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09-21-2005, 12:29 PM
Authorities in Texas and along the storm-shattered coast of Louisiana braced Wednesday for Hurricane Rita, as the powerful Category 4 (135 mph winds) storm picked up strength in the Gulf of Mexico.
The latest extended forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Rita gathering strength before the eye makes landfall near Galveston, Texas, late Friday or early Saturday, the center said. However, the center did not rule out possible hits on Louisiana or northern Mexico.
In Galveston, a barrier-island city of 60,000 flattened by a hurricane in 1900, residents were preparing to leave. About 80 city buses will be at the city's Island Community Center Wednesday morning to evacuate Galveston residents who do not have transportation. Many people lined up to make sure they had a ride, all carrying the one bag of belongings they were allowed. Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas declared a state of emergency Tuesday night and ordered a mandatory evacuation.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/21/rita/index.html
The latest extended forecast from the National Hurricane Center has Rita gathering strength before the eye makes landfall near Galveston, Texas, late Friday or early Saturday, the center said. However, the center did not rule out possible hits on Louisiana or northern Mexico.
In Galveston, a barrier-island city of 60,000 flattened by a hurricane in 1900, residents were preparing to leave. About 80 city buses will be at the city's Island Community Center Wednesday morning to evacuate Galveston residents who do not have transportation. Many people lined up to make sure they had a ride, all carrying the one bag of belongings they were allowed. Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas declared a state of emergency Tuesday night and ordered a mandatory evacuation.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/21/rita/index.html
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Hurricane Rita - by 15thRegionCrazy - 09-21-2005, 12:29 PM
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