Landfall; TV newscasters; Houston winds
Rita made landfall 30 minutes ago at 02:37 (local, Central time) about 85 miles east of here, between Sabine and Cameron, Louisiana.
We'd gone to bed about 11:30, but some falling limbs woke us. Seems that Frank Billingsley is human after all; his replacement on KPRC TV isn't a threat for his prime-time job.
We've still got power (obviously), and so does most of Houston. (As of 02:49 there are 460,000 Houston people without power.)
Our dog is doing pretty well, considering. Almost no thunder (which strikes me as odd, but Frank's stand-in says this is typical of hurricanes -- all wind and rain, with an occasional tornado, but no/little thunder or lightening).
More later (the "local radar" URL on the Chronicle's website shows some interesting activity).
We'd gone to bed about 11:30, but some falling limbs woke us. Seems that Frank Billingsley is human after all; his replacement on KPRC TV isn't a threat for his prime-time job.
We've still got power (obviously), and so does most of Houston. (As of 02:49 there are 460,000 Houston people without power.)
Our dog is doing pretty well, considering. Almost no thunder (which strikes me as odd, but Frank's stand-in says this is typical of hurricanes -- all wind and rain, with an occasional tornado, but no/little thunder or lightening).
More later (the "local radar" URL on the Chronicle's website shows some interesting activity).
posted by Vince Polley at 3:06 AM
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