Dog3 wrote:
> "MareCat" > wrote in
> :
>
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> RITA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9
>>> MPH...15 KM/HR...AND THIS
>>> GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
>>> HOURS.
>>>
>>> REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER
>>> AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
>>> MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 175 MPH...280
>>> KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
>>> THIS MAKES RITA A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY
>>> FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
>>> FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY
>>> ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
>>>
>>> Go, go, go! Rita is going to be another Katrina.
>>> Don't think you are going
>>> to be safe. Get out before they tell you to.
>>
>> We live 40 miles north of the center of Houston, and
>> we're staying (many of our neighbors and friends in this
>> area are staying as well). We're far enough in-land that
>> we'll be OK. Anyway, we couldn't get out now if we
>> wanted to. The freeways have been clogged since early
>> yesterday.
>>
>> Depending on how the aftermath is (with electricity,
>> water, etc.), we may pack up and get out after Rita
>> passes (my in-laws, who live in CA, have a house in
>> Austin that we can go to for a few days).
>>
>> Mary
>
> Be careful and keep us posted.
>
> Michael

We're just north of the center of Houston and are buttoning up for an
"interesting night".
The authorities are telling everyone to stop trying to evacuate and
"Shelter-in-place".
I that that involves placing head between legs and "kissing something
goodbye".
But we shall see how things are on Sunday morning.

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