Allison
(Weather Guru)
Sat Sep 24 2005 02:57 AM
Re: rita delivers

It looks like the station at Calcasieu Pass is out... no report for more than an hour now...

Various news reports:

-- power outages all over the area

-- 2 fires reported on Galveston Island, including one in the historic Strand district... one person seriously burned

-- also on Galveston, trees down, windows blown out, etc.

-- no water service in Freeport

-- in Beaumont, water in street and some debris (unsure whether water is from rain or storm surge)

-- WWL in New Orleans reports that 95% of Lake Charles evacuated earlier today (hopefully Cameron did the same)

-- container ship adrift on Lake Charles and there are concerns that it could hit the IH-10 bridge

-- no storm surge reported in Lake Charles (yet)


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