Doin' It Again - Hurricane Rita

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Right now, it seems to be heading right for Palacios, one of my favorite little towns. If it was to hit Palacios as a cat-5, Palacios would cease to exist.

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Not that you shouldn't be paying attention to the forecast tracks, but we're still what, 48 hours or so from landfall? Today's 4 PM strike probabilities still had a 10% of landfall within 65 miles of New Orleans.At any rate, this link, this will help put things in a little more context, since the storm isn't likely to run right down the center of the line.Page Not Found

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ps -- why has there never been a "Q" hurricane?

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You mean like the "Q" tornado that slipped past the weather control nets to assassinate some former residents of the Continuum?There aren't a lot of "Q" names though I can think of one or two. Here are the lists of names for the next few years:Tropical Cyclone NamesThere are a few for the Philipines and SW Indian Ocean.This message has been edited by gene90, 09-21-2005 07:40 PM

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but just think of the poetic justice of a hurricane named

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Quetzalcoatl

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Unless it hit Central Mexico (?)

Hey Modulous...did you add the hypertext yourself or is this from a service that does so? I know where to get these, but only in plain-text format.

Good work then. It makes it much clearer.