here comes rita

Galveston is in a state of emergency....they are under a MANDATORY evacuation....105 years later, a MONSTER storm, Hurricane Rita is on it's way to Galveston and is already drawing comparisons to The Hurricane of 1900....the DEADLIEST natural disaster in US History....



And not to make light of the hurricane or the people being displaced by Rita, but this country loves a story, don't we? Hurricane Rita is the new "it" story! How do I know? Because Fox News told me so....and what they say goes! I swear to god, I almost reached through the TV and smacked O'Reilly when he was being a jerkoff to Phil Donahue tonight....the guy is just RIDICULOUS to guests on his show! Donahue was calling him out on the Jeremy Glick Incident and he didn't like that on his show very much!

But back to my point....we HAVE to have a new story! And when we get one, it's always the "worst ever" or "the biggest court case ever"....blah blah blah. "This is going to be one very nasty, mean hurricane when it strikes land," Mr. Rose said. People love to exaggerate the stories when they tell them in order to make it sound more exciting and more important! Maybe I am just complaining over nothing, but I guess it's just that news is not totally news anymore. It's all about entertainment and stations clamouring to get ratings....Fox News just runs non-stop coverage of EVVVVVVVVVVERYTHING....I was freakin' glued to the TV for a solid week after Katrina hit. And now Rita is here and it'll be the same thing. Ok, diatribe over....Not sure if there was a point there or not....

I really do hope Rita peters off and goes elsewhere, because I really would not like anything to happen to my beloved Galveston. The seawall is going to get it's first big test this weekend, after 100 years or so of protecting the city! They say that the storm surges could be as high as 17-20 feet hight and could top the seawall and flood the city. The area on the West End of the island is not prrotected at all, and those homes are going to be very vulnerable! So let's hope the storm issues a reprieve! If you want to keep an eye on Galveston as the storms hit LIVE, check out these numerous webcams!