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Message: Rita status

Rita status

posted on Sep 21, 2005 08:18PM
Cat 5 winds now at 175 mph and 3rd strongest on record.

Evacuation of more than 1 million, no hotels/rooms available within 200 miles.

Locally no water, batteries, flashlights, gas is a rare, food shelves are almost empty in many stores, takes 2-5 hours to go 50 miles to get out of town, freeways are packed.

Even 40 miles inland expecting winds of 100 mph, possible more and rain amounts from 8``-20`` depending on how fast the hurricane moves through.

Stores, schools already closed until next Monday.

A very dangerous situation for another million or two who are not leaving the greater Houston area.

OZ

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