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Tofu #2
Wed, 09-21-2005, 06:15 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/21/rita/index.html

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XanBcoo
Wed, 09-21-2005, 07:14 PM
Anyone else from the Houston area?

I'm safe in Austin, but my mom and bro are evacuating. So are all my friends. Scary shit...
Xollence
Wed, 09-21-2005, 09:20 PM
Oh shoot, my friend just got discharged and is still around the Houston area. Hopefully he'll be leaving soon.
Jaredster
Wed, 09-21-2005, 09:24 PM
time for Round 2, Y.
Assassin
Wed, 09-21-2005, 09:27 PM
intresting...wonder how well the emergency response will be this time around after all the weaknesses were made clear during katrina
SKY_SO_BLUE
Wed, 09-21-2005, 09:46 PM
Ah I'm in Houston.. and it seem we will probably evacuate tonight.. or sometimes tommorow?
dark maginn
Wed, 09-21-2005, 10:02 PM
im safe im far away from that area i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif
Paulyboy
Wed, 09-21-2005, 10:05 PM
Ahaha, im in Fort Worth, Hurrican Rita wont reach us i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif
Xollence
Wed, 09-21-2005, 10:15 PM
My friend's at Fort Hood. He told me it took him 3 hours to get to Dallas from Houston.
XanBcoo
Wed, 09-21-2005, 10:26 PM
Yeah, apparently EVERYONE is evacuating either tonight, or at some ungodly time early tomorrow morning. I've been trying to keep up with this. Looks like they've upped it to a category 5 (or are about to).

Also, my cellphone won't work b/c of this. Must be because the service is so busy.
Xollence
Thu, 09-22-2005, 07:22 PM
I can't believe there's actually idiots still in Houston that think the warnings are just a "bluff". My sister's friend's family is staying there because her uncle told her to. The uncle thinks the government's trying to scare everyone.
XanBcoo
Thu, 09-22-2005, 10:44 PM
That's what I thought too, seeing as they upped it to a category 5 and then dropped it back down to a category 4. Like they were saying "It's a fucking hurricane people! GET THE FUCK OUT!" Just scare tactics? Who knows.

I have friends still in Houston, but I have family and other friends that have evacuated. Took them 13 hours to go from Houston as far as San Antonio (which is usually a 3 hour drive). Also, the wait for gas was long, b/c of some shortage or something.
Tofu #2
Sat, 09-24-2005, 11:44 AM
Yahoo Update (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/rita;_ylt=AtUq07ttWJRCz5P9Tx1b2SCCbpwv;_ylu=X3oDMT BiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)
CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/24/rita/index.html)

Glad it wasn't as strong as it could have been.