HURRICANE RITA - Energy firms prepare for storm damage

Energy firms prepare for storm damage
Guardian Unlimited - evacuate offshore platforms and refineries thought to be in Hurricane Rita's path.More than a quarter of US oil-refining

Hurricane Rita upgraded to category five
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HURRICANE RITA - A way to report suspected price-gouging

A way to report suspected price-gouging
Stamford Advocate - Sep 24 2:17 AM
Calls to consumer agency's main number regarding gas costs could result in investigations. Based on feedback from Advocate readers about gasoline prices, the state should have plenty of callers on its Gas Price Hot Line. But the way the toll-free telephone number currently operates can be confusing.

Iowa Heating Bills Expected to Go Through the Roof
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Sep. 23--CEDAR RAPIDS -- Don't wait for the Hurricane Rita damage reports -- or even the season's first heating bill -- to prepare for high winter heating costs.

Bush has an active day monitoring Hurricane Rita damage
Macon Telegraph - Sep 24 2:50 PM
AUSTIN, Texas - (KRT) - Trying to revive his image as a take-charge commander in chief after his absence in the early aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush monitored Hurricane Rita on Saturday from a military command center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and huddled with officials at Texas' Emergency Operations Center in Austin.

Rundown of some Hurricane Rita damage
Daily Sentinel - Sep 24 3:59 AM
-- Windows have blown out in the lobby of the Elegante (el-uh-GAWN'-tay) Hotel in Beaumont. -- Three buildings caught fire in Galveston's historic Strand District.

Rundown of some Hurricane Rita damage
Waco Tribune-Herald - Sep 24 2:27 AM
-- Windows have blown out in the lobby of the Elegante (el-uh-GAWN'-tay) Hotel in Beaumont,. Shards of glass and pieces of trees were strewn throughout the flooding lobby.

Rundown of some Hurricane Rita damage
Waco Tribune-Herald - Sep 24 2:12 AM
-- Windows have blown out in the lobby of the Elegante (el-uh-GAWN'-tay) Hotel in Beaumont,. Shards of glass and pieces of trees were strewn throughout the flooding lobby.

Rundown of some Hurricane Rita damage
Austin American-Statesman - Sep 24 2:17 AM
-- Windows have blown out in the lobby of the Elegante (el-uh-GAWN'-tay) Hotel in Beaumont,. Shards of glass and pieces of trees were strewn throughout the flooding lobby.

Bush has an active day monitoring Hurricane Rita damage
Knight-Ridder Washington Bureau - Sep 24 3:00 PM
AUSTIN, Texas - Trying to revive his image as a take-charge commander in chief after his absence in the early aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush monitored Hurricane Rita on Saturday from a military command center in Colorado Springs, Colo., and huddled with officials at Texas' Emergency Operations Center in Austin.

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HURRICANE RITA - Rita weakens, takes aim at oil industry

Rita weakens, takes aim at oil industry
The Fresno Bee - Sep 23 3:10 PM
HOUSTON (AP) - A slowly weakening Hurricane Rita steamed toward the Texas and Louisiana coast with 125 mph winds Friday, menacing the nation's oil-refining industry. As many as 24 people were killed when a bus carrying nursing-home evacuees caught fire in a traffic jam.

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HURRICANE RITA - Hurricane Rita Begins Assault on Gulf Shore

Hurricane Rita Begins Assault on Gulf Shore
Los Angeles Times - By Scott Gold, Lianne Hart and P.J. Huffstutter, Times Staff Writer SABINE PASS, Texas -- Hurricane Rita, ebbing but still dangerous, approached the nearly

Category 3 Hurricane Rita maintains 120 mph winds
Reuters - Hurricane Rita wind speed still at 125 mph Fri 23 Sep 2005 7:45 PM ET (Updates YORK) WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Hurricane Rita remained a Category 3 storm

Rita nears Texas-Louisiana landfall
CNN - BEAUMONT, Texas (CNN) -- Hurricane Rita, its powerful core nearing the Louisiana and Texas coast, began blasting the

