Hurricane Rita Hits Gulf as Category 5
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James Joyner | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 |
Hurricane Rita has once again exceeded the forecaster’s predictions and is now a Category 5 storm.
Rita Swirls Into 165-Mph Monster in Gulf (AP)
Hospital and nursing home patients were evacuated and as many as 1 million other people were ordered to clear out along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday as Hurricane Rita turned into a Category-5, 165-mph monster that could pound Texas and bring more misery to New Orleans by week’s end.
Here we go again.
About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.
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