HURRICANE RITA PARTY!!

[Astral Poetry]

My town is getting evacuated tomorrow, but I'm thinking: gale-force winds + torrential rains + rum

Anywho, I'll see you guys in a few days.

kiss kiss to sam

...fag...

 

[lizard]

be safe.

 

[Baliset]

yes please stay safe!

 

[avi]

eek! keep us posted, eh?

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

we live about 40 miles from the coast!
But I really cannot wait for this storm. I *heart* storms.

 

[lizard]

I used to heart storms. until last winter when we were out of power for four days. over christmas.

 

[minxnim]

whoa dudes be careful

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

winds are now 149 mph. I've started filling jugs with water and helping my dad cut boards.

Also, school is closed for the next two days. kickass.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

I used to heart storms. until last winter when we were out of power for four days. over christmas.

Someone told me that we are supposed to be without power for TWO WEEKS because all of the houston power people are in Louisiana. But that wasn't the news, just a friend, so it could be wrong.

 

[The Dope]

Two weeks doesn't sound out of the question. When Isabelle hit Richmond two years ago (two years exactly as of this past Sunday) I had a number of professors who were without power in their homes for three weeks.

 

[aura]

Random internet finding:

 

[S4R]

why do you live in a highly hurricane prone region?

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

Rita is now at 190 mph wind. We've finished boarding up the house with something that's stronger than plywood. Luckily, our area doesn't flood.

 

[Draft Dodging Scarecrow]

And the eye is predicted to go directly over a town called wharton. Where is wharton exactly? ohhhhhhhhhhhh about 15 miles from here. But that could always change.

 

[Astral Poetry]

Now the eye is apparently going to come right over us. I just finished moving all of the patio furniture and plants into the garage, and we're packing to leave for austin tomorrow morning.

Things for (eb) alex to do:
-film hurricane
-windsurf
-tie self to tree
-get stoned and try to play games with the hurricane
-loot Wenglar's house

 

[Helm]

holy shit demilich are back together

edit: well not exactly. My hopes are crushed in addition of being severily off-topic

 

[Astral Poetry]

update: Hurricane Rita's pressure has dropped to 898 and is now the third most powerful hurricane ever in the Atlantic basin. Winds are up to like 180 with even stronger gusts.

I'm now not sure that my house is going to withstand this. time will tell

 

[The Dope]

Well, the important thing to remember is that Category 5 storms are really unstable and that it's very hard for a storm to remain at that level for long. So if it is a Cat. 5 that far from land, there's a decent chance of it losing some strength before making landfall. After all, only 3 storms to hit the US since 1928 were Cat. 5 when they hit. In fact, several of the stronger storms I've been in (Isabel in 2003 and Hugo in 1989 come to mind) were Cat. 5 at one time or other and were then downgraded before making landfall.

Either that or we're going to see a US hurricane strike that rivals Camille for intensity.

 

[Astral Poetry]

Well, the path has now shifted slightly east of us (a very good thing). I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed that it keeps changing, as we leave tomorrow morning, bright and early.

 

[lizard]

!!!!!!!!
this rivals the corpse flower incident for intensity. of a completely different sort.