[Philmont]: Hurricane Rita

 It looks like Hurricane Rita will make landfall in our area, about thirty miles from my home. Most of us have evacuated as far away as possible. My family drove eight hours last night to a friend's home in Big Spring Texas, from our home in Port Neches on the coast. Our home is about thirty miles from the coast and only 18 feet above sea level. Currently the weather guessers predict the storm surge will go at least 40 to 50 miles inland. The city of Port Arthur is similar to New Orleans in that it is very close to sea level, with 20 foot tall levees around it. They have huge pump stations just like New Orleans to get the water back over the levees.
Only a week ago I opened my home to other scouters fleeing from Southern Louisiana. I made the same offer as other scouters had done. This week we are affected by a second storm in our hometown. Suddenly, a nice little hail storm on top of Mount Phillips, or getting rained on at Cito at Philmont sounds like a nice place to be.
 
Yours in the Brotherhood of Friendly Service,
 
Chas. Clifton
PTC Faculty - summer 2005
Trekking in 2006 on the ranch

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Received on Fri Sep 23 09:40:00 2005