Rita Moves West

At the rate this season is progressing, we are going to run out of hurricane names before it is over. After Katrina, I’ve paid a good bit more attention to Atlantic storms, being the latent weather hound that I am. After passing just south of the Florida Keys, Hurricane Rita is tracking westward, is at Category 3 now and soon to strengthen to Category 4, and is expected to make landfall somewhere on the coast of Texas by the end of this week.

California isn’t a great place for exciting weather. We get heavy winter rainstorms, Santa Ana winds, and that’s about it, except for the minor tornado. Here is a list of California’s top 10 weather disasters.