Rita sure looks close to NO and wouldn't surprize me to wind up

[2Design]

there - didn't someone say the water was the warmest there

[HereSince1628]

1. Hey! Knock on wood! NOW!!!

[LouisianaLiberal]

4. I assume you're in the Houston area.

I won't knock on wood because even though it must land somewhere, we don't need it here in Louisiana.

[malaise]

2. Won't happen

Indeed she's almost past NOLA coordinates.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

3. I think there is still a ridge of High pressure steering it west of NO

As the high pressure raps around clockwise, it is pushing Rita around its back side north and west...into the Tx/La border.

Now, if that high pressure moves further east, NO is in big trouble.

[mcscajun]

5. "Touch wood -- scratch a stay! Turn Three Times!"

"May the Lord and Saints Preserve Us!"