National Hurricane Center's official forecast naming Galveston as Rita's most likely Gulf Coast target

Great, just what we freakin' need.....

Sept. 19, 2005, 1:32PM

Galveston considers evacuation

By RHEA DAVIS and KEVIN MORAN
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

GALVESTON - With the National Hurricane Center's official forecast naming Galveston as Rita's most likely Gulf Coast target later this week, island officials will announce this afternoon a voluntary evacuation and the possibility of a mandatory evacuation.
The Galveston Police Department said the city's mayor is holding a 1:30 p.m. news conference -- to be Webcast here -- to call for a voluntary evacuation in preparation of Rita, which is a tropical storm now but is expected to strengthen into a hurricane when it moves into the Gulf later today.
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