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To: aberaussie; Alas Babylon!; Alia; alnick; Amelia; asp1; AntiGuv; Bahbah; balrog666; blam; Blennos; ..

...Category five Hurricane Rita continuing to deepen...
...Now the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin on record...
Maximum sustained winds...165 mph. Minimum central pressure...898 mb.

176 posted on 09/21/2005 5:05:27 PM PDT by NautiNurse (The task before us is enormous, but so is the heart of America.)
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To: NautiNurse

Recall Allen 1980. It weakend significantly. Praying for the same here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Allen


198 posted on 09/21/2005 5:09:06 PM PDT by abb (Because News Reporting is too important to be left to the Journalists.)
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I checked in on the sign-in thread.

Traffic leaving Houston is as close to gridlock as it can get. Cell phone service is very spotty, gas stations are running out of gas.

I'm glad I home!


208 posted on 09/21/2005 5:13:40 PM PDT by Flyer (Houston FReepers ~ http://houstonliberty.com/forums/ ~ (SW Houston)
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To: NautiNurse

898mb? I'm so ready to put on my tinfoil hat! yikes!


212 posted on 09/21/2005 5:14:20 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (Tampa Bay, Home of the Stanley Cup Champions The Tampa Bay Lightning!)
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