Subj : Re: Hurricane Rita
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 04:26 am

-=> richardw wrote to All <=-

 ri> Well, I just spoke with my father.  He lives in Pasadena, TX.
 ri> Pasadena is about 20 miles from Houston.  He's packing.

 ri> They're going to stay with some friends in Austin, TX until the storm
 ri> passes.  They're supposed to be evacuated by 6pm today, but he said
 ri> they're not gonna make it.  They will be leaving in the morning.

 ri> He said the line of cars is already incredible.

 ri> Rita is now a category 5, one of only 3 to ever hit the US mainland, or
 ri> so I've read.  Sustained winds of 165mph, and likely to grow stronger
 ri> before it makes landfall late friday, or saturday.

 ri> It's good to know my father will not be in it's path.  I only hope he
 ri> will have a home to come back to.  Their home is fairly close to the
 ri> ocean, and he has no flood insurance.  The "surge" just might submerge
 ri> the place.  If not the water, I can't imagine what 165mph winds would
 ri> be capable of.

 ri> It's certainly good to live in an age when we can see these storm
 ri> comming.

I have an ex and many friends in Bay City 70miles S of Houston. I have a ton of
good thoughts for everyone in the path of this monster. Hopefully they all will
find ground high enough...



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