Thursday, September 22, 2005
Rita a Catagory 5 now...
Still nearly 700 miles east of its projected target on the Texas Coast, Hurricane Rita is now officially a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, capable of causing 'catastrophic damage'. Only 3 hurricanes in history have struck the United States as a Category 5; Andrew and Camille among them.
Katrina weakened to a Category 4 just before landfall.
The National Hurricane Center expects that Rita will go through a number of cycles, strengthening and weakening, in the 3 days before it strikes land.
from Air America Homepage
Katrina weakened to a Category 4 just before landfall.
The National Hurricane Center expects that Rita will go through a number of cycles, strengthening and weakening, in the 3 days before it strikes land.
from Air America Homepage
