifth storm it would be named Alpha," said Daniel Brown, a meteorologist at the center, which is based in Miami, Florida.

At the beginning of each Atlantic storm season, the center publishes a list of 21 storm names. They alternate male and female names in alphabetical order.

The letters Q, U, X, Y and Z are skipped because not enough names start with those letters, Brown said.

Hurricane Alpha would be a first for the hurricane center.

"There was one year in 1933 we actually had 21 storms. That's been the most in the Atlantic. However, it was before we started naming storms" Brown said.

The National Weather Service started naming storms in 1953 as way to reduce confusion over the latitude-longitude naming method.

In 1979 Atlantic male names were included, putting to an end the practice of naming hurricanes only after women.

What makes a good storm name? According to the National Weather Service, short, distinctive given names work best.

The World Meteorological Organization, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, Switzerland, now maintains lists of names for storm-prone regions around the globe.

For the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico region, the list covers six years and rotates beginning every seventh year.

Names are changed if the storm causes extreme damage and loss of life. Brown said Hurricane Katrina will "absolutely" be retired by the organization.

Andrew, the name of the 1992 hurricane that according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration killed 23 people in south Florida and three in the Bahamas and caused $26.5 billion in damage, likewise has been retired.

[RATM_4_EVA]

Hurricane Alpha sounds damn cool :awesome:

[cheets]

jesus watching the news on sky fox and ccn, as my sister is having a kid so sleep is no option, and the force is huge, its just about hit land and all the reporters where on the end of the storm aka the weak part.

[Platty]

its been downgraded to a cat 2 now, seems it missed houston and everything, think the eye went over beaumont but didnt cause too much damage just lots of rain everywhere.

they said the tail could be dangerous as its got about 4 different thunder storms in it which will be carrying a load of water which is gonna get dumped somewhere

[mario114]

Maybe the u.s will now admit that there is such a thing as global warning.

[dukkadukka]

Maybe the u.s will now admit that there is such a thing as global warning.
either that or just blame it on the blacks and homosexuals :wink:

[Platty]

it was an eye opener seeing all the cars leaving houston, the majority of the "cars" were big trucks or SUV's or whatever they are called.

there's your pollution problem

[RoadKill]

either that or just blame it on the blacks and homosexuals :wink:

I like your style, and that sounds exactly like the way of the world.

[Retro_Link]

Maybe the u.s will now admit that there is such a thing as global warning.
I hate George Bush's attitude on environmental issues; which is basically f*** 'em!

He wasn't able to be persuaded on the issue at the G8; maybe the detruction of his country might open his eyes;
but i highly doubt it!!!

[Arragaun]

Isn't Bush just the frontman really though, it's his mates in the administration that tell him what to do. They all answer to the big businesses, run by rich old people who couldn't care less about global cataclysm cause they'll be dead soon anyway. Sad really.

[Eenuh]

Meh, these hurricanes aren't really because of global warming. It's some sort of cycle these things go through; a couple of years in a row they're not that destructive and there's less of them, then there's a period again in which they're a lot stronger and there appear more of them. And right now they're going through the "lots of destructive hurricanes" period.

Hurricanes are being formed because of warmer water, yes, but the global warming hasn't had that big of an influence on it yet. That might change over the years though. And as far as I know, Bush recently actually acknowledged that there's such a thing as global warming. Don't remember if they're actually going to do something (kinda doubt it). But it's not like he's the one taking decisions on everything himself; he's got an entire goverment behind him telling him what to do.

[Apple_NdiB]

Bush recently actually acknowledged that there's such a thing as global warming

You don't happen to have a source for this, do you?

[Dieter]

Damn. Seems like America's not having a ball the last few months...

[Raining_again]

perhaps its all the bad karma they have created over the years come back to bite them on the bum....

feel really bad for the people that live in texas/new orleans/other affect areas

[Eenuh]

You don't happen to have a source for this, do you?

Sorry, no. I think I heard it on the radio and read it in the newspaper or something. Has been a couple of months already too.

[tendosgirlfriend]

I lived in Houston Texas for 7 years before moving here just over 2 years ago. My mother called up one of our old friends who lived a bit further out and apparently they went up that big freeway going out of galveston and picked up a total of 15 people who had run out of gas on the freeway (mostly pregnant women and families with small kids) and they're all staying at their house until everything settles down. Crazy stuff though, all my old friends on my AIM contact list havent been online for a while. Its hard to think about what people must be going through, and even harder when you know those people.