Rita a 5

Make sure to read Katrina Relief To Be Burned...and Katrina Reconstruction Problems: Update. Here's the latest from the National Hurricane Center...

UPDATE: RITA A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...09/23/05...

BULLETIN
HURRICANE RITA ADVISORY NUMBER  17
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
4 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...RITA REACHES 165 MPH WINDS...
BECOMES AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...
THE SECOND OF THE 2005 SEASON...
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WTNT63 KNHC 211955
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
255 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

DATA FROM RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT RITA HAS REACHED
CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY WITH ESTIMATED
 MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE
WINDS OF 165 MPH.  THIS WILL BE
REFLECTED IN THE 4 PM CDT ADVISORY.

FORECASTER AVILA

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