Lovely Rita

Speaking of disasters it looks like by the end of this week the Houston area will be adding Rita to our history of natural disasters.

I feel sorry for all the people who fled here from Katrina who now be subjected to another monster storm.

With the example of Katrina fresh in everyone's minds some local officals have learned. The Mayor of Galveston is already getting buses together to transport those without cars when he orders an evacuation which may come later this week.

If you are not familar with Texas history or US for that matter the worst natural disaster in our country's history was the 1900 storm in Galveston which claimed over 7,000 lives and virtually destroyed the city.

Read the link and pray we don't have a repeat.

Update: Jim's lives on a boat in Galveston. You can read his take on Rita here.