Forecasters said Rita could be the most intense hurricane on record ever to hit Texas, and easily one of the most powerful ever to plow into the U.S. mainland. Category 5 is the highest on the scale, and only three Category 5 hurricanes are known to have hit the U.S. mainland -- most recently, Andrew, which smashed South Florida in 1992.
Wait a second. Christian Fundamentalists declared that Katrina was an act of God designed to punish a hotbed of immorality. Now Rita's poised to take Texas, home state of Our Leader, both an eminent Fundamentalist and one of the political world's most vehement denouncers of global warming, which is the root of this mayhem.
Whatever. Call Michael Crichton. Maybe the climate is in collusion with leftist conspirators.
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Regardless of who you want to blame for this monster storm, be it God, Bush, the government as a whole, whatever...
Please keep your thoughts with those of us who are going to be dealing this crap, which will hit within the next 36 to 48 hours.
I'm one of them, and frankly, I'm a bit scared.
Rita may have a MUCH worse impact on the U.S. oil/gasoline/natural gas economy and its dependencies than Katrina did. We are definitely paying for the sins of the Bush mob. See the following:
Hello Rita Goodbye Oil Production
Dancing by corpselight on the watery grave of U.S. prosperity, singing:
"Lovely Rita, meter maid
Where would I be without you...."
(Beatles)
You misunderstand, Mac... Katrina was a Sign of the Wrath of God. Rita is a Heinous Act of Satan. Or commies, of course.
To clarify: I'm not blaming anyone for these storms. Not even Bush.
However, I do hold our way of life at least partially responsible.
I wasn't exactly "blaming" Bush either, not in the proximate causal sense, anyway. I think I had something like karma more in mind. That dude has done some BAD shit in the world and we seem to be paying for it (if you believe in that kind of -- possibly "divine" retribution -- which I KIND OF do).
weevee: dapui (This is actually a French word isn't it? I forget what it means!)
Oh, I can definitely buy karma. We're in for it. I hope to hell we're not, but we've had this coming for a while. And worse.
Wasn't Katrina a Category 5 too? What are the odds of TWO category 5's hitting the same area within a month of each other?
Katrina came ashore as a category 4 (it did hit cat 5 briefly). As of this evening, Rita has also gone down to cat 4, but obviously, its still huge and powerful. I think the last time we had 2 storms of cat 4 in one season was 1915 or something. By the way, the season doesn't end until sometime in November! We've got a few more months of this crap! Say hello to more record gas prices, heating costs, soaring food prices, and maybe even some food shortages due to the fact that the harvest of grain staples occurs in the next month or so. The combines and harvesters run on diesel, and most of our diesel production is about to get shut down. Crops may be left to rot in the fields. Its going to be an interesting winter!
If there is a God, I think he is pissed at the U.S. What would I do to the U.S. if I were God? Hmmm...let's start by tossing a couple of category 4 & 5 hurricanes at the ONE place where Americans crank out 30% of their domestic oil. Yeah, that'll make 'em squirm a bit. Then, just when they thought it was safe in California, I'd throw in a major earthquake. But wait, there's more: Why don't we REALLY turn those thumb-screws by jacking up the GLOBAL demand for oil so that it outstrips supply? And finally, to top it all: Bring in those al Quada assholes; we'll see to it that they get their hands on some WMD. Then the sparks are gonna fly!!!
More specifically, I think God is pissed at George W. Bush for being such an all round, thorough and complete asshole. It's huge shit sandwich and we've all got to take a bite.
I feel for those millions of people caught in Rita's path and trying to escape. But I can't help thinking to myself, "Yo, Rita. Crawford, TX, is thataway. Keep on going!"