Topic: Texas News
It's early to speculate, but new models are showing upwards of $50 billion in damages to the greater Houston area with the landfall of Hurricane Rita. As we speak, one evacuee sleeps in our bed surrounded by our cats and dog, while our brother makes his way north in the retarded traffic out of Houston. Current drive time between Houston and Dallas is over 13 hours.But back to the devastation. We'll let the actual experts describe it, since we can be kind of glib.
"Unfortunately, we're looking at massive devastation," said Roy Dodson, president of the engineering firm Dodson & Associates.
Oops. Oh yes, and there will be a possible 20 foot wall of water that will pretty much ruin the chemical facilities, sewage treatment plants, and natural water ducts of the city. We hope everyone has left, and for those of you that remain, good luck. We'll try to live blog the hurricane as best as possible from Dallas, but with two extra mid-20s guys in our apartment, who are we kidding. We're gonna be drunk.
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Posted by James
at 11:04 AM CDT
