Good luck, TX and LA...

[Judy G. Russell]

Hurricane Rita looks like she's going to wallop the daylights out of east Texas and west Louisiana sometime tonight and tomorrow. Mandatory and voluntary evacuations have been problematic at best and we can only hope that folks who need to get out of harm's way do so -- and safely (your hearts have to go out to the families of those poor elderly evacuees on that bus outside of Dallas).

Fingers and toes crossed that Rita weakens and moves (the slower she goes, the worse the flooding effects will be).

Good luck, folks. Pete Creasey and others from that area, check in afterwards and let us know you're okay!!!