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Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita upgraded to category 5
estimated maximum sustained surface winds of 165 mph.
Rita hit the gulf coast with 120 mph winds.
More than 1.3 million people are under mandatory evacuation orders.
Texas Governor Rick Perry
Evacuees from coastal Texas are finding themselves stuck
in a hundred-mile traffic jam.
No gas, no rest rooms, probably very little food and water.
Some people are idling for so long
that they are running out of gas,
and others are actually pushing their cars to conserve what gas they have.
So many people did not want to get caught like those in Hurricane Katrina.
And watch for rising gas prices. The threatened oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico produce more than 25% of total U.S. oil output.
This is hype to get people ready to pay more for gas.
The US imports most of its oil.
