Hurricane Rita

Brother

I went through Beulah, and I do not envy you.

You are far enough inland to miss most of the severe winds, but it sounds like you are on the bad side of the storm ...

Our prayers are with you.

 

I pray the Lord will give you discernment on how
long to stay and when to go.

As for work I pray they are wise enough to do the
right thing and let you take care of your family,
home and chruch.

Sincerely
Aslanspal

Hey! Rita! don't mess with Texas!
(from native)

 

Will pray, they said on the news here that things are not looking good with the storm for New Orleans either.

 

You are in my prayers.

I have a friend who is a scientist who knows this stuff and he said that your area will get a hard hit from winds, but that it won't be like New Orleans because you aren't sitting in the bottom of a bowl like they are. Expect some massive flooding though.

 

Well... Rita just went up to a Category 5, and is stronger than Katrina was (but it's estimated it will weaken by the time it reaches the coast).

But it seems like the government is on top of things this time around. You and your church will be in our prayers.

 

People need to be concerned about the heat too. It is now after 5 PM on Wednesday, and the temp is still 100 degrees F in Houston. If power is down for days, the heat and humidity after the storm could claim lives.

My parents are in Houston and in their 70s. I advised them, and will advise others in the path to freeze lots of ice while you have power, and buy some as well. It could be what keeps you cool in the aftermath of the storm. The temperatures are expected to go back up to the century mark after Rita passes.

After Alicia, we had no power for 2 weeks, and used a camping stove to sterilize baby bottles. May be a good idea to get fuel or propane for any camp stoves you may have. Just be careful of carbon monoxide poisoning, so use them outdoors only.

My prayers are with all of you in the path of this monster storm.

 

Bro. James Reed

As a native of Louisiana---I've survived the best of um, also---beginning w/Betsy---all the way through Andrew & Katrina---w/Katrina we recorded wind gusts of 116 mph 250 miles inland here in Wesson, MS---many trees still standing---but some stand leaveless----its weird!!!!

Water surge is probably the most dangerous part of the storm---where you are---65 miles inland should be alright from any surge.

Hang in there!!!

 

Thanks. We are out of here is a couple of hours, going to our son's house in Navasota.

 

Check in with us soon as you can, Bro. Terry---be careful!!!!

 

Hurricane Rita becomes third most intense storm on record, according to National Hurricane Center figures.

 

Brother James

I do not know what kind of business you are in, but I pray that the Holy Spirit will break down the cold hearts of your bosses.

They should have closed today and sent employees home to take care of their families (IMHO).

I have and will continue to pray for you.

In Him

Wayne

 

JGrubbs

I hope that is the 3d largest for the gulf.

Wayne

 

The third most intense(so far) in the Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico.

 

So did I. I was in the sixth grade. We got flooded out in Sinton and had three feet of the water in our house.

 

mmm... I was in Brownsville

Graduated from Taft

Small world

PS you should have been in brownsville for beulah

What a party!

 

I finished up my last two years of high school at Bay City but I am still a Sinton Pirate at heart. Glad to meet a Taft Greyhound on this board.

For those who don't know, Sinton and Taft are only about nine miles apart.

 

And Taft had the better football team!

 

Oh, really. Just check these two pages out:

www.tisd.net/~wesleyu/sinton.htm

www.tisd.net/~wesleyu/taft.htm