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Author Topic: Hurrican Rita Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-20-2005 08:34 AM                     For the sake of the people in Louisiana who have been through enough, I'm hoping it comes this way. Our coastline is more equipped to handle the surge anyway. And anyone who doesn't leave after seeing the damage a hurricane can do, is basically asking for it. Keeping an eye out..  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-21-2005 09:17 AM                     I'ts been a while since I've posted, but I thought I'd stop in. Most of Houston should be ok (mostly heavy wind and rain), but I live in Pasadena which is on the Southeast side and pretty close to water. My girlfriend and her family and I are taking off today sometime. We are heading out to Opelousas, LA where they have family. By looking at a map looks to be maybe a little closer to the coast line than Houston, but not in the path of the storm. In the unlikely event that the storm takes a turn to the East, we've got I-49 to the North.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-21-2005 10:30 AM                     Have a safe trip James.  |  IP: Logged James R. Hammonds, Jr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 931 From: Houston, TX, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 09-21-2005 10:37 AM                     You too.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 09-21-2005 11:55 AM                    Good luck to both of you guys. ...and everyone else in the area. You're in our prayers. Keep us posted.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-21-2005 12:22 PM                     Thanks guys. I'll post as soon as possible. I'll be in town for another day at least.  |  IP: Logged Wolff King Morrow Master Film Handler Posts: 490 From: Denton, TX, USA Registered: Feb 2004 posted 09-21-2005 12:41 PM                        My brother was freaking out and saying we should evac, but I saw on the weather news that Dallas is far enough north to be safe from hurricane-level damage. The real concern for us according to the news is that Dallas is already hosting evacuees from Katrina and that the influx of Rita evacuees may be more than the city can handle.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-21-2005 12:42 PM                        Good luck folks. This must be all you guys need, especially the Katrina evacuees who are staying in Texas.  |  IP: Logged Dick Vaughan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1032 From: Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK Registered: Jul 2000 posted 09-21-2005 01:57 PM                        Just saw a news clip on CBS I think,I am in Boston at the moment, where upwards of 7,000 New Orleans residents who were evacuated to Texas are now having a second move to Arkansas. We're keeping our fingers crossed for you guys  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-21-2005 02:24 PM                     I just heard this from a friend. A friend of his is trying to get out of Houston, and he has been by 10 gas stations so far and all of them are out of gas. He says the highways are parking lots and everyone is trying to get out and head north that it's already turning into one big clusterfuck. It will probably only get worse as more people see others fleeing.  |  IP: Logged Eric Hooper Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 532 From: Fort Worth, TX, USA Registered: May 2003 posted 09-21-2005 03:49 PM                     It's now a Category 5  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 09-21-2005 03:54 PM                        For those that haven't seen this yet, Rita has intensified to a class 5 hurricane with 165 mph sustained winds, and it its pressure is increasing. There are some at the national weather service that say that if this continues when it hits land, it will be the strongest storm ever to hit this country, and depending on where it hits, it could be catastrophic. My prayers are with everyone in it's path. May god be with you all. Ciao  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-21-2005 04:10 PM                     I'm still here, and probably will be till the morning. Looks like I'm right in the center of the path, at least right now. We're in a tough situation here. If we head south and the storm heads south, we have to pick up and go west again. If we go north, we get to deal with possible tornadoes spawned off by the storm. We'll probably go south.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 09-21-2005 04:47 PM                        I wish you all God's speed. Please move out as soon as you can and try to take some water and supplies to last a few days. Good luck to all.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-21-2005 05:14 PM                     quote: Wolff King Morrow My brother was freaking out and saying we should evac, but I saw on the weather news that Dallas is far enough north to be safe from hurricane-level damage. Yes. But not far enough away to escape damage from other storm related factors...such as tornadoes. The National Weather Service issued an advisory for our region, stating if Rita stays on its most likely storm track North Texas and much of Oklahoma can expect heavy rains, severe thunderstorms and the possibility of tornadoes. The severity depends on whether you're on the east or west side of the storm. I'm sure we'll be alright here in Lawton since it may only get rain from the west side of what remains of Rita. The Dallas Fort Worth area looks like it may have to contend with a lot more of Rita's remnants.  |  IP: Logged

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