Hurricane Rita now...
Hurricane Rita now...
And away we go!
Seems to me that this track keeps inching the landfall further east each time we see an update...
Let's steer this thing south. My wife and I are supposed to go to Houston this weekend sans kids. "You want to see God laugh, tell him your plans."
TAW
I just hear the upgrade to hurricane status on Fox. The outer bands will cross central Fla. today and some parts of Fla. east coast will get 20-30 mph winds with slightly higher gusts. Nagin has ordered an evacuation per Fox news. DUH.
Aw, gee, NN, not again.
YEOW!!!! Ugly band hitting us as I type. Please let the lights stay on......the Disney channel is keeping us sane at the moment.
Thanks, we are getting out of state in am, be back Tues or Wed of next week. Can't take the heat when power goes out. Too close for comfort and don't want to wait because traffic may be bad. Don't expect damage etc, but being without power for a week with 105 heat index and high humidity after Katrina was miserable.
Yep- that looks like an eye...formation will be interesting now.
Very heavy rain and wind here in Cutler Ridge, between Miami and Homestead, continuous for the past half hour. Thunder and lightning, which was very bad about 20 minutes ago, has diminished for the moment. Northeast quadrant is moving in.
Looks like this thing is headed for Texas!
I'm gonna have to get busy and pick up all the tree limbs we just cut down which will become flying missiles. I'm not by the coast but I can see it coming inland with a lot of wind and rain.
Watching this one closely from here in Baton Rouge. Lots of folks here are worried about the LSU-Tennessee game scheduled for Saturday night in Tiger Stadium.
I just pray that no one loses life or property to this storm.
Thanks for the thread and the ping, NN.
Thank you, NN for the thread.
Just wanted to thank you for this live thread. When the Katrina thread was locked I had a hell of a time trying to get more info on the area hit. Please everyone don't mess up and get this one locked. This is the BEST place for information I have found.
Thanks again
Wow. I have been busy putting the college paper to bed, but my word, they are saying it may be a cat 4 now. Yikes!
I had no idea it got so strong today.
What a week. Record-setting heat followed by a hurricane. I'm beginning to suspect God isn't a Texan.