Rita now Cat 3 per Fox. Fox news alerts are making me nervous.
at least the alert this time was a good one!
Please DON'T be lulled into thinking this is "only" a category 3 storm now! As with Katrina, the storm surge of this hurricane is already developed at a Category 4 level and will be huge. There is very little difference between sustained winds of 125 (Category 3) and 135 (Category 4) mph in terms of damage to trees and buildings. Anything over 100 mph is very, very bad.