09-21-2005, 09:42 AM
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....Current projections predict Rita will hit the Texas coast between Houston and Corpus Christi late on Friday or early Saturday. Galveston, on the coast near Houston, was the site of the most devastating hurricane to hit the US coast, which killed some 8000 people when it hit without warning in 1900. It is now the site of a level 4 biosafety laboratory, a little over a kilometre from the Gulf coast. But officials seem more worried about vital oil-industry infrastructure in Houston and Galveston, and the area around New Orleans that is still assessing damage from Hurricane Katrina.
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The next 48 hours will tell us where life and safety could be in danger. After recent events, I expect ‘officials’ to compensate on the safe side and citizens to give a renewed attention to warnings. My best thoughts for uninterrupted FACTS may be http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/index_hls3.shtml .
I am sorry we do not have any members in the Texas/Louisiana region that have given me permission to plot their location on our maps.  It goes without saying that our family has genuine concern about our members and we implore you to PLEASE, at the very minimum, let us know you are safe after an event of this nature. We STILL have at least one member from New Orleans that is causing much anxiety for many of us.
Many very real thoughts and prayers are with all our members that will come to know Rita in the next week.
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