Rita, meet Rita...

[deminks]

Rita Cosby on MSNBC just said she is staying on Galveston. Why do these people take such chances. Just for a hoarse report on a terrible storm. Not a good example. My great grandfather died there in the 1900 storm.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. She is nuts. the storm surge will be massive and she will be

swept away.

From Dr. Jeff Masters:

Reconnaissance flights this afternoon indicate that the weakening phase Rita went through has ceased. Her central presure has held steady between 913 and 915 mb between noon and 4 pm, and the surface winds are steady at about 145 - 150 mph. Rita is a strong Category 4 hurricane. She appears to be going through a collapse of the inner eyewall, which the hurricane hunters have noted has a large gap in it. It may take 12 - 24 hours for Rita to rebuild her eyewall. During that time, some fluctuations in strength may occur, but weakening is most likely. This would occur as a result of 10 knots of shear on her south side from an upper-level high pressure system, and from passage over ocean waters with less heat content.

By landfall time on Saturday afternoon, it is expected that Rita will be a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, but still carry to the coast a storm surge characteristic of a much stronger hurricane. A Category 4 or 5 level storm surge is likely along a 60 - 80 miles stretch of coast to the right of where the storm makes landfall on Saturday. Storm surge heights will peak at 15 - 20 feet in some bays, and bring the ocean inland up to 50 miles from the coast. Large sections of I-10 between Houston and Beaumont could be inundated, and the flood waters may reach the cities of Beaumont, Orange, and Lake Charles.

[halobeam]

3. What an idiot... desparate fool.

Did she get much attention during childhood?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. And what a terrible loss THAT would be. n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Has she changed her mind yet?

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Is she bringing her rubber duckie

not to make light of this... but she will drown

[xray s]

She is gonna huff and puff and blow Rita away

And if that don't work she'll confuse it with the Rita head bob.

[benburch]

4. NOBODY should remain there.

Not even the police.

The only way she will not be killed is if the storm tracks well north of there.

[Botany]

5. Memo to Ms Gargle w/ Razor Blades

did you see the pics from the Mississippi coast?

it picked up sections of freeway (at least 50 tons)
it flatten every building within 3/4 of mile of the beach.

[bee]

6. how stupid.

I read an article about another woman earlier, a nurse, also staying at home in Galveston. Obviously, these people havent seen CNN's models of the island entirely under water. So, So, So, stupid.

[0rganism]

8. Oooh, opportunity for highly poetic justice approaches

Hmm... I should probably stop with that, rather than elaborate on a scenario that would give me some small satisfaction, even in the wake of so much sadness.

[Minstrel Boy]

9. Galveston? Houston I can understand, but Galveston

needs to be empty. I don't care who she is, or thinks she is.

[Pithy Cherub]

10. Is this MSNBC's talent replacement plan...

:shrug:

She is beyond STUCK on STOOPID to stay there! Or does the "Voice from the bowels of Hell" have her claws/dibs on being the first looter/oh she's white - finder - of stuff for survival.

[wanpete]

11. you gotta be kidding me? she's actually staying? does she have a family?

someone needs to slap some sense into her!

[Kadie]

13. Look at these people staying in Galveston.

A group of locals who plan on riding out the storm enjoy drinks on a deck by a mock Statue of Liberty and a flag that reads "party time" as Hurricane Rita approaches Galveston, Texas, September 22, 2005. The path of Rita, downgraded to Category 4 hurricane when its winds fell to 150 mph (240 kph), shifted northward and appeared to be headed slightly east of Galveston and Houston, the National Hurricane Center said.
REUTERS/RICK WILKING

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/pictures/RTW24D.htm

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. What makes people so numb in the head?

[blitzen]

14. Well, it's gonna be pretty far NE of Galveston,

so if she really wants to prove her mettle, she should go to Cameron, LA

[Roxy66]

16. I hope she leaves.....yes, she annoys the shit out of me, but I wouldnt

want her to be hurt. (And I cant help but hope she left Faux because she couldnt sink to their lows day-in and day-out...but I'm probably too optimistic)