I hope that if the current projected track for TS Rita is wrong, it is wrong about her entering the GOM. She is projected to enter and be southwest of Florida as a Cat 1 hurricane on Tuesday, then proceed to hit southern Texas or northern Mexico Friday or Saturday.

I hate to wish a hurricane to hit anywhere, but Florida has had more than its share of hurricanes and the Louisiana Mississippi area is still cleaning up from Katrina. The SST are lower than for Katrina, but not enough lower to prevent Rita from becoming a major hurricane, hopefully no more than a Cat 3.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/