Out for Rita

[Anonymous]

Wont be able to play because of rita see you guys later

[Anonymous]

Good luck bro.  Im on the Iffy line.  I have a couple friends in the galveston houston area where they go to college. So i dont know what im going to do yet.

[Styan]

be safe, godspeed to all in the areas that may get hit.

[Anonymous]

Stay safe out there!!

[Anonymous]

Hurricane Rita is now a category 5 for those who don't know, so I would say get out if you think that thing is going to hit you.

[ArchNemesis]

Take care and may you stay safe.

[Jeyk]

This sucker is a Category 5 with 175mph winds. Stay safe guys, I hope it loses a significant amount of strength before it hits.

[Eroz]

There must be someone that god doesn't like. and he must live in the astrodome right now.

[Anonymous]

This might not have anything to do with the topic, but I feel the need to say it anyway.

Best avatar ever.

[Anonymous]

In the words of The Daily Show, "God, is being kind of a dick." LMAO Anyways, good luck all. I hope only the best for you.

[Ash]

I'm orginally from Houston, my mother still lives there and the rest of my entire family only lives at most  2 hours from there.   If Rita hits Houston it will be the 2nd major hurricane in less than 3 years.  Friends of mine just recently finished rebuilding after the last one.  And talk about gas shortage, if Houston gets hit, you can say hello to $5.00 for regular.  

For those of you who may be in that area....stay safe.

[Anonymous]

good luck anyone who is down there

btw, they retired the name katrina from ever being the name of a hurricane or tropical storm again. i guess they do that to the bad ones. i hope they don't have to retire 2 within barely a month .... :S

[Eroz]

If Rita gets landfall at even cat 4 it will be retired.

Isn't it nice to know that you can never be a hurricane again grim?

[Ash]

Not a good idea to tell her that she can't do something...not a good idea at all...lol

[Ketamininja]

Bear with me here, I'm gonna kinda hijack this thread

"Global Warming = More Hurricanes."
Hurricanes love to get bigger with hot climates.
There are lots of references to temperature increases around the Gulf Coast area over the years.

Global warming can be a very sketchy subject, but most countries have signed to the Kyoto Treaty (ok there is a lot of politics involved). The States have not. One "reason" given is the backlash from the public regarding the cost of going for the Kyoto treaty - it WILL affect your country a lot if you went for it.

I'm sure this cannot be the main reason, but my question is.. do you Americans agree that the Kyoto treaty could help with Global Warming (considering America accounts for most of the emmisions contributing to global warming)... and would you be willing to sacrifice your everyday lives now by accepting the treaty, so that millions of people will not be affected so much in the future, as we have seen with Katrina?

Some one posted an atricle about a hurricane doing damage 150 years ago. I would think that after 150 years of problems, Katrina would have made a much bigger response from the government, both now with the crisis, and previously when noting hurricane activity has become more fierce since then.