Carefully monitoring the storm's progress, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco urged evacuations for everyone in the coastal parishes of southwest Louisiana on Thursday.
"Rita took a turn to the east last night and southwest Louisiana is now in danger," she said in a warning to the area's population of up to half a million people.
Did I miss something last night? I'm trying to remember when Rita turned east...
-------------------- The safest way to deal with a potential Hurricane hitting you...is to leave and just not be there at all.