Tropical Storm Rita - keep your fingers crossed ...

[welshTerrier2]

it looks like another storm is heading for the Gulf ... this one is currently projected to hit the Texas coast but that's a long-range forecast ...

this one needs to be watched ... here's the five day projection:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. How did we

get to "R"?

[welshTerrier2]

2. funny you should ask ...

first, after Ophelia, there is TS Phillippe (see 5 day forecast below) ... so that explains the missing "P" very easily ...

my theory on the missing "Q" is that bush was able to convince people at the National Hurricane Center that "Q" is the same as "K" ... of course, that's just a theory ...

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. Not enough Q-names? n/t

[RaleighNCDUer]

5. There are some letters they don't use:

Q X Y Z and I think one more, but can't think of what it is. U? (That would leave out Ulysses!)

[William769]

4. What happened to Phillip?

:shrug:

[QC]

6. He's out in the Atlantic.

Doesn't look like he'll do much.

[OneTwentyoNine]

7. Oil companies probably are....$3.50 per gallon gas everywhere!!

Comeon baby,hit that Gulf so we can blame MINOR damage on a HUGE spike in Oil prices.

Here we fucking go again....

[PuraVidaDreamin]

8. Good bye transplants in Houston!

Barbara couldn't have planned this better.

Enjoy while you can you poor under privilegded

[spinbaby]

9. How far inland is Crawford?

Not that I'm hoping or anything...