Heeeeerrrrrrrres Rita!

So Hurricane Rita may be heading straight for us, huh? It's no big deal here on the Texas coast. We're ready.

You see, we have a long-range plan to deal with natural disasters, especially hurricanes. We don't worry much about earth quakes or mud slides. Tsunamis are not much of a concern to us. We haven't had any riots or insurrections since the opening week of deer season several years ago when hunting with dogs was banned. But hurricanes? We've got that covered. We take care of ourselves in Texas. And if you're one of our neighbors and haven't made a plan and followed through on it, we'll take care of you too.

If Rita does hit us, looting won't be much of a problem. We shoot looters here. That tends to discourage others.

The Mayor of Galveston may have jumped the gun just a bit by suggesting that people leave the island as early as Monday. At that time, Rita was not yet a full-blown hurricane and was still almost a week away from it's predicted land fall on the Texas Gulf Coast. True, the mayor doesn't want to repeat the mistakes made in New Orleans by waiting too long to make a decision. So we have the Mayor of New Orleans to thank for rejuvenating another malady that has plagued mankind since time immemorial: premature evacuation.