Here We Go Again . . . this week: Rita

[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.