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Friday, October 14, 2005

HURRICANE RITA - FLHurricane.com: Google Map Plot of Rita (2005) Google Maps


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CBS News | Hurricane Rita Blog: Sept. 28 | September 29, 2005 02:22:26
(AP) Days after Hurricane Rita struck, nearly 250-thousand East Texas homes Perdue suggested the closings on Friday amid concern that Hurricane Rita

Netcraft: EV1Servers Hunkers Down for Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita is currently a category 5 storm with sustained winds of 175 miles an hour, making it an even more intense storm than Hurricane Katrina,

Stormwatchers
Citizen journalists covering Hurricane Rita and they will be posting their experiences as Hurricane Rita approaches and moves through the area.

In receding floodwaters, more damage found - Hurricanes' Aftermath
With Hurricane Rita s floodwaters receding, rescuers pushed deeper into hard-hit bayous to pull out residents on skiffs, crews struggled to clean up smashed

weather.com
Offers forecasts for cities worldwide as well as radar and satellite maps. Also includes news stories and allergy information.

CNN.com - Texans flee colossal Rita - Sep 21, 2005
As more than 1 million people scurried to get out of the way of Hurricane Rita, the Category 5 hurricane grew more turbulent, becoming the third most

Thursday, October 13, 2005

HURRICANE RITA - Tropical Depression VINCE Public Advisory Number 8




Tropical Depression VINCE Public Advisory Number 8
Issued at 5 AM EDT TUE OCT 11 2005
Ex-Im Bank Extends Relief Measures to Customers in Federal Disaster Areas Affected by Hurricane Rita in Louisiana and (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Export-Import Bank of the United States today announced extended relief provisions for exporters and financial institutions located in those portions of Louisiana and Texas that have been declared federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to the impact of Hurricane Rita.
Tropical Depression VINCE Graphics
Issued at 900Z
Ex-Im Bank Extends Relief Measures to Customers in Federal Disaster Areas Affected by Hurricane Rita in Louisiana and (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Export-Import Bank of the United States today announced extended relief provisions for exporters and financial institutions located in those portions of Louisiana and Texas that have been declared federal disaster areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency due to the impact of Hurricane Rita.
Tropical Depression VINCE Public Advisory Number 8
Issued at 5 AM EDT TUE OCT 11 2005
Crimson Exploration Inc. Provides Hurricane Rita Update (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Crimson Exploration Inc. today announced it has resumed partial production at its Grand Lake and Lacassine Fields in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Both fields were shut-in on September 22 in anticipation of Hurricane Rita that then passed over the fields on September 24.
Tropical Depression VINCE Public Advisory Number 8
Issued at 5 AM EDT TUE OCT 11 2005

HURRICANE RITA - Rita Downgraded to Tropical Storm, 1 Million Without Power


Rita Downgraded to Tropical Storm, 1 Million Without Power
National Ledger, AZ - Sep 24, 2005 By 2 pm CDT, Rita was downgraded to a tropical storm. Lots of links for Hurricane Rita pictures, photos and video reports from Houston here.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

HURRICANE RITA - Crimson Exploration Inc. Provides Hurricane Rita Update


Crimson Exploration Inc. Provides Hurricane Rita Update
Business Wire (press release), CA - 1 hour ago Louisiana. Both fields were shut-in on September 22 in anticipation of Hurricane Rita that then passed over the fields on September 24.

Conrad Industries Announces Hurricane Katrina and Rita Impact and
PR Newswire (press release), NY - 22 hours ago of our four shipyards. Unfortunately, Hurricane Rita did not spare our Orange employees from loss and damage. Our Orange facility

Teche Federal Bank Provides Update after Hurricane Rita; Special
Business Wire (press release), CA - Oct 11, 2005 TSH), parent company for Teche Federal Bank (the "Bank"), today announced that the Bank's branches suffered only minor damage due to Hurricane Rita and all 19

NZ victim of Hurricane Rita returns to Gulf Coast
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Oct 10, 2005 trainee respiratory therapist, said he came home yesterday, more than a fortnight after he and his family were forced to flee from Hurricane Rita, which struck

HURRICANE RITA - NZ victim of Hurricane Rita returns to Gulf Coast


NZ victim of Hurricane Rita returns to Gulf Coast
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Oct 10, 2005 trainee respiratory therapist, said he came home yesterday, more than a fortnight after he and his family were forced to flee from Hurricane Rita, which struck

Entergy Completes 95 Percent of Hurricane Rita Restoration
KBTV4.tv, TX - Oct 10, 2005 Storm Update: Entergy has restored service to more than 95 percent, or nearly 732,000 customers, who lost power due to Hurricane Rita in just over two weeks.

Noble resumes production after Hurricane Rita
Reuters - Oct 10, 2005 NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Noble Energy Inc. (NBL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said Hurricane Rita did not cause further damage to its production

Price tag on Rita damage to local schools near $50,000
Leesville Daily Leader, LA - 35 minutes ago that they have hosted more than 200 additional students that evacuated from South Louisiana and have sustained extensive damage during Hurricane Rita.

Meadowbrook Insurance Sees No Rita Loss
MSN Money - 19 hours ago (AP) - Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., a provider of risk management services, said Tuesday it doesn't expect to take any serious losses from Hurricane Rita.

Safeco estimates $27M in losses from Rita
Puget Sound Business Journal, WA - 23 hours ago Safeco Corp. said Hurricane Rita will cost it $27 million, or 21 cents per diluted share, after taxes. Pretax losses are estimated at about $42 million.

Conn's Reports All Stores Fully Functional after Rita
Business Wire (press release), CA - 16 hours ago in all of its fifty-five stores, all of its distribution and service centers and its corporate headquarters facility following Hurricane Rita's visit to the

Grocery stores hit by Rita set up shop under tents
Houston Chronicle, United States - 18 hours ago stood in a handicapped parking spot as she peered into a refrigerated dairy case that contained items she hadn't seen since Hurricane Rita slammed into East

Sunday, October 09, 2005

HURRICANE RITA - Insurers, Stung By Katrina, Cover Twice as Much Property in Rita's Path


Insurers, Stung By Katrina, Cover Twice as Much Property in Rita's Path
Bloomberg - cover an estimated $740 billion of property in Hurricane Rita's path, twice as much as in the three states pummeled by

Hurricane Rita causing travelers to alter plans
Bay News 9 - It may be flying from L.A. and out of Houston and other airports in Hurricane Rita's path is impacting travel throughout the United States

Major developments in aftermath of hurricanes Rita and Katrina
Abilene Reporter - The death toll from the second devastating hurricane in a month rose to 10. in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita: _ Hurricane Rita's path of devastation along the Texas-Louisiana coast

WRAPUP 2-Gulf Coast braces for arrival of Rita
AlertNet - boat out of the water and out of Hurricane Rita's path in Cypremort Point State Park, approximately 40 the water and out of Hurricane Rita's path in Cypremort Point State

NOAA image early Sept. 24 of Hurricane Rita zeroing on Texas/Louisiana border. With winds of 120 mph instead o
WaterWorld - WASHINGTON, Sept. 22, 2005 (U.S. of dozens of chemical plants that lie in Hurricane Rita's path around Houston and Galveston, Texas -- which includes 28