If this just donât beat all. They finally give the green light for Algiers to go home, and it already feels like stealing home plate. Do you run for it? Or hunker down in the current âsafeâ? location. Just at the moment, the answer to that question depends on oneâs definition of safety, and the whims of the weather gods.
Rita is now a hurricane, but there is a bit of good news this morning. The NHC computer models have a slightly better outlook for the battered Louisiana coast, and also for the hosts of so many in the SE Texas area. As one of the many in the region trying to hang on to my sanity, I’m following the Chronicle’s SciGuy blog – he’s excellent, and occasionally prescient.
For those folks who are sheltering anywhere in the Houston area, though, it must feel somewhat karmic. This family, for instance, must be frazzled beyond belief (from the Houston Chronicle):
Myself â Iâm sitting in Katy, about 20 miles west of Houston. Weâre unlikely to have any major problems here, and even if Rita runs straight up the ship channel from Galveston, we’ll probably be okay. Itâs a bit of a gamble, as ever. Maybe if Rita heads my way, I can go stay with folks in Algiersâ¦?
