Lovely Rita, hurricane

[illusionofjoy]

Now a big bad Category 5, Hurricane Rita is slated to hit Texas this weekend. Three thoughts come to mind: 1.) may Rita stay the course and not pummel New Orleans into further submission, 2.) Hopefully all of the evacuees from New Orleans get out of Texas' coastal cities before the storm hits and 3.) That bastard Lone Star State is about overdue for some hardcore thrashing, methinks.

Oh, and in a symbolic show if how prepared the government is for Rita, as opposed to Katrina, George Bush should take a trip down to Texas before the storm hits and stick around to watch the events unfold. You know, he can do a little "preemptive strike" and then "stay the course and complete the mission."

Comments

[jewliejewels.livejournal.com]

im sure hell do something,since he is from tx,isnt he?

[ls56.livejournal.com]

not really,

GWB was born in Connecticut.

[illusion-of-joy.livejournal.com]

...making him as much of a cowboy as good ol' Ronnie Reagan.

[stacycat69.livejournal.com]

They moved all the houston evacuees to Arkansas. And, the ones they gave housing in low lying areas were given the choice to evacuate again.

There are two possible outcomes that I see. The first is that Texas does get a good thrashing, with a Cat 4-5 hurricane hitting it. So far im projected to be on the outskirts, but I may get heavy rain. (Damnit, I have to work Friday night, Im thinking thats a good thing, someone else is responsible for taking care of me :-) Or, the storm fizzles out, and we get endless reports of how much the evacuation cost the state, the people who stayed get endless news on "they were the smart ones" etc.

Already, the grocery store was packed, not so much from people worried about the storm hitting us, but from all the extra people pouring into town. Im glad I dont work at a hotel right now :-)

[feministhippie.livejournal.com]

my mom just said that katrina hit new orleans because they're sinners or some such nonsense. ooohhhh the shame...

[illusion-of-joy.livejournal.com]

A map overlay of the storm paths during the 2000 elections with Florida counties and the way the majority in each voted shows that the storms all went through "red" counties while avoiding "blue" ones. Tell your mom to put that in her pipe and smoke it.