Will Rita return to the Gulf of Mexico? Scary scenario.

[DemoTex]

Just what New Orleans and the Gulf coast does not need.

[Atman]

1. Well, we'll certainly hear about it constantly, won't we

at least as long as people are protesting the war.

[FightingIrish]

2. My wife says * is at Cheyenne Mountain

with the hurricane joystick. Pass the Jim Beam.

[Dogmudgeon]

3. The (possible) scenario --

Based on the forecast:

The rain begins again in NOLA on Thursday morning; the center of Rita, then a tropical disturbance, moves over the Gulf again around mid-day on Friday.

Strengthening recommences. By Sunday, Rita is a Tropical Storm again; Monday or Tuesday, a cat-1 Hurricane.

If it just meanders around, it could pick up a lot of energey again.

Of course, no matter how strong it gets, the odds are against a direct New Orleans strike. The "real" trouble is that it will be meandering around in the areas where a lot of oil is pumped, processed, and imported.

--p!

[geomon666]

4. Ewwww Accuweather.

:thumbsdown:

[fishnfla]

5. Accuweather is bunk

they said Ophelia would hit the gulf to. I would discount their predictions

[madrchsod]

6. looks like it going to get pushed

in that direction from another source i just checked...ok this is going to dump tons of rain into the lower mississippi which means ---possible disaster for the rebuilding of this area, barge traffic,the levees ,and the dam that keeps the mississippi form by passing new orleans. it seems the cold front that is going thru the midwest is pushing rita to the south