Rita becomes the 5th most INTENSE hurricane EVER

[Horse with no Name]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT3+shtml/212146.shtml

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WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AT 416 PM CDT...2116Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE HAS
FALLEN TO 904 MB...OR 26.69 INCHES. THIS MAKES RITA THE FIFTH MOST
INTENSE HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE ATLANTIC BASIN.

RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888
MB...THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB...HURRICANE ALLEN IN
1980 WITH 899 MB...AND HURRICANE KATRINA LAST MONTH WITH 902 MB.

FORECASTER STEWART

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[SammyBlue]

1. G-d help Texas. G-d, keep those people safe.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Yes indeed.

:(

[dogday]

3. I am sitting here in Houston

and I am thinking. This is going to be something big.

[Horse with no Name]

6. You better get your ass out of Houston

Cause it is.

[Selatius]

4. I believe it will grow stronger

There's still quite a lot of very warm Gulf water to cross before it hits land.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. " Bulk of This Season's Storms Still to Come"

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2484.htm

[Horse with no Name]

7. Oh Lordy

I have a feeling that at the end of this season, the Gulf Coast line will be permanently altered.

[Sven77]

8. gulf oil refineries

isnt like 20% of the oil US refineries on the texas coast ?

[Horse with no Name]

9. I believe so

n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. Say goodbye to the Wildlife Preserve they want to drill.

And wonder if Bush and his campaign contributors will make any money from it.