Is Rita Headed for Crawford?

[JDPriestly]

If it is, what will Pat Robertson say? Could God have a reason to punish Houston, Crawford, Galveston, etc.?

[Horse with no Name]

1. No.

The areas East of the Dallas area look to be the most affected.

[crispini]

2. Congrats! This is the 42nd thread on this today!

Crawford is nowhere near Houston.

[Horse with no Name]

3. But sure makes interesting fodder

:silly:

[tammywammy]

6. My thoughts exactly

:P

[skooooo]

7. It's close enough to get hit by a pretty big storm!

I wouldn't completely write off the possilibity that Crawford will see some mighty big winds (besides the ones it usually sees).

[WolverineDG]

10. Dear Skinner

Please come up with a "Beating a dead horse" smilie asap. Thanks.

To Crispi: :banghead:

dg

[crispini]

11. Here ya go, Wolvie!

[WolverineDG]

16. Thanks!

Knew I could count on you, Crispy. I just wish the mods would step in & start locking these stupid threads.

dg

[donheld]

20. Beating a dead horse.

Makes me think, W is afraid of horse. I'll bet he'd be good a beating dead horses. He's too afraid to go near a live one. :eyes:

[Lex]

4. Who cares? Think of every one of our fellow citizens Rita will affect

adversely. Many of whom will lose their lives and/or property.

I don't give a sh*t about stupid Bush or Crawford right now!

[yella_dawg]

5. Last time I checked the NOAA Rita page

it was headed straight for Crawford, and will still be a tropical storm at that point.

Which I find damned hard to believe.

Can hurricanes hop over hundreds of miles of dry land to whump down on a pinpoint target?

Can we wish and hope?

[Liberty Belle]

9. No, but they sometimes spawn tornados, which can.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Perhaps a lesson in geography is in order.

Ahem.

CRAWFORD IS WEST OF WACO, HENCE HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE COAST.

Here endeth the lesson.

[crispini]

12. LOL!

:thumbsup:

[JDPriestly]

13. Can't you guys take jokes? Where's your humor?

Also, one of the problems with DU is that you can't see what topics have been already covered by looking at the first page. I don't DU all day long, so I don't know what topics have been posted unless there is an obvious post on the first page. Is there something to be done about that? I'm not computer savvy enough to know.

[GOPisEvil]

14. My apologies for snapping.

I've just seen the whole "Rita-Crawford" thing one time too many.

[rstlne]

15. Just for fun...

Let's do an overlay!
http://imageshack.us>

Looks like it'll have >73mph sustained winds when it passes Austin on Saturday.

[WolverineDG]

17. My humor

is on hold at the moment, thanks kindly. My brother is in the Houston area & because of the nature of his job, will not be evacuating. I have many friends, some of them DUers, who are either battening down the hatches or on the lam as I type.

Stop blaming the victims of the punchline of your sick "joke" for getting out of sorts about it. WE'RE the ones who have to deal with Rita & the consequences first hand while you get to sit back & yuck it up about making a "funny" over Rita hitting the pig farm.

dg

[rstlne]

18. Sorry if my graphic upset you

I understand how dangerous this storm is becoming and was certainly not trying to be funny.

I was attempting to point out to the the "Geography teachers" here that Rita is projected to maintain hurricane force winds far inland and long after she makes landfall.

Hope your brother and friends all remain safe.

[WolverineDG]

19. it's not the graphic that upsets me

it's the constant "ha ha, let's hope rita slams texas but good" posts that are wearing me down.

but thanks for the good thoughts about my brother & friends.

dg

[NMDemDist2]

22. check the Greatest Page, that will have the hot topics on it usually

and the Latest breaking news is good too

[crispini]

23. If we weren't on L1,

"search" comes in handy.

I think the Texas DU'ers are just a little put-out right now. :hug:

[Cleita]

21. You know, not to get your hopes up, but the part of

Texas I lived in north of San Antonio, was sitting over an aquifer. This was a maze of limestone caves and many of them were under water. Those that were damp could become flooded under a bad storm resulting in any rivers, creeks or lakes becoming overflowing because those water works emptied into the caverns. Now I don't know if the phoney ranch is sitting on top of that kind of topography, but if it is a really good storm could flood it and make it pretty unlivable for a period of time.

[Texasgal]

24. More AD Nauseum

Good God... LIBERALS, lay the fuck off.