Here comes Rita

[Deepdale]

I've boarded up my windows, and I had a good time of it..
(see attachment)

That's a gem, Katie ... thanks for the laugh. Stay safe and I hope any damage can be averted.

 

[Daveway]

"Oh I tell ya dem winds are a pickin' up out here."

I woke up to the howl of wind a few minutes ago, schools been canceled since yesterday to. Turn out this is just a little feeder band.

 

[Whyren]

The Weather Channel is reporting a possible levee failure in New Orleans.

EDIT: CNN is now reporting it as well.

 

[joepunk]

I've boarded up my windows, and I had a good time of it..
(see attachment)

I will reiterate what others have said, that is a wonderful pic and a really great idea there. You should send the pic to Apple just for the hell of it.

Anyway, have a safe weekend. Good Luck

 

[Backtothemac]

Well, we are still in Lafayette. And I don't think we are going to leave. The notion of running our of gas on the interstate and being stuck when this thing comes onshore is not appealing.

It has weakened a bit, but the CDO has started to rebuild, and the pressure is starting to slide south again.

Anyway. Pray.

 

[katie ta achoo]

I will reiterate what others have said, that is a wonderful pic and a really great idea there. You should send the pic to Apple just for the hell of it.

Anyway, have a safe weekend. Good Luck

I think I will.. I still have power. the email address that his steveness allegedly checks is sjobs@apple.com, right?
Or maybe, I should wait and send a before and an after.. show how the apple'd window was totally unbroken and awesome. (and if I write something about a PM getting destroyed, I might get one.. hmm. I keed, I keed!)

This storm is taking freaking FOREVER! when's this stupid hurricane gonna hit already! This guy just said on the news between midnight and 2 am.
And that's hitting GALVESTON, not even Houston!
GEEZ, this storm is crappy. I'm getting antsy waiting for it! The news has me all worked up!
STUPID STORM AND NEWS MEDIA!! AGGGHHH!

The faster it gets here, the faster it leaves. GAH!

 

[katie ta achoo]

submitted to my news station...

Oooo, maybe I'll be on the news!
I'm awesome!



..I need friends-- they all evacuated.

 

[0098386]

Uhm, like friday midnight, saturady 2 AM ish.



I've boarded up my windows, and I had a good time of it..
(see attachment)

you are my absolute greatest human of all

good luck all you folks in its path. although ive heard its slowing down now. still!

 

[emw]

submitted to my news station...

Oooo, maybe I'll be on the news!
I'm awesome!

Ha!

Does she mean "windows" the operating system or windows in her home?

At least they kind of got it. Hopefully you'll have the right kind of windows by tomorrow! Best of luck.

 

[ham_man]

Our school took in 540 evacuees from Houston today. And worse than that, we got in a wreck with some lady from Sugarland yesterday. Good luck to everyone on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast...

 

[katie ta achoo]

At least they kind of got it. Hopefully you'll have the right kind of windows by tomorrow! Best of luck.

Nope, I had to write the caption. No one will understand it.

Well, maybe some of the Apple store clerks will look at it. hehe

 

[ashon3611]

looks like its going to miss us... its going more north toward Louisiana. Rita was scurred you dont mess with Texas fool.

 

[katie ta achoo]

looks like its going to miss us... its going more north toward Louisiana. Rita was scurred you dont mess with Texas fool.

yea, but we're still gonna get some crazy rain.

and wind.

bla!

 

[Daveway]

We're dodging tornado warnings here in SE La. There's a training effect of storms coming from the east side. Storms moving at 50mph+ground friction=tornadoes. So the sirens go on and off, but so far nothing much. We just had a wind gust of 55mph.

 

[katie ta achoo]

So, the hurricane totally didn't hit (my part) of Houston at all. It just got really, really windy.

So, now I have GALLONS of bottled water (somewhere around 20 gallons.. I was filling up water yesterday), boarded up windows, and all the potted plants have been moved, all for naught!

I mean, there wasn't even any thunder; I didn't get woken up last night!

I hope everyone else made it out just as well as I did.



...you know, the hurricane started shifting Eastward after I put up my "no windows" sign.. maybe rita really IS a Mac user!

 

[emw]

Glad everything is okay with you Katie! You were definitely very lucky - and maybe you're right about Rita being a Mac user...

 

[katie ta achoo]

Glad everything is okay with you Katie! You were definitely very lucky - and maybe you're right about Rita being a Mac user...

Thanks.. and I just noticed in your avatar that the radar goes over an iMac G4 and a PB! That is TOO CUTE and I am unobservant.

 

[emw]

I've thought of adding the iPod and the SE, but it gets too crowded

 

[rendezvouscp]

Thanks.. and I just noticed in your avatar that the radar goes over an iMac G4 and a PB! That is TOO CUTE and I am unobservant.

Woah, that's what those are? Crazy.

Maybe we should try to account for all of our Texan and Louisiana members? It's just a matter of going over state specific threads I suppose.
-Chase

 

[ashon3611]

all is fine here in missouri city/sugar land (sw suburb of houston) seems like the power didnt go out for longer than 3 secs last night. the traffic is going to be horrible trying to come back in.

 

[ShiggyMiyamoto]

Rita is here? OH NO! CALL THE POWER RANGERS AT ONCE!!!!!

lol

 

[ham_man]

Rita was scurred you dont mess with Texas fool.

Damn right.

 

[Daveway]

If you read my post earlier today I told yall I was a tfriends house because they had power.
Well.
I'm at my house on generator power now. But damn that thing drinks gas fast!

Turns out it doesn't take many watts to power a cable modem and router.

 

[Cooknn]

Well, considering that a couple of days ago TX and LA were looking down the barrel of a Cat 5 with 175mph winds, I'd say that most everyone made out pretty good. Thank goodness that thing wore itself out for the most part before it made landfall.

 

[Whyren]

Well, considering that a couple of days ago TX and LA were looking down the barrel of a Cat 5 with 175mph winds, I'd say that most everyone made out pretty good. Thank goodness that thing wore itself out for the most part before it made landfall.

Even luckier, from what I've heard, if it slowed down or there was a bit more Gulf before landfall, it could have entered a regenerative cycle and restrengthened. Fortunately, it seems that this storm was much less trouble than it could have been. Unfortunately, it looks like we're not done yet. Here's hoping for the best.