Hurricane Rita is seen in this NOAA
satellite image taken Friday, Sept. 23, 2005.
BEAUMONT, Texas - By TIM WHITMIRE, Associated Press Writer - Hurricane Rita's strongest winds came ashore along the Texas-Louisiana line early Saturday, battering the coast with stinging rain and pounding waves that threatened flooding across the low-lying region. The eyewall — the ring of 120 mph winds surrounding Rita's calm eye — lashed the coastal area between Sabine Pass, Texas, and Cameron, La., according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane's eye was expected to come ashore on a course that could spare Houston and Galveston but slam the oil refining towns of Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas, and Lake Charles, La., with a 20-foot storm surge, towering waves and up to 25 inches of rain. Rita weakened during the day into a Category 3 hurricane after raging as a Category 5, 175-mph monster earlier in the week. But it was still a highly dangerous storm.
I just wanted to put this here so that I can have it for the future. Respect to Mr Whitmire for his good work.
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