Friday, September 23, 2005

Rita

Currently

Pressure at 897 millibars

Cat 5 with 150 mile per hour winds with landfall still at the Louisiana and Texas border.

Houston is the second major USA city to be evacuated due to severe weather. All coastal cities including LA and New York need to come up with effective evacuation strategies.

That does not preclude inland cities which can be affected with tornadoes or other severe storms.