Lovely Rita

When I was a kid all hurricanes had female names (changed to be politically correct, I'm sure). I'm not sure why this was, but I remember someone telling me it was because the storms were too unpredictable. Nobody knew what a hurricane was going to do.

Anyway, Rita sure seems confused. She can't seem to decide whether she wants to go to Bloomingdale's (Galveston) or Macy's (Port Arthur) or even some point further east. Regardless, she's gonna cry her eyes out once she gets ashore and finds nothing there that she likes.

RITA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES OVER
SOUTHEASTERN TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA AS IT MOVES INLAND.
SINCE RITA IS FORECAST TO SLOW DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MAKING
LANDFALL...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 25 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS AND WESTERN
LOUISIANA. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW
ORLEANS.

25 inches of rain! If you were enterprising you could fill a big tank with Rita rain and sell it in bottles.