TWC Hurricane Rita coverage 2005: Clip 3

[rebelyellcrew]

THEYRE IS SEABROOKE......small town where im from, i rememver seeing jim cantore on the kemah bridge and everyone was in a panic

[Bkeytx]

I made the mistake of evacuating from Rita, up I-45 towards Dallas, poeple didnt know where they were going, so they just stopped in the middle of the Highway, blocking everyone else who had a brain and a plan, its more of a mess to evacaute, than to shelter in place, and it will only get worse..

[Bkeytx]

Katrina opened up everyone eyes along the coast here, when a storm approaches alot of people wont evacuate because we know that the ghetto people will stay and loot, you say my property is worth more than my life?, well, its MY property, and regardless, we dont want the "havenots" to come in and take our stuff, neither would YOU. we stay, have plenty of ammo, and protect our property, thats just how it is..

[Categorycinque]

So much Katrina coverage at the time. In Louisiana they call it "Rita Amnesia" as the media basically ignored this storm.

[forgrthandstands]

amazing satellite presentation @5:20

[Categorycinque]

Briankey, you've never been through a hurricane, have you? Moving 150 miles inland is safer, but not nearly far enough to escape tragedy. Not nearly.

[Bkeytx]

@Categorycinque Ive been thru many Hurricanes and Typhoons.

[electronicsfan21]

@tayshaun2008 actually at peak intensity Rita was stronger than Katrina

[cgillardGQ]

I don't want to think of the destruction that would have happended if Rita would have stayed a Cat 5 like she was at peak intensity.

[SkyrimOrBust]

They say nightmares aren't real.

But the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season was real.

[cookie1749]

@SkyrimOrBust best comment ive heard today

[cookie1749]

@SkyrimOrBust or all week

[Teztost3rpwn]

what an obese hurricane! Deamn gurl!

[MissMaddy881]

@Teztost3rpwn yeah, both rita and katrina were impressive-looking hurricanes.

[BradBoZ1998]

Lol. I remember when they upgraded their Icon after Hurricane katrina.

[Ducknbob8]

0:03 WOW !!!!!! how impressive is that ?????

[cookie1749]

Katrina + Rita = Katrita

[MissMaddy881]

@cookie1749 i kinda like that name.

[ticob2010]

Rita was actually a much bigger and MUCH more powerful storm.

[MrNeilsy]

@ticob2010 Rita was actually slightly smaller in size than Katrina but was more intense at it's maximum intensity. As for Rita being more "powerful" than Katrina, probably not. They were both cat 5 at max intensity but the larger storm with a larger wind field will always have more energy. Hurricane Ike 3 years later was not as intense as either hurricane but was considerably larger and carried more energy over a wider area.

[jadedmastermind]

At its peak, a hurricane hunter found winds as high as 235mph. It's a good thing it weakened before hitting land.

[babygirlneisha2436]

katrina's lil sis is right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rbutler89]

Man...If that Bitch had stayed at 175, thankgod......wshew *wipes forehead*

[XxCourtneyxCeexX]

September 21st

My birthday o.O

[tayshaun2008]

Hurricane Rita! Katrina's little sister! lol.

[DudeDie222]

@tayshaun2008 Smaller, but with a MUCH bigger punch!

[florafan1]

@tayshaun2008 lol your right

[damassaca34]

im from cameron,,,,,,

[iloveyourstory]

too much drama

[SaturnOwner26]

myClichestory9 did yall see the bus that blew up on I45 when all fo that was going on, how far north were yall, it took us over 40 hours to get from Clear Lake City /Friendswood 18 miles up 146 and over to 45, then to another offroad to Brenham?

[SaturnOwner26]

you should have seen the badass traffic jams on the roadways through and around Houston, it was an absolute fuckin mess, and im not kidding, and Bill White was on TV afterwards preaching about how he did a wonderful job protecting Houstonians from the storm, my ass, I saw different on I45 and 146, 59 outbound, quite the opposite, his ass got lucky Rita didnt directly hit or there would have been alot of dead people on the roadways

[nyc1981nyc]

actually it made landfall in between sabine pass, tx and johnsons bayou,la but the most intense part of the storm hit louisana.

[TwcFanForLife]

did you know that rita made landfall in Louisana not texas?

[ScrewdUpClickSUC]

@TwcFanForLife get a life bro

[F6SuperTornado08]

Imagine if Rita Stayed at Category 5 status. The damage would be catastrophic!

[bwguidry]

Yes it would've...and I would not still be living in Lake Charles, I can tell you that much. Probably would've moved north, like maybe to Dallas.

[cookie1749]

@F6SuperTornado08 yeah just like katrina

[HurricaneSalim]

@F6SuperTornado08

Now imagine if it struck just west of us (houston). THEN it probably would have passed Katrina as the costliest storm in US history.

[F6SuperTornado08]

I went to Lake charles for the hurricane since the storm was going just south of Houston, but then it curved back to the north, making a direct hit on Lake Charles. Scariest night of my life that I will never forget.

[myClichestory9]

The most intense atlantic season hurricane ever recorded was Hurricane Wilma in 2005,

It had a pressure drop to 882 mbar and a wind

speed of 185 mph.

[BTVStation101]

i no the strongest hurricanes in the atlantic they were

3. rita

2. mitch

1. camille

[Flipsideou812]

No they were

5. Allen

4. Rita

3. 35' Labor Day Storm

2. Gilbert

1. Wilma

[SIOYGYG]

dont forget wilma

[PavelBure96109]

fail

[BTVStation101]

whoa 897 mbs!!!!!!

[switchfootdude224]

I live in Houston and I was in 5th grade when this happened. I was stupid enough to evacuate. I actually flew instead of driving.

[skatechocolate15]

stfu u little bitch

[switchfootdude224]

what

[mackys101]

i remmeber this day all wasnt prepare its so horrible :{ and now there was a hurricane again -_-. i hate hurricane..

[myClichestory9]

When this hit,

I had evacuated to Texarkana,

And the evacuation was awful,

We were in the car for about 36 hours at the most, with assloads of traffic.

Got kicked out of a motel once for having 2 dogs, bullcrap.

And it was a 3 when it hit my town,

When we came home the town was pretty messed up, and people who had stayed said they would never stay through a hurricane again,

After that we went to Houston for about a week until things got back to normal,

It was sooooo horrible.

[xoxoPete4Everxoxo]

alexandra Steele is alright looking.i lived in Houston at the time.

ouston at the time.

[Lockcoco]

my couisn came up now that i remeber. she stayed 4 a while then came home in devestation. my grandmaw lives in galviston and did not leave and is alive today.

[Lockcoco]

i live in dallas but dont really remeber it hitting. what was it rated and did it hit dallas?

[ricelessazn]

it reached to a Category 5, but by the time it got to the coast, it was downgraded to a 1, and then to a trop storm. Dallas, Houston, and Austin were on the weak side and Beaumont was on the strong side.

[xxironballzxx]

hell no it wasn't a cat 1 when it hit it was a cat 3. i wish you would have been in lake charles like i was to see the amount of destruction rita left, trees through people's houses nothing pretty.