[NautiNurse]

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[MamaB]

Thanks for your hard work.

[NautiNurse]

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[grey_whiskers]

Hi Folks,

Glad to see Texas has it more together as far as Evacs.

Prayers that prayers won't be needed, if you catch my drift.

Cheers!

[DallasMike]

Here's the latest strike map. The majority of the models are converging between Corpus Christi and Houston. For those of us in Texas, that means that everything inward from Wichita Falls, through Dallas and Fort Worth, and to far East Texas can expect major winds, heavy rains, and possible tornados.

 

 

 

[DouglasKC]

What's the record low barometric pressure for a hurricane? BTW, thanks for these threads. I lurk quite a bit trying to catch up on information.

[woofie]

my advice: run!

[RoseofTexas]

Forgive me for saying this, but I'm praying that either the hurricane subsides or that it make a sharp turn left towards Mexico...I don't want my state to end up like N.O. I have family and friends there!

[alancarp]

Latest recon report: 904 mb. Now ranks in the TOP FIVE of all-time since keeping records... (Gilbert @ 888mb, 1935 Labor Day 'Cane, Allen, Katrina (902)).

[La Enchiladita]

Presidential Prayer Team Urges Prayer re path of hurricane "Rita." http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1488886/posts

[fishntex]

I am sure it has been said before but it cannot hurt.


Let us pray for those in the path of this storm.

[Textide]

Posting Beatles' lyrics since I was not specifically told not to...:D

Lovely Rita meter maid
nothing can come between us
When it gets dark I tow your heart away

Standing by a parking meter
when I caught a glimpse of Rita
Filling in a ticket in her little white book
In a cap she looked much older
And the bag across her shoulder
Made her look a little like a military man

Lovely Rita meter maid
may I inquire discreetly
When are you free to take some tea with me

Took her out and tried to win her
had a laugh and over dinner
Told her I would really like to see her again
Got the bill and Rita paid it
Took her home and nearly made it
Sitting on a sofa with a sister or two

Lovely Rita meter maid
where would I be without you
give us a wink and make me think of you

Lovely meter maid
Rita meter maid
oh, Lovely Rita meter, meter maid

[SVTCobra03]

It looks lots of rain for us in Oklahoma City.

[i362000]

Thanks for all your hard work.

Does anyone know if there are computer models that go past 5 days?

[Lunkhead_01]

Just reported on MSNBC: Rita got bigger today -- and so did the hurricane.

[who knows what evil?]

I can't imagine owning a house on the coast of Texas, knowing that is going to be wiped off the face of the earth within a few days, and knowing that there is NOTHING I can do to stop it.

[steveegg]

Thanks again for running these threads.

[blam]

""Blam, do you know if I-10 is passable down to Gulf Shores? My parents have a condo on Ft. Morgan Road and I'm thinking maybe we could head that way, but I don't know if we could make it from Houston."

I hear one westbound lane around Gautier and Pascagoula is out...If you come that way, go on I-12 at Baton Rouge and reconnect with I-10 at Slidell.

[Unknown Freeper]

Thank you for your work.

[proud_yank]

I can hear the screams now, 'Texas was evacuated because its Bush's home state, and theres not as many blacks there' or something along those lines!

[TomGuy]

Rita has a certain beauty and a certain fierceness: