Sooo... Rita is headed to Galveston it seems. My sister just moved to Houston with her fiance about three months ago. (Before which, I admittedly knew very little about TX geography, but now I know it's about 40 miles inland from Galveston, and in the direct projected path of this beast.) Anyone else down there? They haven't called for her to evacuate yet, but they have mandatory evacuations called for an area 3 miles from her house. This thing had better turn south! She said plywood, bottled water, batteries, and duct tape have completely vanished from any store in the area.
