Hurricane Rita - Visible/Infra-Red Satellite Loop

An excellent visible/infra-red satellite loop of the lifecycle of Hurricane Rita from 1015z 09/20/05 through 1645z 09/24/05. The system enters the Florida Straits as a Tropical Storm and rapidly intensifies reaching Category Two intensity south of Key West and then Category Five intensity the next day. Over the following two days, the hurricane crosses the northern Gulf of Mexico and makes landfall on the Texas/Louisiana border as a Category Three.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hurricane
• Rita
• Severe
• Weather
• Storms
• Tropical
• Cyclone
• Hurricanes
• 2005
• Extreme
• Satellite
• Loop
• IR
• Visible

[ccdcat68]

rita lost her eye b4 land fall

[jkingsmill]

This was the one that was supposed to hit Galveston but didn't and caused the massive evacuation chaos.  This is why no one left for Ike.

[8thgrade1000]

You should see mine!

[GOODY61]

@jinthral Surely you have recovered from this by now, it's only been 5+ years.

[GermanOperaSinger]

More people were killed evacuating like mad than as a direct result of the actual storm. Just shows how unpredictable the models can be.

[molonlave2010]

Thank God it didn't directly hit Houston, I was scare by looking at the radar when Rita hit as high as 185 mph out in the Gulf of Mexico

[irisom]

Awesome!!! I knew there had to be some intelligent live around here, lol.

[irisom]

No, not "everyone" got scared and evacuated because I stayed for both Ike AND Rita, yet I'm a girl. It gives me the shits how all these "real" XY males, with the audacity to tell me that I will never be a boy since I can never grow a functional penis, got in their little trucks and left like sissy babies going to Mama.

[Undertaker5712]

Rita because it is more powerful.

but in damage in money definetly Katrina.

[alexthekit]

I HATE Hurricane Rita. I have to leave Louisiana because of her =[

[raymondking092094]

COMPARING RITA TO KATRINA

who do you think will win the battle???