9/21/2005

Places are closing down here. Hwy 6 is packed as far as the eye can see. People are lining up for gas...so many are lining up that they are in the streets!!!

Rita is a monster storm. All our worst fears seem to be coming true. With winds at 175, predicted to go higher...we are slowly realizing we will have to leave.

I refused to believe it would turn into a Category 5. I know it will decrease in strength before it hits land, but how much?

We could pack up and go to East Texas to be with family. Friends of mine are saying hotels are booked all the way out to El Paso, Texas. What is this madness?

We certainly can't leave until we secure this house with tape and boards. Fortunately we already have tape and boards as everything is sold out. In the stores NOTHING is left on the shelves!

To think about what to take with us is madness. Imagine if you will, that in the span of one day you have to decide what items of yours you want/can save and what items you have to left behind to be destroyed. What would you chose? What sentimental object would you left behind? Knowing full well, that when you returned, there might not be anything left, what would you take?

There is too much on my mind and the pressure is ever pushing for a decision. What do I do?

Traffic on Highway 6 headed out of town. RITA HOME

Inland Hurricane Watch

SOUTHEAST TEXAS ZONE FORECASTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
450 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

TXZ199-210>212-226-227-221515-
MONTGOMERY-COLORADO-AUSTIN-WALLER-WHARTON-FORT BEND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONROE...THE WOODLANDS...COLUMBUS...EAGLE LAKE...WEIMAR...BELLVILLE...SEALY...BROOKSHIRE...
HEMPSTEAD...EL CAMPO...WHARTON...MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SUGAR LAND
450 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING...

.TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.


.THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM. HIGHS NEAR 100. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST
WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.


.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BREEZY.
HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN
THE AFTERNOON.

.FRIDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH IN THE
EVENING BECOMING EAST AND INCREASING TO 50 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 75 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT IN THE
EVENING INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WINDY. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 50 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT.


.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS
IN THE UPPER 80S. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 70S.


.MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LOWS
IN THE LOWER 70S.

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