Rita is coming!!!! - Page 2

I too have heard of this hurricane, as i live in Austin (~3-4 hours away from Houston). Like 2 of my relatives families are coming to our house, and apparently, they say that its taking people as long as 10 hours just to get here, and that just to fill up gas there are 2 hour lines.

Hopefully...austin doesnt get hit too hard since so many people are fleeing here.
But hey, maybe somehow the hurricane will richochet and change angles and end up heading for antarctica

As far as it it, even with all the forecast software in the world, they dont know where its going to hit. The distance from the coast and the warm gulf water could easily turn this Beast into a super cyclone, reaching 200 mph, or who know if even more.Keep in mind a huracane can be a couple of hundreds of miles wide..........
God Bless America

Ride the hurrican out, im sure ull be safe

Stay safe!

Thats if the camera is not blown away, good luck, post those pics if you survive

man, I love living in Las Vegas where there are no natural disasters of any kind. No Earthquakes, no Hurricanes, no Tornados. The only thing here is to worry about are big thunder storms which could cause some flooding, but not on the same scale as New Orleans had. Maybe a foot at the most in an isolated area. Ah, I love the desert.

Yeah rescuers that spent all day today getting aircraft ready to go down there "just in case" and are taking a break from packing up some stuff incase they get the call tonight.


Seriously though, if I were you, I would stay right where you are at. It's your choice, and you've obviously weighed the pros and cons, and made a decision to stay based on your circumstances, and location.

Good luck, and if it gets real bad, I'll probably see ya in a couple days. Just look for the big green flying dumptruck.

Dayum.

i live in miami, and have since i was born. been through hurrican andrew, and such. they are not fun at all. and now that is reached a cat 5. staying is not safe. i agree with boricua. you gotta get out of there, just to be safe. hurricanes are unpredictable, and with the size of this thing, and the way it keeps gaining force, leave. shutter up your house as best as possible and get out. you dont wanna be outside at the last second preparing for the storm you were warned about.

get out now, take it from another LATIN, we know what hurricanes are like. get out man.



be safe..

Yeah you should leave the area that looks like it is going to be one horrible storm . Good luck whatever you do. Hey just think if you dont make it you wont be able to use your 9300 again, you better think about that!

I was just checking out your town on google earth, you are nutts if you stay, I hope im wrong, but good luck again

That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I really hope you were kidding. When facing death, I don't think most people care about a laptop.

"My wife, kids and family all died, my house was washed away, and my truck blew up but I thank god I made it out of there with my laptop."

good point there, Im sure im gonna piss someone off by saying this but.................when you build a home on the edge of a cliff or on a fault line or on a beach or of all the madness below sea level, just what the hell are you expecting? As sea levels continue to rise it makes no sense at all to rebuild new orleans BELOW sea level just so it can happen again in the near future. I hope the folks along the texas gulf are a bit smarter than those along the middle gulf who knew about the threat for ten days before it hit yet sat there on their buts and didnt leave town then blame the mayor and the president for their misfortunes. It amazes me to no end, nobody wants to take repsonsibility for their own actions huh. Just like those nuts out in California who build their homes on a clay hill and watch in absolute horror as it slides down the hill side covered in mud as soon as a heavy rain hits.
Then the rest of us in america are supposed to pick up the tab so they can rebuild it and do it all over again boy that makes sense ROFL. Dont get me wrong Im not against helping, but I think my tax dollars and yours would be better spent if we didnt throw more good money after bad money by building in areas where the same crap is just going to happen again.

Hopefully the problems in New Orleans will not be repeated and folks wont dilly dally and piss around until its too late to get out of the city where ever it hits.

I think he wouldn't have gotten everyone so excited if he told everyone he lives about 100 mi inland and looks to be about 200 ft above sea level. Not to say he's safe by any means... Staying or leaving would be a tough choice at that location, in MY opinion.

Yes I was kidding, and yes I completely agree with you cutters

There is a term for this.

It's called Natural Selection.

Im in Victoria TX.....120 miles from Galveston, and 30 miles from the coast. Im in Dallas till further notice. Im expecting nothing less than the worst, as they are saying sustained winds of 155MPH expected and gusts up to 185. Thats gonna mess some shit up right there. We are under mandantory (sp) evac, and the roads will be closed tomorrow at 7PM, and all traffic in or out will be denied.

I love desert too. Specially cakes and fried cheese cake. Or is that dessert?