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Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: videoholic on September 20, 2005, 07:00:27 PM: What can you possibly say about this?

The bitch is heading right at Houston.

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Doh....

Too bad I speant that 2k on hookers.

EDIT: Looks like it\'s pushing north.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: THX on September 21, 2005, 01:28:49 AM: I hear it\'s gonna be a Cat 4, just like Katrina. I hope people take it seriously.

I\'d like to make a joke (actually have a good one but I deleted it before hitting submit :)), but hurricanes just plain suck period. My prayers are with the people there.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: mjps21983 on September 21, 2005, 03:48:16 AM: Get the people from New Orleans out of there they are freaking Hurricane Magnets!!! No seriously from what I\'m hearing they are taking it pretty serious, I know alot of places will be closing and alot of companies are going to help relocate their employees if it does indeed hit landfall.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Eiksirf on September 21, 2005, 04:50:13 AM: They\'re taking preemptive measures to get people out of at least one county that was leveled by a hurricane 100 years ago...

Weird to see one so potentially serious so soon after Katrina. It\'ll be interesting to see what we\'ve learned. And hopefully it won\'t be as bad. Hurricane damage will be one thing, but there shouldn\'t be any flooding like in New Orleans.

-Dan
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: GmanJoe on September 21, 2005, 05:11:16 AM: It\'s still a wild guess where it\'s going but if it hits New Orleans again, that place should just be sacrificed to the Gulf of Mexico. Rebuilding that place is said to cost around $20 billion. I say we buy Cypress and just move the evacuees there. It\'s cheaper and the people that live there can be hired as servants.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: JBean on September 21, 2005, 06:36:31 AM: all these storms and there are still 2 months left of hurricane season...

I think there have been like 17 named Atlantic storms so far this season, how many names do they prepare for any given hurricane season anyway?

EDIT: found them... we only have a few left

Arlene
Bret
Cindy
Dennis
Emily
Franklin
Gert
Harvey
Irene
Jose
Katrina
Lee
Maria
Nate
Ophelia
Philippe
Rita
Stan
Tammy
Vince
Wilma

If we\'re unlucky enough to deplete the year\'s supply of names we won\'t, contrary to popular opinion, simply start using names from next year\'s list. In that case, the National Hurricane Center will turn to the Greek alphabet and we\'ll have Hurricanes Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, etc.

This very likely will happen :(
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: mjps21983 on September 21, 2005, 08:10:53 AM: It\'s scary to see that this could happen all over with a much more populated area, its armageddon I tell ya.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: CHIZZY on September 21, 2005, 12:40:50 PM: Category 5, peeps!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/21/rita/index.html
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Jumpman on September 21, 2005, 12:54:19 PM: hurrican zoink yeah mofo
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Eiksirf on September 21, 2005, 02:45:06 PM: Now it\'s just a hurricane pissing contest.

-Dan
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: cloud345 on September 21, 2005, 04:40:16 PM: Damn Japanese mafia and theyre weather making devices!
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: JBean on September 21, 2005, 06:04:43 PM: it is the 3rd most powerful hurricane on record...

Rita is one badass storm

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Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Halberto on September 21, 2005, 09:09:21 PM: I got friends in Galveston.... That placed was completely destroyed in 1901 and its about to be leveled again.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Phil on September 21, 2005, 10:23:32 PM: I have a friend thats evacuating as we speak.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 22, 2005, 04:07:20 AM: Damnit..and TV was just gettin\' back to normal.

George Bush doesn\'t like people from Texas ..

/signed Kayne

Seriously tho\', it\'s amazing that we are havin\' all these hurricanes this year. Not so much the amount, but the power of them. When is this thing suppose to hit land?
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: JBean on September 22, 2005, 04:13:30 AM: saturday morning... (2am from what i\'ve seen)
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: videoholic on September 22, 2005, 05:54:12 AM: Friday / Saturday.

It\'s pretty scary. I\'m just glad I live here in Tampa. It\'s pretty tough for us to get hit.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Bozco on September 22, 2005, 06:53:38 AM: Just on Cnn it had it listed as a Cat5 170mph winds.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Titan on September 22, 2005, 07:13:33 AM: Damn. We\'re getting pummeled this year.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: SwifDi on September 22, 2005, 07:36:08 AM: That satellite image is amazing.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: THX on September 22, 2005, 10:53:47 AM: Holy crap it shifted to the east!

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Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 23, 2005, 07:27:33 AM: Rita has already breeched one of the N.O patched Levee\'s and most likely will reflood the city.........

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/23/nola.levees/index.html/
/cue \'When the Levee breaks.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Jumpman on September 23, 2005, 07:56:04 AM: those poor people will have no place to stay
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: mjps21983 on September 23, 2005, 09:37:32 AM: Bullshit, they are all over my city, the traffic here has become Ginormous due to evacuees, can\'t they move to unpopulated places, damnit!!!
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: THX on September 23, 2005, 12:58:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mjps21983
Bullshit, they are all over my city, the traffic here has become Ginormous due to evacuees, can\'t they move to unpopulated places, damnit!!!

Don\'t be so selfish, where else are they supposed to rob, loot, and steal?
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Evi on September 23, 2005, 04:37:06 PM: My friend lives right on the coast of Texas. :( I\'ve been trying to contact her, but can\'t get a hold of her. Hope she\'s ok. :/
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: THX on September 23, 2005, 09:18:47 PM: SUVs and evacuation don\'t mix:

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050923/480/txps10409231854&g=events/sc/091905hurricanes;_ylt=AqvBCw6B8a3LEbnj1LzC0cpH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: clips on September 23, 2005, 09:59:25 PM: traffic doesn\'t look too intense in that photo. but earlier i saw that the traffic was bumper to bumper. i mean the traffic was so bad that i wondered if those people would be outta there in time, or just be wiped out while sitting in their vehicles. i heard stories of some motorists of only covering 12 miles in 3 hours....crazy!...and all of the local gas stations in the general area were empty....
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 23, 2005, 10:00:29 PM: They goverment has stated they are worried about the people who are on the highway broke down / without gas. Rescue crews at this time ARE NOT coming and people are being told to just find shelter with people.
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: clips on September 23, 2005, 10:28:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
They goverment has stated they are worried about the people who are on the highway broke down / without gas. Rescue crews at this time ARE NOT coming and people are being told to just find shelter with people.

damn....these storms can truly turn your life upside down. i remember when the outer bands of katrina were comin\' across georgia, and i was watchin the tube and the tv actually told me to turn to the emergency channel because there were tornadoes in my area! :eek:..yo, i grew up in the projects of jersey and never had to worry about tornadoes or things of that nature, but when i heard that?!.....trust... s**t became real nervous there for a minute...
Title: Hurricane Rita
Post by: Living-In-Clip on September 23, 2005, 11:53:05 PM: Know the feeling. My parents had a tornado gust by their place, tore part of the roof off, knocked trees over our cars. That was when I lived there, woke up to the windows shaking, walked outside, all that damage and across the field a barn was on the ground.
Amazing stuff.