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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
-+-We are experiencing lots of coastal evacuees here in Kerrville. all the gas stations are pumping as fast as they can. Drove by one station near our office---empty. 15 minutes later refueled by a gas truck and they were already lining up. We are 250 miles inland and i'm glad i bought two loaves of bread yesterday. On the plus side, lots of people looking at real estate ;o) My BIL just came in from near Victoria where he was working on the nuclear plant shutdown. He brought his mom and a boat back with him ;o) Hope all the Houston FReepers are holding up OK. I know this is the largest evacuation in Texas history but I've got a feeling it rivals anything in US history.
I'm in Waco too, and our hospital began receiving patients yesterday from the Houston area. Thank God they moved to get those people out safely ahead of time.
Thanks for the links, Skylab. I predicted Rita would hit Louisiana last night. Based on my research this afternoon, it's better for our economy this way. Texas has the most oil refineries. Our economy would take too much of a hit if Rita trashed the oil rigs and refineries in and near Texas.
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-19/1127402941294101.xml&storylist=louisiana
As many as 500,000 people in southwestern Louisiana, many of them already displaced by Hurricane Katrina, were told to evacuate Thursday as Hurricane Rita headed for a forecast landfall near the Texas state line.
I wouldn't want to be on those roads... lots of stories out there today.
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No, I was grabbing a beer. :-)
I did the same thing - topped off the car and the mower, and then stocked up with 17 additional gallons in 3 jerry cans. After the shortages of regular unleaded following Katrina, I'm not taking any chances with this one. I can go 2-3 weeks on what I have if necessary.
That is good news!
Wonder how the folks out on Mustang/Padre island made out with the evacuation?
Speaking of flooding, Greg Forbes on TWC is saying 6-10' water rise and 20-30' waves (with higher local amounts) between just west of Galveston to roughly the coast south of Lake Charles.
Rita has yet to make up her mind on where she wants to spend the weekend. While the high may be opening enough to let her check out the refineries around Port Arthur, the nice warm offshore temps (it has been blazing in South Texas all week) around Galveston look mighty tempting. She could head on her current track and enjoy the island life there, tour the seawall, and eventually water my lawn here in San Antonio.
Bottom line is I'll believe the turn when I see the turn.
The worrisome thing I see is that from the NOAA/NHC 5PM EDT projection, the storm will remain over east Texas for at least 72 hours. That will be a horrible beating if it comes to fruition.
:o) That's exactly what I said on the last thread...
Some good news for a change. ;-)
White male taking air conditioner from window...police en route...
Beaumont scanner
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and here's a whole blog of local bloggers/Rita coverage:
I'm here to stay. Several of us had a plan in place to go if we decided to, but we will all be here.
Because some people still needed to go south. Or, because individual jurisdictions weren't tuned in to the plan.
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