A GOES-12 (Geostationary Satellite Server) Satellite infrared image provided by the US Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, California (CA), shows the status of Hurricane Rita at 3:30 AM EST. Rita, currently 490 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas (TX), upgraded to a Category 5 storm late Wednesday, September 21, 2005, with 170 mph winds, sparking an order for mandatory evacuations in New Orleans, Louisiana (LA), and Galveston, Texas (TX)
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
Scene Camera Operator: US Naval Research Laboratory
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
22/09/2005
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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