Houston Evacuation - Hurricane Rita
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Just received a communication from a mate who lives in Houston - apparently traffic jams are stretching back 50 miles as people try to get out ahead of the hurricane hitting land and 3 hour tailbacks to the airport (he can normally get there in 40 minutes max!)
His plan for the next few days - get out and visit Elvis in Graceland!
Hope anyone who has got friends out there hears from them in good time and everyone makes it out safe and well.
His plan for the next few days - get out and visit Elvis in Graceland!
Hope anyone who has got friends out there hears from them in good time and everyone makes it out safe and well.
The latest track has shifted slightly North so it looks like a direct track to Galveston and then Houston. Still a Cat 5. Winds at 175mph and it if it follows this track will be a hurricane over land for a longer period.
Good luck to Texas. Hopefully the Galveston sea wall will deflect some of the storm surge...
ErnestM
Good luck to Texas. Hopefully the Galveston sea wall will deflect some of the storm surge...
ErnestM
Plotloss said:
Does Galveston house a lot of oil fields/refineries?
Well there's a concetration of refining capacity in the whole Gulf of Mexico area, I don't know much about the actual refinery locations in the US, but most oil majors have hubs in Houston and the storm is a couple of hundred miles wide, so I would guess that refining capacity will be affected. Fun this isn't it.
Galveston has a nationally famous sea wall capable of handling a 17 foot storm surge. (It will help a little compared to NO and Biloxi, MS).
The area on the east Texas seaboard houses 26% of US refining capacity. However, that capacity is spread out and not centred at one point. Experts in the industry are expecting a short spike and then a return to $2.50 per gallon prices within 30 days.
Also, there has been a bit of a flap concerning oil company's pricing in the last 30 days or so (both Congress and the United States Federal Trade Commission have launched investigations into profiteering). I think you will see that some of the companies, in a PR move, will dip into their profit margins to keep the price down.
ErnestM
The area on the east Texas seaboard houses 26% of US refining capacity. However, that capacity is spread out and not centred at one point. Experts in the industry are expecting a short spike and then a return to $2.50 per gallon prices within 30 days.
Also, there has been a bit of a flap concerning oil company's pricing in the last 30 days or so (both Congress and the United States Federal Trade Commission have launched investigations into profiteering). I think you will see that some of the companies, in a PR move, will dip into their profit margins to keep the price down.
ErnestM
You're right lockstock. Take a credit card a change of clothes and a motorbike and get the f*** out of dodge! Nail your house up to stop the wind getting in and blowing it apart and paint a big sign saying you're sat inside with an M16 on your lap!
Good luck, hope this one is handled better than the last one.
Good luck, hope this one is handled better than the last one.
Donut said:
Weren’t allot of the refugees from New Orleans taken to Houston?
It's just not their year.
I said that this morning to a mate!
I feel for them!!
Apparently they've all been moved to arkansas (if thats how its spelt) I really feel for them. Its really not looking good. Good Luck to anyone whos out there. Best Wishes
I think that's a conspiracy theory too far. It's probably more a case of trying not to make such a monumental f
k up this time.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Is the link to the National Hurricane Centre (sorry, Center) from where you can get links to teh satelite images like:
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