Hurricane Rita

[Luftdude]

Well,looks like everyone is in paranoia down here in Houston. I went over my part of town today to look for water and most stores had none. I got lucky when I found some at a pharmacy. Man,I hope it's not Katrina all over again!

LD

[Shibby]

Well I don't know if you have been following it on TV, but the last I heard, they said it has a good chance to be a Cat5 because the water on the coast of galveston is very warm and undisturbed. They also said that since Houston it below sea level that they is a good chance of flooding from the rains.

[Puddles]

She's not going to be gentle, that's for sure. If you're supposed to evacuate, please do it.

Wishing you the best!

[Luftdude]

Yea,I'm in NW Houston. Last I heard was voluntary evacuations. So if the mayor decides to make it mandatory,I'll probably hear about it tonight.

LD

[hitmansb]

Damn, after seeing the damage wrought by hurricanes the past few years, it makes the Canadian winter seem a lot more tolerable.

[Bouncer]

This boards dedicated server is in Houston. Might go down for a few days. Im not sure if they have generators or not. I will give them a call.

[Megiddo]

To all in TX, I wish you all the best there. I have lived with Hurricanes all my life and they are hell. Stay safe, and hopefully everyone will work together instead of looking out for themselves.

[Timma]

Crap not again. Then when we get the remnants it's gonna be a few inches of rain. Guess it makes up for our dry summer. You guys good luck down there.

[ludakris9]

Good luck down there my friends mom lives there and we were just taliking about it. I hope it's not bad and everything goes good. Let us know if they change it to mandatory.

[Shibby]

I heard one of the biggest fears is that there is a chance for it took turn North on friday. That would take it right where Katrina went. They hope (lesser of the two evils) it stays on track.

[JUICE]

u never know where these storms will hit. First it was heading the Corpus Christi area, couldve been over us here at home, swamped with rain. Then changed shift more towards the north. Mother Nature.

[rude]

This sucks big time

[blm]

Everything I'm hearing now is that it is looking like it is has the potential to be fiercest hurricane to ever hit the US...that says a lot considering Katrina. I really hope thats not the case. Good luck to all.

[crazykris6]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...605.shtml?5day

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

Is it going to hit every state in the circle? That could destroy a lot of states. I hope everyone is ok.

[BBAddict]

...RITA BECOMES THE THIRD MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB
AND THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB.

SOME ADDITIONAL DEEPENING AND
INTENSIFICATION IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.

This sounds like it could get really ugly--do you suppose people know what it means to evacuate by now? Let's hope so--and hope they take their pets with them!