Hurricane Rita now...
Hey,
We're getting a little breeze ourselves.
Think it's a result of Rita...seems so far away to be giving us such a breeze?
I'm not complaining, LOL, it feels good.
Thank you for posting these threads.
Thank you!
Looks at least like DFW could get some rain from Rita. We need it.
Announcer says we'll be hearing from Jeb Bush on FoxNews in 15 minutes
Buoy SMKF1 29.64 (falling rapidly) 38 kts NNE30true A78.1 W84.9 T2.22ft
That map kind of makes me sick :(
I laughed and laughed when I heard Jeb Bush this morning -- everything in place, food, ice, water, officers, back up crews, FEMA, re-entry plan.
Way to go, Jeb!
Naggin'Nagin needs to take lessons instead of blaming! The joke is on Naggin' Nagin.
NautiNurse--Thanks so much for all the hard work and dedication that you display in maintaining these live hurricane threads. I am from the Midwest, where we don't have to worry about hurricanes (unless the rain comes up north from the ones that hit the Gulf Coast) and I can't even fathom what it must feel like to experience one first hand.
Thanks, also, to all of you who post "live reports". Everything from the price of gas at Tiny's in Islamorada to the lack of supplies at the Katy Super Walmart to the personal real-time accounts--they all make it seem super-real.
Thank you.
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If Rita finished of NO it would save us bankrupting ourselves 'fixing' something that will always be a disaster waiting to happen. The Louisianna Delta will keep sinking as long as there is a city sitting on it.
The newest track (2PM ET) isn't looking any better for the Houston area.
What does it mean when they the pressure of milibars drop?
Can I be added to the Hurricane Ping List? Thanks...
..... no power ..... but no problem
we should be at the Schooner Wharf for a cocktail before six
Prayers for all of those in Rita's path
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Locals flock to Grotto as storms nears
BY TRACI C. RORK
Citizen Staff
KEY WEST - In one of the most hurricane vulnerable cities in North America, it doesn't take new residents long to learn about the city's secret for deflecting tropical storms - The Grotto.
A shrine fashioned after the famous grotto at Lourdes, France, it was built at the direction of Sister M. Louis Gabriel three years after the 1919 hurricane killed more than 800 people in the Florida Keys.
Gabriel, who had lived through three destructive hurricanes, built the grotto and dedicated it to Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette. She did so with the hopes and prayers that the island would escape devastation from future storms. So far, it has worked.
Knowing that the community has flocked to the Grotto since 1922, the congregation held a 5 p.m. Mass there Monday to pray for safety.
For Jo Anne Robertson and Janis Scholfield, both Duffy's Restaurant employees, lighting a candle at the grotto is an integral part of their preparations.
"It's always worked for me," Scholfield said while completing her ritual, and her confidence is present in the hearts of many grotto visitors.
With what was then Tropical Storm Rita quickly approaching, even those closest to God were buying batteries.
"Oh my gosh," the Rev. Francisco J. Hernandez-Arenas of St. Mary Star of The Sea Catholic Church said early Monday afternoon when he finally sat down. "I just got back from buying supplies and heard the storm could reach Category 3 strength; we're still cleaning up from Hurricane Katrina."
After the grotto service, the church will close and board up like the rest of the Keys and wait, or evacuate depending on how things progress.
Father Paco Hernandez, as he's affectionately called, said he will be staying for the storm despite Mayor Jimmy Weekley's warnings, but many of the church employees will be evacuating.
"I have been here for three and a half years and want to be here to help after the storm," Hernandez said.
trork@keysnews.com
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Looks like Houston...will the Astrodome be a "refuge of last resort?"
Bush Offering a Hand Up, Not Handouts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1487340/posts
go to post #9 to see an INCREDIBLE video/music of Katrina!