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Swoopes_O'grady
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 Posted: 09/21/05 9:45 am ::: Here we go again....Rita, the new Katrina. YIKES..... |
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| God, I hope we don't see the same destruction with Rita as we had with Katrina. Poor evacuees(sp?) from New Orleans that are still at some shelters here in Houston, they have to evacuate again.
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BBallFanCT729
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| Posted: 09/21/05 9:47 am ::: Re: Here we go again....Rita, the new Katrina. YIKES..... |
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| It's pretty much the same track & strengthening time, just a little farther south & west. This is horrible.
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sambista
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| Posted: 09/21/05 12:35 pm ::: |
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| swoopes_o' . . . aren't you and other houstonians at risk as well? i already can't get through to some of my houston buds by cell.
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jimmyk
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| Posted: 09/21/05 9:01 pm ::: |
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Rita's the third most intenst hurricane on record...incredible.
Winds on this thing...sustained, 165. Gusts up to 201.
Just like Katrina....same thing all over again. But, Rita might weaken some before it hits Texas. I hope.
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BBallFanCT729
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| Posted: 09/21/05 9:46 pm ::: |
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| jimmyk wrote: |
Rita's the third most intenst hurricane on record...incredible.
Winds on this thing...sustained, 165. Gusts up to 201.
Just like Katrina....same thing all over again. But, Rita might weaken some before it hits Texas. I hope. |
I think Rita will weaken some, but the waters, even in the "colder" spots of the Gulf, will sustain Rita fairly well. As well all know, Katrina when a Cat 4 when she hit, and we saw how much damage she caused.
If Rita is anything like Katrina, then I don't know what will happen. My thoughts and prayers are with everyone down there.
I just sometimes wonder if we, as a nation, can withstand paying for two natural disasters of the magnitude of Katrina and the expected magnitude of Rita. You have to wonder what the situation & attitudes would be like if we weren't spending multi-billions in a war that we'll never win and shouldn't have been started in the first place.
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