Pray for the gulf coast - another hurricane is on the way
Be in prayer as another dangerously strong hurricane is moving through the gulf reminiscent of Hurricane Katrina. Here’s more from the AP…
Rita Plows Across Gulf; Patients Evacuated
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff urged residents in the threatened areas to get out.
“You can’t play around with this storm,” he said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He aded: “The lesson is that when the storm hits, the best place to be is to be out of the path of the storm.”
At 11 a.m. EDT, Rita was centered about 260 miles west of Key West, Fla., and 775 miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, moving west at near 13 mph. Forecasters predicted it would come ashore Saturday somewhere between northern Mexico and western Louisiana, most likely in Texas.
Meteorologist Chris Landsea of the National Hurricane Center in Miami said Rita could strengthen to a Category 5 with wind over 155 mph as it moves over the warm waters of the gulf, or it could ease to a Category 3, with wind of less than 130 mph.
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Hurricane Expert Sees Storms Increasing
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Accuweather Hurricane Center
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