[NormsRevenge]

Her-ricane 'Rita Cosby is asking why weren't southbound lanes opened earlier to northbound traffic,,

That voice is enough to drive a man to drink, imo. ;-)

Thanks for all the thread work. :)

[RDTF]

I'm with ya on Cosby's voice -
but gotta say I'd like to know the answer to that southbound lane question. Did you catch the response?

[meyer]

Her-ricane 'Rita Cosby is asking why weren't southbound lanes opened earlier to northbound traffic,,

Because some people still needed to go south. Or, because individual jurisdictions weren't tuned in to the plan.

[Palladin]

I think the guys at the hurricane center had Rita Cosby in mind when they picked the name.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

I am watching Rita. She is going to be staying in a highrise at Galveston unless sanity prevails and she moves away from there. I appreciate the courage (some would say foolishness) of these reporters but one of these days one of them is not going to make it through a storm.

She's now talking about Medical bldg in Galveston which has some horrible viruses - fortunately in a bldg that is constructed to withstand a Cat 5 storm. I hope the construction people followed their specs to a T.