Somebody's getting smacked.
It'll kill fewer people where it's headed now than where it was headed this morning.
Still have to take it all with a grain of salt. The steering currents died and the models have all gone divergent in three dimensions.
If that's not enough of a razor's edge, my projection for max surge ends only 36 miles NE of Galveston now, with substantial surge extending to Galveston itself.
I'd feel a lot more comfortable if Rita was still hooking around to the right.
The only reason so many died in New Orleans is because of malfeasance by its mayor. Nagin has the blood of hundreds of dead Caguns on his hands. Mayor White in Houston and other TX mayors know how to get their people out. I hope the mayor of Port Arthur does too, because my friend at NOAA says they are going to get almost a direct hit. The good news is he believes Rita will be Cat 3 when it does. Hope he is right.