Updates:
Earlier media reports of an adrift oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico were mostly correct. A Coast Guard spokesman was quoted on TV saying the rig is a semi-submersible drilling rig owned by Transocean Inc. It was being towed out of harm's way when it lost power with 14 personnel on board. It sounded like Transocean was arranging the rescue of the crew.
John at Blogs of War HQ near downtown Houston has looters in his neighborhood and has found armed citizens on patrol.
Frank Billingsly, meteorologist on KPRC-TV (who has performed brilliantly this week), is starting to think that Rita's eye may make landfall in southeastern Louisiana. That would mean I need to water my lawn tomorrow... and we will be VERY pre-prepared for the next storm. Or the thing will wander back this way. Who knows?
Posted by Alan at September 23, 2005 05:38 PM