My b/f's friend's dad works for Shell. He said that Dallas will probably be out of gas by the end of tonight. I'm not sure how true this is, but I do know I sat in line last night for gas in Lewisville (15 miles north of Dallas). I spoke to my little brother who lives in Tyler (90 miles east of Dallas) and he said that a few towns out there were already out of gas.
Although we aren't expected to get hit like Houston, I did get this email from my b/f's sister. Richardson is a city north of Dallas.
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Subject: Fw: hurricane preparation 9/21/05
Residents- this is from our Emergency Management Director at the
City of Richardson. Notice the suggestion to stock up on water and batteries, and to fuel up your vehicles. He is expecting we'll get some spin-off from hurricane Rita, so we should plan for possible power outages due to high winds and possible tornadic activity.
Hurricane Rita is now a Cat 4 (131-155). The models used to track hurricanes show that the probable impact will be near Matagorda. With this being the general location of landfall, the strongest side of the storm will severely impact the greater Harris County (Houston) with destructive winds, very heavy rains, and tornadoes.
After landfall, the track of the storm is projected to move over Dallas - Fort Worth area. If the storms reach land at a Cat 4, by the time it reaches DFW, it should be a CAT 1. We will experience wind gusts at time greater than 50 mph up to 74 mph. The Metroplex will experience the affects of Hurricane Rita by Saturday afternoon. We can expect periods of heavy rains and possible tornadic event associated with the rain bands. I would suggest that you stock up on batteries and potable waters. Fuel up your vehicles.
I strongly suggest you monitor the weather channel or your news station for the latest information in this changing event.
<crime prevention... removing the opportunity for the crime to occur>
John C. Corbitt
Crime Prevention Unit
Richardson Police Department
972-744-4952
john.corbitt@cor.gov
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So i just went and stocked up on some necessity items!