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Posted on 09/21/2005 1:36:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
We have no idea. Just mentioned we're on a hill - of course I suppose it COULD be a heat island with all the hot air that's generated in my house between a husband and two sons... hahahahahaha
Yes, both Rush and Sean are on that station. I'm sure they will be pre-empted on Friday.
Invite your brother to come stay with you for a while.
Friday, August 01, 2003
Posted 5:20 PM by Patrick
The Hill.com reports that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) is upset that the current roster of hurricane names does not include any "black" names. "All racial groups should be represented," she says.
I know you think I'm making this up, but I'm really not.
Lee apparently wants to read headlines that say, for example, "DeShawn Kills Fourteen in Louisiana" or "Keisha's Killing Spree Said Likely to Continue." What better way to mark the progress of blacks in our society?
UPDATE: Eugene Volokh (who is Jewish) has picked up on the story as well. He is insisting on the names Irving, Haym, and Shmuel.
Businesses closing, gas stations out of gas, people packing and leaving in great numbers. ... North Galveston county.
Am no where and no way in danger from this whirlwind, but am praying VERY earnestly that God send MIGHTY angels to ride in it and quell its fury!
God bless you NN for your incredible work here--and all our precious Freepers, especially those in harms way.
I know someone with dark skin named Rita.
Wow. Just...wow.
GMTA! :-)
Thanks
"Dallas is only ~250mi N of Austin, too, and I'm expecting us to get the biggest rainstorm I've ever seen at the very least - we're only about 400-odd from Houston."
Dallas is only 240 miles from Houston. ;)
Austin to Dallas is 196 miles.
I'll keep you in mind in case we ever see a "storm of the century". We'll just set up a tent in your yard and ride it out. ;)
An annular hurricane is a very symmetric hurricane what very strong convection throughout its structure. This allows it to not have to undergo eyewall replacement cycles (where the older dry eyewalls get cycled out every once in a while). This means that an annular hurricane doesn't undergo the power fluctuations that most hurricanes have. It also looks like a donut. Here is a picture of katrina when she was annular:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NOAA-Hurricane-Katrina-Aug28-05-2145UTC.jpg
I don't think Rita is annular yet. You can see that she isn't as symmetric as Katrina was and she has a stronger spiral pattern:
Lots of Hispanics named Rita. I even know a Russian lady from Moscow with that name :-).
Is it just my eyes, or has that forecast track slid a little further south away from Houston and toward Corpus Christi?
}:-)4
Ha!!! That is great!!!
I wonder who Fox will send to Texas to cover this? Shep? Jerry? I notice we're still getting reports about NO and all the hand wringing over if it will rain or not.
Now, where are those idiots that said that "ordering an evacuation this early was just stupid" on an earlier thread?
Oh, that's right, nowhere to be found.
Thanks to my state and their local authorities, that hurricane will come ashore and likely find *very* few people remaining.
It's a good thing, cause the latest models seem to show a good chance of the storm coming in somewhere close to Port O'Connor...much better for your folks to be out of the area...
I share your concern. Jackson was about 100 miles or so from Gulfport. If landfall is in the Port Lavaca area or thereabouts, Austin is about 140 miles from the coast. If this is anywhere accurate and Rita is as strong as Katrina when it comes ashore, Austinites need to take necessary precautions.
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