when will this stop? why doesn't someone invent a machine that can stop hurricaines or something?

I live in the bottom of the projected path of Rita. I also was fortunate to dodge Emily earlier this year.

well i hope you dodge this one too....i guess the best place if there were one would be the same place Katrina hit....that way at least nobody would be there when it came....how sick is that thought?

i'm right on the path of it.

It's not going to stop. It's natue. The east coast sufferes from hurricanes,blizzards and awful storms. The west coast has its earthquakes and volcanic shit or twatever. Middle they have their tornaods. New orleans was/is a tragic thing but where the rita is headed now is in FL its not going to leave an effect it left on new orleands. They are more prepared for it and dont have banks that were never probaly fixed waiting to burst. It's nothing we can do it about it its just how it is.

Well, Hurricane Rita is on it's way 2 me in Galveston/Houston Texas. I am getting the hell out of dodge. There are saying that it will be a high Category 4 most likely 5 by the time it makes landfall on Saturday. So, I probably won't be on the Org 4 a while..... Peace Out!

NPGDiva said:

i know! i'm not far from you. i am going to be homeless by saturday. i can live with that but i'm scared shitless.

be safe diva!

Hurricane Rita Intermediate Advisory Number 17a...Corrected

Statement as of 7:00 PM CDT on September 21, 2005

Corrected pressure conversion to 26.52 inches

...Category five Hurricane Rita continuing to deepen...
...Now the third most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin
on record...

a Hurricane Watch has been issued for Gulf of Mexico coast from Port
Mansfield Texas to Cameron Louisiana.

A tropical storm watch has been issued for east of Cameron to Grand
Isle Louisiana and from south of Port Mansfield to Brownsville.

The government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch for the
northeast coast of Mexico from Rio San Fernando northward.

A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible
within the watch area...generally within 36 hours. A tropical storm
watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within the
watch area...generally within 36 hours.

Interests in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico should monitor the
progress of dangerous Hurricane Rita.

For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.

At 7 PM CDT...0000z...the eye of Hurricane Rita was located near
latitude 24.5 north...longitude 86.8 west or about 580 miles
east-southeast of Galveston Texas and about 680 miles east-southeast
of Corpus Christi Texas.

Rita is moving toward the west near 13 mph and this motion is
expected to continue during the next 24 hours.

Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...with higher gusts. Rita
is a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane on the
Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in intensity are likely
during the next 24 hours.

Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 70 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 175
miles.

The pressure has been falling rapidly during the day and the latest
minimum central pressure recently reported by an Air Force Reserve
unit reconnaissance aircraft was 898 mb...26.52 inches. This makes
Rita the third most intense hurricane in terms of pressure in the
Atlantic Basin.

Tides are currently running near normal along the Mississippi and
Louisiana coasts in the areas affected by Katrina. Tides in those
areas will increase up to 3 to 4 feet over the next 24 hours with
large waves on top and residents there could experience flooding.

Repeating the 7 PM CDT position...24.5 N... 86.8 W. Movement
toward...west near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...165 mph.
Minimum central pressure...898 mb.

The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center
at 10 PM CDT.

http://www.wunderground.c...00518.html

God ( or whatever, whomever u believe in) bless us all

suzysue said:

Same Here Girl, I'm hauling ass out of here and hoping that we all have somewhere to come back 2!!! Be Safe Suzy!! I'm more into mass hysteria mode now.