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Hurricane Rita has now gone to category 5 and is now larger than Katrina. I hope people will be ok over there as it is heading for Texas.
I wouldn't like to see another disaster like in N.O.
Im in Florida at the moment and they reckon rita is going to lose power as the nite goes on still some damage to be expected though
its going to be a brammer - at the moment I am about 50 miles inland from where its likely to make landfall in Freeport Texas... They are talking about a 20 - 25ft storm surge along the coast east of Freeport - Ouch - Galveston sea wall is 17ft high...
The evacuation here within 10 -15 miles has been well organized and orderly for the most part - all hospitals emptied by this evening (Wed) (probably overcompensating for the Katrina circus) but - the gas stations on all the evacuation routes are running out of gas (petrol)... ahem - slight oversight on someones part and deliveries are a day and a half behind due to some of the tanker drivers evacuating too.
Not a loaf of bread or a battery to be found in the local supermarket... but they did have rubber gloves, colouring books and cat litter - so at least I can amuse myself when the power goes out for a few days.
ho hum...
cullbucket
22-Sep-05, 08:13
See if you can get some pictures, maybe you could hole out in Sherlocks???
Just avoid those vodka jelly shots.....
I'll see if I can get any pictures... if I am brave enough/daft enough to venture over the door - maybe the jelly vodka would help?
My nephew and family got caught up in the mass exodus from Houston. I guess it was a mess. Turns out that the fury was not as bad as predicted, except in the jammed traffic leaving Houston.
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