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Most likely this hurricane will be further north. How far is the question...we'll know in the next couple of days...let's pray for it to hit THE KING RANCH...LOL...don't I always say that...

[Dog Gone]

The current forecast track puts it almost precisely at King Ranch, perhaps just a little south. That is the ideal place for it to hit the Texas coastline if it is to hit Texas at all.

It would mess up some deer stands, cattle pens, a few ranch houses, and not much more.

But experience tells us that we have a pretty good idea of where Rita will be two days from now, and barely a clue as to where she'll be next weekend.

Somewhere between Lafayette, LA and northern Mexico, in all likelihood.

That's too big of a margin of error for anyone to panic yet.

On the other hand, it couldn't hurt to make sure that you have enough canned food, batteries, and bottled water on hand early in the week.

I live well past the limits of a Cat 5 storm surge, but I took the fury of a Cat 3 storm once, and that's the last time I'm gonna do that.