A fire rages in Galveston, Texas, as Hurricane Rita approaches the coast.

more here.


*shivers*
how terrible and terrifying. and did anyone see the major traffic jam along the evacuation route? gosh. how are they ever gonna escape.


and the name Rita reminds me of the kindly girl head- prefect in that Enid Blyton's series, The Naughtiest Girl in School.


but what irony.