Some people are making too big a deal of the fact that Rita has dropped from a Cat 5 to a Cat 4. It’s still going to be very bad, even assuming it doesn’t restrengthen.
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Oh, Well That’s A Relief
Some people are making too big a deal of the fact that Rita has dropped from a Cat 5 to a Cat 4. It’s still going to be very bad, even assuming it doesn’t restrengthen.
Oh, Well That’s A Relief
Some people are making too big a deal of the fact that Rita has dropped from a Cat 5 to a Cat 4. It’s still going to be very bad, even assuming it doesn’t restrengthen.
That Didn’t Take Long
Rita was a late bloomer (staying a tropical storm long after predictions of becoming a hurricane Real Soon Now), but once she got into the Florida straights and out into the Gulf, she heated up in a hurry. She’s now a Cat 5, with winds in excess of 165 mph. Look out, Houston.
That Didn’t Take Long
Rita was a late bloomer (staying a tropical storm long after predictions of becoming a hurricane Real Soon Now), but once she got into the Florida straights and out into the Gulf, she heated up in a hurry. She’s now a Cat 5, with winds in excess of 165 mph. Look out, Houston.
That Didn’t Take Long
Rita was a late bloomer (staying a tropical storm long after predictions of becoming a hurricane Real Soon Now), but once she got into the Florida straights and out into the Gulf, she heated up in a hurry. She’s now a Cat 5, with winds in excess of 165 mph. Look out, Houston.
Unlovely Rita
Here are a couple pictures of the storm from my front yard, over neighbors’ homes across the street.
This one is looking south-southeast, out over the Atlantic. Those angry looking clouds are headed my way. The carousel is spinning from left (east) to right, with these clouds below heading away from me, to the west.
A few minutes after I took these, the heavens opened up.
NASA About To Get Hit Again?
New Orleans is now a potential (but still unlikely) landfall, but Rita may be headed for Houston. It’s right in the cross hairs at the NOAA site. This can’t be good for oil futures, either.
[Update at 2:50 PM EDT]
Yup, oil prices are up three bucks.
You Thought New Orleans Was A Disaster?
Wait until the next hurricane hits New York. And it’s almost certainly “when,” not “if.”
“Put Up Goal Posts”
As a loyal Wolverine (and the pain of 1998 never goes away completely), I’m compelled to post these Cornhusker jokes, via (bravely) Jonah Goldberg, who’s in the heart of Cornhusker country.
Do I need a “College Football” category?