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Posted on 09/23/2005 8:01:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
There was a report an hour or so ago...crew drove from the hotel in Nassau Beach through Clear Lake and Seabrook...no flooding, just branches down and some wires down. They made it to the Gulf Fwy...
"...This motion should bring the center of Rita onto the coast near Sabine Pass in the next hour or two. After landfall...a gradual turn toward the north-northwest is expected later today..."
Post 1678 (Hurricane Rita Intermediate Advisory Number 26b )
Carol McKinley has said they have been getting rain from the rain bands from the hurricane.
Gen. Honore is great,yes,he's kind of got a Creole version of the Duke's self-confident swagger and no-nonsense attitude.
When I said he's gettin' 'er done, I meant he's taking care of business.
Check my home page for an explanation.
G'nite!
Leventhal is having a difficult time right now... it's really nasty there right now.
Wow I wonder what the storm surge is in Cameron.
NOLA could be in store for an awful day tomorrow - although I'd certainly rather see more flooding there instead of Houston.
http://www.weatherserver.net/hurricanecenter/
click the KPLC feed, singlelink
About an hour ago on FNC they had a live trafficam shot of Houston - and there were trucks/cars on BOTH sides of the highway. I missed the number but it was nuts! I told my husband they must've been convoys of supplies getting to staging areas. I can't imagine anyone waiting until NOW to leave. Or come back. Heh.
Glad to know you're safe!
TWC radar loop - Northern edge of eye is now ashore in Louisiana (they appear to have better clutter filters than the raw image from the NWS)
How will those oak trees stand up if it rains as much as predicted?
I agree,, probably staging supplies and troops sounds more likely,
If this were a CB we would ask them to take it to another channel. :-)
It sounds familiar Carolyn but I don't recall.
We don't leave people behind if we have a choice. It's not just a "good idea" or a motto here, it's the bloody law and a social contract held by responsible citizens.
In Texas, every year a couple of people die of exposure out in the Texas hinterlands because there was nobody around to help them. We take a dim view of people who don't stop and help out when they can.
I remember reading all these posts from people saying that the freeways were going to become deathtraps with thousands stranded on them. Sure, there's a bunch of dead cars there now, but there wasn't *anyone* in them when the storm hit. They conducted bus sweeps right up until the last to make sure we collected everyone. Fellow motorists picked up the stranded, locals in the areas they were passing through brought them gas, water, and food, and everyone, and I mean everyone got out.
To all those people that thought that I-45 was the Texas equivalent of the SuperDome, how do you like your crow cooked?
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