Storm Lashes Coast; Levees Breached in New Orleans
New York Times - Sept. 23 - Hurricane Rita began lashing coastal cities up and down Louisiana and Texas on Friday with hurricane at a strip mall in Beaumont, Tex., as Hurricane Rita closed in

Hurricane Rita Weakens a Bit; President Cancels Texas Visit
New York Times - HOUSTON, Sept. 23 - As Hurricane Rita churned closer and grew wider this afternoon, coastal Texas and southwest Louisiana residents who had not yet evacuated were warned to stay put rather than risk being caught in the storm.

HURRICANE RITA - Hurricane RITA Aviso Publico Number 26A

Hurricane RITA Aviso Publico Number 26A
Issued at MEDIANOCHE CDT SABADO 24 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2005
US braces for Hurricane Rita (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hurricane Rita roared toward the US coast with 205 kilometer (125 mile) an hour winds, having claimed its first deaths and inflicted renewed flooding on storm-stricken New Orleans.
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Oil Prices Sink As Hurricane Rita Weakens (AP via Yahoo! News)
Crude oil prices dropped sharply Friday, the second straight day of declines, as traders welcomed news that Hurricane Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity in the Gulf could be less severe than originally feared.

HURRICANE RITA - Rita Inflicts Fresh Floods on New Orleans

Rita Inflicts Fresh Floods on New Orleans
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 3 hours ago NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Hurricane Rita's wind-driven storm surge topped one of New Orleans' battered levees and poked holes in another Friday, sending water gushing

Bush to review preparations for Hurricane Rita
CNN - 7 hours ago The Texas-Colorado trip to will allow Bush "to get a firsthand look at the preparations that are under way for Hurricane Rita and to show our support for the

US SWAPS - Widen on lower demand, Hurricane Rita
Reuters - 6 hours ago spreads widened on Friday on a drop in hedge demand for new bonds and players moving to the sideline awaiting the fallout from Hurricane Rita, market sources

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Hurricane Local Statement for Lake Charles, LA
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Oil Prices Sink As Hurricane Rita Weakens (AP via Yahoo! News)
Crude oil prices dropped sharply Friday, the second straight day of declines, as traders welcomed news that Hurricane Rita had weakened, suggesting that damage to refinery capacity in the Gulf could be less severe than originally feared.
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Gasoline panic runs down as fears of hurricane Rita impact abate (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - Rumours of $2-a-litre gasoline in Canada vapourized and "irrational" localized price spikes abated Friday as motorists got a grip on themselves and fears eased about hurricane Rita.
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24 nursing home patients die fleeing Hurricane Rita (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Twenty-four elderly residents of a Houston nursing home died when oxygen cylinders exploded aboard a bus ferrying them away from Hurricane Rita, police said.

HURRICANE RITA - Canada's Dollar Falls Second Day as Oil Prices Retreat Further

Canada's Dollar Falls Second Day as Oil Prices Retreat Further
Bloomberg - 10 hours ago 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar fell a second day as energy prices retreated on speculation that Hurricane Rita's damage to the oil industry along the

23/9/2005 - The Current Market Sentiment
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Hurricane Rita's Damage Shouldn't Match Katrina's Says Expert
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Parents Opting Out of Military Recruiters Contacting their Children
North County Public Radio - Sep 13 9:06 PM
The No Child Left Behind act of 2001 included this provision: High schools had to provide military recruiters with students names, addresses, and telephone numbers. It also said that students and their parents could opt out of this requirement. But it didnt specify exactly how schools should provide students and parents with an opt-out form or what the deadline for opting out should be.Paul

SUNY Potsdam Hosts Cajun Dinner Benefit Concert for Hurricane Katrina Victims
North County Public Radio - Sep 20 9:01 PM
Four local bands will perform at a benefit concert to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The concert will be held at SUNY Potsdam's Thatcher Hall this Friday night at 6. It will be accompanied by a Cajun buffet dinner prepared by PACES Chef George Arnold and a series of displays and readings that celebrate the rich cultural heritage of the Gulf Coast region. Todd Moe spoke with one

