It’s sad to see that we’re not out of the woods yet, as far as hurricane Rita is now showing. Michelle Malkin for starters provides us with the coverage on the new hurricane crisis that’s now taken place in the Texas area.

Yesterday, Jefferson County and Orange County officials ordered a mandatory evacuation of the area. As news reports have indicated, the travel conditions around the area are horrendous, with roads clogged, cars running out of gas, and weary citizens r…

Many bloggers are demonstrating that they can be part of the problem. There is certainly much calamity and even failure in an operation of this magnitude. The perception is compounded by the length of the situation. Authorities in Texas got hold of t…

Based on nothing more than pure hunch, I hereby leave myself open to whatever insults anyone might hurl my way by announcing my prediction for Hurricane Rita’s impact on the Gulf. In a word, anti-climax.

Before making landfall 6 hours earlier…

For the latest news on Hurricane Rita, check the Houston Chronicle’s blog, the Weather Channel’s site, Yahoo! full coverage, and Michelle Malkin’s links. And as always, pray for the people.

Hurricane Rita is storming towards Texas — and Louisiana — and everyone is trying to learn …

Hurricane Rita is storming towards Texas — and Louisiana — and everyone is trying to learn …

It’s amazing to have two storms reach the category 5 stage in the same year. It’s more amazing when they arise just more than a week apart. Adding to the unusual, they are taking similar paths across the Flordia Keys and into the Gulf. As Han Solo o…

Forecasters are pretty impressed with a new model called the WRF, which is being used to predict in detail the precipitation and intensity of storms. I would be a little worried if this model is right.. it forecasts a direct…

Yesterday, I was praising Texas’ officials for their cool-headedness and evacuations plans. Well, pictures out of Houston today tell a different story

Obviously Karl Rove is plotting disaster from the bowls of the Whitehouse

I am no psychic, but I think there is some merit to these ideas. They are submitted for discussion purposes, so talk amongst yourselves.

1) The emotion of the political finger pointing will slack off, but the finger pointing will become more crafty….

Hurricane preps are in full gear in the Linehan house. I am not watching too much of the news (and therefore not blogging) because it’s so overwhelming. I have decided instead to clean the house…

Incredible photos of Hurricane Katrina over Mississippi.