Here We Go Again . . . this week: Rita

[Corona Gigante]

My wife just called to tell me they might evacuate Galveston Island as early as Friday.



H-e-e-e-e-r-e we go!

[TheyCallMeManiX]

yeah sorry about throwin that your way there corona . . . cat 4. . . please leave . . . just go dude .. . please

[TheyCallMeManiX]

almost forgot . . . we all faired excellently relative to katrina. no major damage, minimal power outages(unfortunately none of which were at work) storm shifted south and went south of key west so all we got were tropical storm winds and some hurricane force gusts but no damage except to trees

[rpcky16]

Yea I wish that I could find out how my stuff/house is doing in New Orleans. Glad to hear that you didn’t receive much damage. I hope Galveston doesn't get too messed up.

[superman78]

almost forgot . . . we all faired excellently relative to katrina. no major damage, minimal power outages(unfortunately none of which were at work) storm shifted south and went south of key west so all we got were tropical storm winds and some hurricane force gusts but no damage except to trees

Might be time to find a new job when you start hoping for disasters to avoid going

[TheyCallMeManiX]

Might be time to find a new job when you start hoping for disasters to avoid going

TRUST ME, i am burnt out . . . i hate this job more than a fat kid hates aspartame!

im just stuck like chuck right now cause i dont have a degree (still working on it after dropping out and coming back after a few years) so im doomed to 11 dollar an hour P.O.S. jobs.

[cigar no baka]

HAH that bastard is trending east, it is probably going to hit Beaumont by now, and leave us in tropical storm zone instead of the hurricane zone. So instead of 150 mph winds, we're facing max 75-90 mph winds! Yah baby, keep trending east mfer!!!!

[Corona Gigante]

The storm is down from a cat 5 to a cat 3 and seems to be turning North towards the TX/LA border so it looks like we're going to get off pretty lightly compared to what a lot of people were expecting.

The wind outside is gusting but there's no rain yet. Landfall will be somewhere between midnight and 3am. I hope everyone's keeping their heads down.

[Corona Gigante]

yeah sorry about throwin that your way there corona . . . cat 4. . . please leave . . . just go dude .. . please

My wife heard it might be category 5 before it makes landfall early Saturday (which is also my b'day!)

The evacuation order for Galveston changes from voluntary to madatory this evening.

We're waiting til tomorrow or early Friday to decide whether to spend the weekend with friends in Austin. Meanwhile, this afternoon and tomorrow morning, we're attending talks by the Dalai Lama. Quite the busy couple of days.

P.S. Isn't it neat the way the map I posted above is updating itself?

[Neuromancer]

My wife heard it might be category 5 before it makes landfall early Saturday (which is also my b'day!)

The evacuation order for Galveston changes from voluntary to madatory this evening.

We're waiting til tomorrow or early Friday to decide whether to spend the weekend with friends in Austin. Meanwhile, this afternoon and tomorrow morning, we're attending talks by the Dalai Lama. Quite the busy couple of days.

P.S. Isn't it neat the way the map I posted above is updating itself?

Good luck, CG...hope you and yours come through okay...you're one of the good ones...

[cigar no baka]

Well I live in Fort Bend county so too far inland to have to worry about storm surge. But will probably deal with 10+" of rain and winds up to 150 mph. Still, I'm going to bunker down and live through it. I still have hope it will lose strength on it's journey over the Gulf. Even if it doesn't, I don't see the point in running.