[bwteim]

"AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE"

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 15 TO 20 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS"

"RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE AFTER RITA MOVES INLAND."

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HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES = 170 mile circle of spinning winds of 70mph+

Not much to decipher here, I think.

[brothers4thID]

Add the Tropical Storm watch for the NO area but I cannot convince our corporate headquarters to sit up and take notice. We have re-building employees housed and working out of TRAILERS. Tornadoes on the NE quadrant, even with only TS windfields nearby, are not something I want to be flirting with. They are all pulling up www.weather.com and saying "Oh it's going to hit Texas."

[Broker]

Storm trend and market trends appear linked. AS the threat to Texas coast shifts to LA, stocks have bounced back from earlier lows.