| Super Hurricane Rita is roaring for the Texas Gulf | | | | nothing in the channel at the time, as there will be |
| Coast at a clip of 10-13 mph and carrying winds of 125 | | | | nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.If you will |
| mph. With it comes a storm 410 miles across and | | | | remember Tropical Storm Allison and it deluge on |
| potentially ten inches of rain. some forecasters believe | | | | Houston you will begin to see the problem. Now add in |
| that the East side of Houston will be flooded and I-10 | | | | Storm Surge and possible Category III, IV or V winds, |
| submerged before the eye even crosses the | | | | there is no city in the United States that is that tough. |
| shoreline, although since the storm is a little East that | | | | Currently Super Hurricane Rita has winds of 175 mph |
| probably will not occur, but I-10 will be closed for sure in | | | | and the center has a low pressure of 897 mb, making |
| places. As the Super Cat Five Hurricane moves onto | | | | it the third largest storm in US History.There are no |
| land it will wind down to Cat Three and is likely to bring | | | | Hotel Rooms in Texas anymore and most of the Hotel |
| with her a storm surge of 15-20 feet high, that is over | | | | Rooms in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, |
| the seawall height at Galveston, so it is good thing they | | | | Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and a good part of |
| will dodge the bullet this time around. As this water | | | | Florida are all filled up from evacuees of both |
| surges into the Houston Ports Channel, it will rise even | | | | Hurricane Katrina and Rita.What we have now in |
| further like a giant little title wave taking out anything in | | | | Houston is a problem, think about it.Lance Winslow - |
| its way, although officials will makes sure there is | | | | Online Think Tank forum board. |