Quarterley

Let's hope this one brings less damage......

MissAndieWitter

Yeah. When I was watching the news last night it was less than 100 mph winds. So that's an improvement.

My cat's name is Rita. So I was telling her how famous she was and that everyone was talking about her. She just gave me this weird look. Something tells me she didn't get what I was saying.

Is it still headed for the Houston area? I don't know much about this one. How far away is it from Texas right now?

Quarterley

Cute kitty.

CNN says it's now a Category 4 hurricane, about 755 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, with top winds of 140 mph. So it's still in the Gulf of Mexico.

sick little jag

gosh, i hope that it just doesn't aim for louisiana and mississippi. they've already suffered enough damage this hurricane season, they really don't need another category 4.

CrabbyCancer69

it's headed towards me! it's scheduled to hit my city by Saturday night/early Sunday. woopie.

It just reached category 5. - Hurricane Rita reaches Category 5 status with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph, the National Hurricane Center says.

This is from our Emergency Management Director at the

City of Richardson. Notice the suggestion to stock up on water and

batteries, and to fuel up your vehicles. He is expecting we'll get some

spin-off from hurricane Rita, so we should plan for possible power

outages due to high winds and possible tornadic activity.



Hurricane Rita is now a Cat 4 (131-155). The models used to track

hurricanes show that the probable impact will be near Matagorda. With

this being the general location of landfall, the strongest side of the

storm will severely impact the greater Harris County (Houston) with

destructive winds, very heavy rains, and tornadoes.



After landfall, the track of the storm is projected to move over Dallas

- Fort Worth area. If the storms reach land at a Cat 4, by the time it

reaches DFW, it should be a CAT 1. We will experience wind gusts at

time greater than 50 mph up to 74 mph. The Metroplex will experience

the affects of Hurricane Rita by Saturday afternoon. We can expect

periods of heavy rains and possible tornadic event associated with the

rain bands. I would suggest that you stock up on batteries and potable

waters. Fuel up your vehicles.



I strongly suggest you monitor the weather channel or your news station

for the latest information in this changing event

Mordacity

I'm in Houston, leaving for Dallas tonight Not expecting to be coming home for a very long time if it's a 5 especially. I'm about a 10 min drive away from Clear Lake and Galveston Bay and a 5 min walk away from Clear Creek, something that floods in just a regular thunderstorm.

TheAngel

My step-grandmother from hell is named Rita, I was kind of hoping it would wipe her out, and only her mind you. I do wish the best of luck to anyone in its path however. Stay safe everyone.

CrabbyCancer69

safe trip mordacity, I hear they're estimating the drive from Houston to Dallas to be 12 hours!!! When regularly it's at least 4 hours

gas stations and supermarkets are already empty.

Mordacity

we're hoping to cut out some of the time. We're going by way of college station instead of just taking 45 straight up and we're leaving somewhere between midnight and 2 am..

CrabbyCancer69

yeah it sucks that 45 is the only straight shot up here. everyone is on that road right now.

we won't get the hurricane part of it up here, but it might turn into a tornado by then.

Mordacity

where are you at ?

Chynna Princess

They're emptying out New Orleans in case. The 17th Street Canal has been drained and it has more breeches so any flooding we get or rain will have no place to go but in the city. What is going on?

Mordacity

I'm just glad everyone's getting warning... the people I know are all going to be out of Houston by Thursday even if they're all split up and all my relatives in New Orleans are already way out of the path so I can't really ask for more. I wish people in New Orleans luck that their situation doesn't get any worse.

CrabbyCancer69

I'm in Dallas.

Chee, it's the end of the world!! okie...not so dramatic, but it's still awful. Are you having to leave your house again??

AutumnColorsღ

Another hurricane, geez. I hope who gets hit is safe