Hurricane Rita Slams onto Land

[NorthernSpy]

From South Africa's Mail and Guardian:

Hurricane Rita hurled its full fury at Texas and Louisiana on Saturday, as the storm's potent eyewall ripped ashore, lashing coastlines with a terrifying barrage of near 200kph winds and walls of driving rain.

Rita smashed into a coastline bristling with vital oil and chemical installations after its outer bands dumped fresh floods on New Orleans, and an estimated two million people fled its approaching wrath in a chaotic, confusing exodus which claimed at least 24 lives.

The category three storm's eyewall hit at Sabine Pass, on the Louisiana-Texas border, after brewing for days in the Gulf of Mexico, less than four weeks after deadly Hurricane Katrina pummelled Louisiana, Alamaba and Mississipi, killing at least 1 075 people.

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At Lake Charles in Louisiana, police told anyone planning to stay to write their name, date of birth and social security number on their forearms in waterproof ink so they can be identified if killed.

http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=251874&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/

[rodeodance]

1. anyone know if Lake Charles had a mandatory eval?--or was for the

coastal region in general?



.....At Lake Charles in Louisiana, police told anyone planning to stay to write their name, date of birth and social security number on their forearms in waterproof ink so they can be identified if killed.......