Another bloody Hurricane

So it is in Texas?

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Originally Posted by Azar With A Hat

This storm's effect on the oil industry is already being felt. My school just got cancelled for next Monday and Tuesday as a result of diesel shortage. They won't have any fuel for the busses, apparently. I'm really beginning to worry about gas panics now.

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Well, good old Sonny (the governor of our fine state, Georgia) went on tv at 4pm today (Friday) to say he was cancelling school on Monday and Tuesday to save on diesel fuel. If there wasn't going to be a gas rush before, there certainly will be now. Trying to save fuel is good, but I'm not sure if cancelling all school for two days is wise. We'll see, I guess.

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Originally Posted by Shoden

So it is in Texas?

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Yes, Port Arthur is in texas, near the Louisiana border.

Does it count for the UK? lol.

Any chance to miss school is on my to do list.

Holy cow I definetly need sources for this (in reference to Azar's and eest's posts)

http://www.wxia.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=69646

I'm writing this from my uncle's at the moment and just arrived here last night (left houston at 5:00 wednesday) Traffic is absolutely brutal. I think Katrina is partially to blame for this, everyone's scared less of hurricanes now and so we have 1,500,000+ people trying to evacuate. We drove for 28 hours straight in what normally takes no more than an hour and a half to get here. Looks like its going to be all for nothing too as houston looks to be spared with only tropical storm level winds.

I also find more hispanic girls named Rita than black girls. This has nothing to do with race. They just draw names out of a hat.

Hurricane Rita is currently on the verge to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. So I say to you dummies that thought it would be a strong Category 4/5 hurricane that I told you so. :P

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

Hurricane Rita is currently on the verge to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. So I say to you dummies that thought it would be a strong Category 4/5 hurricane that I told you so. :P

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It is worth mentioning, though, that while in the Gulf of Mexico Rita was the third most intense storm ever on record.

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Originally Posted by Lyde Lyde

I also have a say on this. Yes another devasting hurricane, even stronger than Katrina, an African American friend of mine is saying why did they have to name these two hurricans after sistahs? Well it is sort of weird, you do find more blacks named Rita and Katrina than white girls.
Oh yeah I forgot It's pronounced (lid-e) (la-day) Get it right alright.

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Rita is a Spanish name. Katrina is a Russian name. What your friend told you is a load of bull.

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Originally Posted by Agent Proto

Hurricane Rita is currently on the verge to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. So I say to you dummies that thought it would be a strong Category 4/5 hurricane that I told you so. :P

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So sorry I worried :cry: I should known you would wave your all powerful hand. Despite the category of the storm, the brute size and lack of speed is still startling.

Bipper

it's still capable of devastating a bigger area than an average hurricane.

Hurricanes suck...

a 3rd big hurricane could do a hell load of damage.

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Originally Posted by Shoden

but Andrew practically wizzed through, Rita is alot bigger so the damage last longer in a bigger area so that could mean more destruction.

Strange Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive natural disasters ever and my name is Andrew aswell.

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Andrew whizzed through? I was there in Miami for a wedding and got stuck. I was about 10. That was one of the longest nights of my life. And I remember the weather guys saying even to this day that Andrew was a badass storm, b/c if you remember, he was HUGE and very tightly compacted.

Also, the names list is completly random. They alternate between male and female names and get them from every concieveable place.