tropical storm Rita
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Q: Why are hurricanes named after women????
A: Becasue they come, wet and wild, but leave taking your house, car, money, and possessions. Now ain't that just a bitch!
A: Becasue they come, wet and wild, but leave taking your house, car, money, and possessions. Now ain't that just a bitch!
(KEY WEST, Fla.-AP) September 19 -- Officials have ordered residents evacuated from the lower Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Rita churns toward the exposed island chain.
The evacuation covers 40,000 residents living southwest of the Seven Mile Bridge to Key West.
Key West streets were quiet as dawn broke today under clear skies. Visitors had been ordered out of the Keys yesterday.
Mike Pettengill of Stuart says he hopes to beat the rain and traffic heading north and wants to be able to find gas before stations close or run dry.
Rita has sustained winds of 60 miles-an-hour and is forecast to be in the Straits of Florida between the Keys and northern Cuba today, possibly as a Category One hurricane with winds of at least 74 miles-an-hour.
The entire Keys is under a hurricane warning and Miami-Dade and Broward counties are under a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch.
At 8:00 a.m., Rita was centered about 235 miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas, and about 460 miles east-southeast of Key West. It was moving to the west near nine miles-an-hour.
The evacuation covers 40,000 residents living southwest of the Seven Mile Bridge to Key West.
Key West streets were quiet as dawn broke today under clear skies. Visitors had been ordered out of the Keys yesterday.
Mike Pettengill of Stuart says he hopes to beat the rain and traffic heading north and wants to be able to find gas before stations close or run dry.
Rita has sustained winds of 60 miles-an-hour and is forecast to be in the Straits of Florida between the Keys and northern Cuba today, possibly as a Category One hurricane with winds of at least 74 miles-an-hour.
The entire Keys is under a hurricane warning and Miami-Dade and Broward counties are under a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch.
At 8:00 a.m., Rita was centered about 235 miles southeast of Nassau, Bahamas, and about 460 miles east-southeast of Key West. It was moving to the west near nine miles-an-hour.
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crap man it just freakin went back down to a reasonable price after the raise a couple weeks ago... F them bastards... Im gonna invent a 160+ hp motorcycle that runs on piss. 
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Yeah, Houston's not a fun place to be right now...they are wanting all of the coastal counties in the area to evacuate, but they literally have no place to go because all of our shelters are full of Katrina evacuees :nonod:
Hurricanes are not fun
Hurricanes are not fun
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:luck:MissAmazing said:Yeah, Houston's not a fun place to be right now...they are wanting all of the coastal counties in the area to evacuate, but they literally have no place to go because all of our shelters are full of Katrina evacuees :nonod:
Hurricanes are not fun
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I live far enough from the coast to where even if the hurricane hit at a Cat. 5, my area wouldnt be affected too much...worst come to worst, I'll hop in the car and drive to San Antonio and sat with my sister!
We are getting really lucky...We are having record highs...It was 98 here yesterday with heat index of 105...supposed to be the same all week...That builds a "brick wall" between us and Rita so it will continue west before turning north looking for a "cooler" low pressure area...Texas may get this one...remember, Katrina was a cat 1 when it crossed Miami and the Keys...
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