HURRICANE RITA - US Treasuries ease as market awaits Rita's wrath

US Treasuries ease as market awaits Rita's wrath
Reuters - 1 hour ago US Treasury debt prices eased on Friday with investors unwilling to take big positions until it becomes clear how much damage Hurricane Rita inflicts on oil

Hurricane Rita closes in on Gulf Coast
USA Today - 1 hour ago Hurricane Rita continued Friday to edge closer to the Texas and Louisiana coasts, with rain and winds bringing renewed flooding to New Orleans as evacuees fled

German shares close higher as Hurricane Rita weakens, oil prices
Forbes - 45 minutes ago FRANKFURT (AFX) - Shares closed higher, with oil prices easing, as Hurricane Rita weakened slightly, calming fears of massive damage to oil-producing

Rita deluge spills over New Orleans levee
ABC Online, Australia - 1 hour ago New Orleans' hard-hit ninth ward neighbourhood is flooding again, as water whipped up by Hurricane Rita spills over a levee, the US Army Corps of Engineers says

Weakening Rita energizes markets
Seattle Times, United States - 3 hours ago By Ellen Simon. NEW YORK Wall Street lifted itself out of a fourth day of losses yesterday, closing higher as Hurricane Rita weakened slightly.

HURRICANE RITA - 23/9/2005 - The Current Market Sentiment

23/9/2005 - The Current Market Sentiment
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Hurricane Rita's Damage Shouldn't Match Katrina's Says Expert
Newswise (press release) - 1 hour ago Newswise A government disaster consultant and professor from Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Ala. believes Hurricane

Canada's Dollar Falls Second Day as Oil Prices Retreat Further
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Canadian dollar fell a second day as energy prices retreated on speculation that Hurricane Rita's damage to the oil industry along the

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HURRICANE RITA - Oil and Gas Prices Rise Again as Rita Approaches Texas Coast

Oil and Gas Prices Rise Again as Rita Approaches Texas Coast
New York Times - Houston, the nation's energy epicenter, emptied of people as businesses from large oil refineries to small stores shut down in anticipation of Hurricane Rita. Skip to next paragraph Rita and Katrina Have Shut 23 Percent of U.S. one percentage point on Wednesday.Hurricane Rita has weakened to Category 4

Katrina helps spur readiness for Rita
USA Today - Deseret News in Salt Lake City, in an editorial: 'Already, the Gulf Coast of Texas is gearing up to battle Hurricane Rita in ways that likely would not have come to mind before Katrina. The National Guard is poised to leap into action.

As Rita Nears, Chaos Spreads
Los Angeles Times - Stephen Braun, Times Staff Writers BEAUMONT, Texas With Hurricane Rita bearing down on the Texas and Louisiana coastline

Hurricane Rita weakens again, still Category 4
Reuters - (Adds latest advisory) NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Rita, a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm, could weaken slightly Thursday as it heads toward the Houston area, the heart of the U.S. oil industry, the U.S.

Texans Leave Houston and Coast as Hurricane Rita Moves Closer
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Oil Prices Ease as Traders Await Rita
Star Tribune - a second consecutive day on Friday amid relief that Hurricane Rita had weakened, but also fear that the storm could

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HURRICANE RITA - Sept. 20: Advancing storm shoves crude costs up again

Sept. 20: Advancing storm shoves crude costs up again
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Category 4 Hurricane Rita Tracking Directly into Texas
MSNBC Local - Rick Perry's Hurricane Rita StatementMandatory evacuations were ordered for Galveston and New Orleans, one day after Rita sideswiped the Florida Keys as a Category 2 storm, causing relatively minor damage.

