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Tuesday, September 20, 2005\r\nTS Rita Watch: Day Two \r\n\r\n Forecasters this morning believe TS Rita will dip slightly to the south of Galveston, making landfall between Galveston and Corpus Christi overnight…

TS Rita Watch: Day…

Wednesday, September 21, 2005\r\nHurricane Rita Watch: Day Three \r\n\r\nRita has morphed in the past 24 hours from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane .. and is expected to swell into a Category 5 later today as…

Hurricane Rita…

Thursday, September 22, 2005\r\nHurricane Rita Watch: Day Four ... Nightfall \r\n\r\nI walked out on the roof of our parking garage around sunset. It wasn\'t really a twinkling of reflection, a quiet moment, a last sweet…

Hurricane Rita…

\r\nHurricane Rita Watch: Day Four ... Daybreak \r\nThursday, September 22, 2005\r\n\r\nSome 40 hours from now, Hurricane Rita will plow ashore somewhere less than one hour\'s drive from where I sit. We\'re unlikely to…

Hurricane Rita…

2005 Ghosts of Grand Isle - Arlene, Cindy, Dennis, Katrina, & Rita\r\n\r\nOh Oh.....5 nasty uninvited guests affected Grand Isle!...created \"great escapes\" to Marshall, Lufkin, & Longview, Texas...left early, tourists…

Online Story…

Friday, September 23, 2005\r\n\r\nHurricane Rita: So it begins \r\n\r\nThe squalls have arrived. Winds are steadily increasing, the lights flicker occasionally, rain drums an incessant bass line against the masonry skin…

Hurricane Rita: So…

Hurricane Rita Watch: D-Day ... midday \r\n\r\nFriday, September 23, 2005\r\nThe sky has darkened. A brisk east wind is cutting through. NOAA reports Rita is starting to show some signs of fatigue, becoming slightly less…

Hurricane Rita…

Friday, September 23, 2005\r\nHurricane Rita Watch: D-Day, before dawn \r\n\r\nWe preside over a ghost town.\r\n\r\nAfter midnight last night, I drove through the city\'s west side neighborhoods, to sweep through my…

Hurricane Rita…

Sunday, September 25, 2005\r\n\r\nIn Rita\'s wake \r\n\r\nNot much time here. Power is still out and every crucial piece of equipment is on priceless battery power.\r\n\r\nWe survived, battered and a little dazed. Our…

In Rita\'s wake

Monday, September 26, 2005\r\n\r\nFlirting with Rita \r\n\r\nThis morning, a pair of amiable reporters from NBC Nightly News dropped in to chat about the day ahead. Their bosses in New York had ordered them to stay…

Flirting with Rita