Looks Like Rita is heading straight towards Austin! If the forecasters are correct, the storm will reach Austin by Saturday, ruining my weeked plans at ACL Festival. I'll be definately watching Rita very closely.

According to the AP, "Forecasters said Rita could be the most intense hurricane on record ever to hit Texas, and easily one of the most powerful ever to plow into the U.S. mainland. Category 5 is the highest on the scale, and only three Category 5 hurricanes are known to have hit the U.S. mainland — most recently, Andrew"