Refineries are packing it in
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USA Today - Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Hurricane Rita has the potential to flood an area almost twice the size of New Orleans when and petroleum facilities lie in Hurricane Rita's path, many of which may

Florida Keys residents look for Hurricane Rita damage, but don't find much
10 News - Key West, Florida - Hurricane Rita is now a Category Four hurricane. But it's heading to Gulf Coast areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and had left the Keys behind by then.

Rita roars through Gulf
Reuters - clogged Texas highways with 1.5 million people fleeing Hurricane Rita on Thursday as the massive storm roared through

Oil refineries, rigs preparing for Hurricane Rita
MSNBC - Hurricane Rita gained power and headed toward a collision with the nation's biggest concentration of oil refineries

Hurricane Rita Threatens Gulf Coast
AP via Daily Press - By ALICIA A. September 22, 2005, 8:08 AM EDT GALVESTON, Texas -- Hurricane Rita grew into a monster storm with 170 mph sustained

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Hurricane Rita

Tropical Storm Rita is continuing to gain strength and is expected to become a hurricane by sometime later today.

Miami-Dade County is now under a hurricane warning and residents of the barrier islands, including Key Biscayne, are being asked to voluntarily evacuate.



A hurricane warning is in effect for the extreme southern Florida peninsula from Golden Beach southward to Florida City and westward to east Cape Sable.

A hurricane warning remains in effect for all of the Keys from Ocean Reef to the Dry Tortugas including Florida Bay.

A hurricane warning is in effect for the Exumas and for Andros Island in the northwest Bahamas. A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Turks and Caicos and for all of the remainder of the Bahamas.

At 11 a.m., T.S. Rita was located 195 miles southest of Nassau or 430 east-southeast of Key West. It is moving west-northwest at 12 mph, with sustained winds of 65 miles per hour and gusts to 75.


Keys Ordered To Evacuate

As of 11:45 a.m. today, all residents of the Keys are under a mandatory evacuation order.


Monroe County Evacuation Information


Keys Shelter Information

Thousands of visitors and non-residents jammed the highways Sunday after they were told to evacuate the lower Florida Keys as Tropical Storm Rita begins to organize and is expected to develop into a hurricane.

Monroe County schools are closed on Monday and Tuesday.


Gov. Bush: 'Plan For Worst, Hope For Best'

Gover. Jeb Bush has declared a state of emergency for the Keys, putting the National Guard on stand by should they be needed.

He held a news conference this morning to remind South Floridians to be prepared for the arrival of Rita.

He said that that all 60,000 residents of the Lower Keys south of the Seven Mile bridge need to evacuate. Bush said that there is ample gas available at station on U.S. 1 in the Keys as well as in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, so residents should not panic. In the Keys, officials issued evacuation orders Sunday for visitors from the Seven Mile Bridge near Marathon to Key West, including the Dry Tortugas. Thousands of motorcyclists were in the Keys for an annual event, but most were leaving Sunday, senior Monroe County emergency management director Billy Wagner said. A tropical storm warning remains in effect for the Turks and Caicos Islands, for the southeast and central Bahamas and for Grand Bahama and the Abacos. A hurricane watch remains in effect for the provinces of villa Clara, Matanzas, Ciudad de Habana, La Habana and Pinar del Rio. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the provinces of Ciego de Avila, Sancti Spiritus and Cienfuegos. A tropical storm watch remains in effect from west of east Cape Sable to Chokoloskee. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center. The latest minimum central pressure reported was 994 millibars.

Rita is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches over the southeastern and central Bahamas with possible isolated maximum amounts of 8 inches. Storm totals of 6 to 10 inches with isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches will be possible in the Keys and northwestern Cuba with 3 to 5 inches possible across the south Florida peninsula. Storm surge flooding of 6 to 8 feet above normal tide levels along with large and dangerous battering waves are possible in the Keys in areas of onshore flow. Coastal storm surge flooding of 3 to 5 feet are possible along the extreme southeastern Florida coast and in the northwestern Bahamas.