CanRita down KatRina?

Right now it is 3:27 am, thursday, 22 Sep. Fleeing Houston right now for Dallas. Hoping that traffic will be least at around this time. People who left during the day took more than 10 hours to reach the 250 miles. Rita has turned into a category 5 hurricane blowing at 175 mph, the third highest ever to hit US. Whole day today was extremely warm and humid and exceedingly calm. All highways out of Houston are totally clogged.

Initially today evening, had bought 6 gallons of water and all sorts of food stuff. wanted to stay on in Houston and experience nature at it's best. But, then wanted to enjoy nature for a long time to come. so leaving. :-)