Updates on Hurricane Rita's progress, etc.

Frannie Banannie

I decided to start a new thread on this topic Okay, yall. Rita is packin' 170 mph winds with gusts, but has taken a slightly Eastward turn, so we'll be on the WEST side of the eye, which means we won't be getting the worst of it.

But NOW they're calling for mandatory evacuation of Beaumont and Jefferson County, where Crabby Pants is, and they're gonna be getting the worst side of it there, along with bunches of tornadoes.

The worst thing we dread now for our area is for the electricity to be out for weeks before they get it up and running again.

We went to the groc. store yesterday evening and filled to overflowing two grocery carts with bottled water, crackers, soups, canned meats, cookies, chips, canned and fresh fruits, so if we do hafta head up country, we'll have plenty to gnosh on while we're hung up in traffic for hours.

Frannie

JH

170 MPH winds Wow, that's really a monster. Lets hope it will die down fast as it touches land.

This seems to be a bad year for hurricanes.

Frannie Banannie

170 MPH winds Wow, that's really a monster. Lets hope it will die down fast as it touches land.

JH, it's still a category 5, but the weather divas are saying that due to the cooler coastal waters closer to shore, Rita will weaken like Katrina did and might be a category 4 or 3 by landfall. But that still puts it in the same category as Alicia which hit in 1983.

Frannie

rebel8

Have been reading your posts about Rita. I can't even believe it. Sending you good vibes and best wishes.

canned meats

yumm! Are we talking canned hams (please), or worse, potted meat product or Spam? I feel sorry for you already.

Too bad no one invented canned cannoli.

upside/down

Hopefully...there's no dumbshits that think they can "ride it out"...like with Katrina.

In only a few short weeks since Katrina...you'd hope we've learned.

Good Luck! and heed the warnings....(man does that sound Dubbish or what?) LOL!

u/d

Jim_TX

It's amazing the 'panic' that is spreading around here.

I live in San Antonio... about 150 miles inland, and my girlfriend, and her family are all freaking out - thinking that we're going to be wiped out here.

Her sister is putting tape over the windows of their mobile home, and moving to live with a relative who lives in a stick-built home.

Her mom is taking all sorts of precautions - in case we lose power.

People at the gas pumps - all in a sense of urgency - almost to the panic stage.

Don't get me wrong. I know this is a big one. But this far inland... we'll probably get a good drenching rain and higher than normal winds - from the hurricane, as it spins itself out. Texas has some hard dirt that will slow down any hurricane before it gets this far inland.

Regards,

Jim TX

P.S. Anyone further south - that needs a place to come to - contact me in private. We have a spare bedroom, and open arms.

Frannie Banannie

Have been reading your posts about Rita. I can't even believe it. Sending you good vibes and best wishes.
canned meats
yumm! Are we talking canned hams (please), or worse, potted meat product or Spam? I feel sorry for you already.
Too bad no one invented canned cannoli.

Thanks, Rebel8. (blech) My daughter and I each had a basket and we took opposite ends of the groc. store and met on the canned meat aisle...heheh She went past the cold meat bins, but didn't pick up a canned ham since the electricity will probably go out. I got lots of tuna and some vienna sausages, but NO potted meat, thank goodness. At least the g/kids'll have plenty of "finger food" for traveling, in case we hafta take off and be stuck on the hwy for hours. (wishes for some good cannoli)

Hopefully...there's no dumbshits that think they can "ride it out"...like with Katrina.
Good Luck! and heed the warnings....(man does that sound Dubbish or what?) LOL!

U/D, you know there WILL be DS's Yah, that sounds jdubish awright!

It's amazing the 'panic' that is spreading around here.
I live in San Antonio... about 150 miles inland, and my girlfriend, and her family are all freaking out - thinking that we're going to be wiped out here.
Her sister is putting tape over the windows of their mobile home, and moving to live with a relative who lives in a stick-built home.
Her mom is taking all sorts of precautions - in case we lose power.
People at the gas pumps - all in a sense of urgency - almost to the panic stage.
Don't get me wrong. I know this is a big one. But this far inland... we'll probably get a good drenching rain and higher than normal winds - from the hurricane, as it spins itself out. Texas has some hard dirt that will slow down any hurricane before it gets this far inland.

WOW, JimTex! Even here, we'll be on the West side of it, so we'll recv weaker winds and rain and probably little or no tornadoes.

LOL! I can't believe the lines at the gas pumps! It's incredible. Yesterday afternoon, some guy in his little honda on IH 45 in bumper to bumper traffic needed to stop and get some oil for his car. So he left the car on the side of the road when he crossed the road and went to the convenience store to buy a coupla quarts. When he got back to his car, it was GONE!!! Along with his dog! UNbelievable!!

Frannie

GoingGoingGone

I was watching the news last night, and it seems they have learned from Rita that no matter how bad it is, many people won't leave their pets. So the busses that are evacuating people are taking their pets, too, and the Red Cross shelters are making room for pets.

If that's what it takes to get people to leave, then I think it's great. Just get everyone out of harm's way.

Stay safe Frannie!!!!!

GGG

desbah

Fannie, stay safe I'll be thinking about you.

Frannie Banannie

I was watching the news last night, and it seems they have learned from Rita that no matter how bad it is, many people won't leave their pets. So the busses that are evacuating people are taking their pets, too, and the Red Cross shelters are making room for pets.
If that's what it takes to get people to leave, then I think it's great. Just get everyone out of harm's way.
Stay safe Frannie!!!!!

Thanks, (((GGG)))! I was so glad to see that on the news! They're using their heads AND their hearts for a change.

stay safe I'll be thinking about you.

Thank you, (((Desbah)))! We're gonna try to ride it out without leaving, cause we ARE on the weaker side now that Rita's changed direction slightly.

Frannie

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