All right boys. Reporting in from College Station, TX. Current projections give a high possibility of us getting this one right up the ass. Luckily, we're not on the coast or anything, but with a storm of this magnitude, it won't be much fun even where we are.



The football game against Texas State has been moved to tomorrow at 7:30. I'm just glad it's a night game.



Classes have been cancelled for Friday.



We've got students from the Galveston campus heading here to take shelter from the storm.

will this improve your internet connection?

Nothing short of a miracle could improve my internet connection.

Texas State is going to crush you.

Latest track projection from intellicast.

From this track it looks to be headed to our west (which isn't good for us, of course).





Emergency floor meetings tonight yeah!

oh hush

i hear they're vastly improved from years past.

seriously.

i heard galveston girls are easy

they'll need accomodations

September 21, 2005


Statement by Texas A&M President Robert M. Gates


Based on the latest available forecast (noon Wednesday), the path of Hurricane Rita may pass near Bryan/College Station late Friday night and Saturday. After consulting with local and state emergency authorities and law enforcement, deans, and vice presidents, I have made the following decisions:

1. Classes will be cancelled on Friday and University offices will be closed. We expect to re-open Monday morning, but staff and students should check the University web-page for an update on this after 5 p.m., Sunday the 25th. Essential staff personnel identified by the respective vice presidents should plan on reporting for work on Friday and available through the week-end. Regular food services will be available on Friday, closed on Saturday and, depending on the impact of the storm, open on Sunday. Students in residence halls and apartments who use University food services should plan to have food and water available in their rooms for Saturday, when it may be unsafe to be outside. There will be no campus bus service on Saturday and Sunday, and the Student Recreation Center will be closed on Saturday.

2. All university-supported student activities and events from Friday through Sunday night are cancelled.

3. University buildings are strong, and we believe students on campus will be safe. Security, maintenance and emergency medical staff will be on-duty and on-campus. We strongly encourage students to remain on campus (and inside) during the storm. This is especially true of those who live in the Houston and Galveston areas, in southern Texas, and in the hill country to the west. In the case of students who decide to return home, we urge that you depart well in advance of the storm and plan to arrive before the hurricane makes landfall Friday night.

4. All university garages will be open and free of charge from 6:00 a.m. Friday through Sunday at 6 p.m. so that as many students as can be accommodated can park their vehicles in protected areas.

5. We have agreed to provide shelter for students from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University. In addition, the College of Veterinary Medicine has been asked to serve as a back-up medical facility for hospitals in the Galveston/Harris County area.

6. Students, faculty and staff prepared to volunteer at Reed Arena should sign up via the web at http://reedvolunteers.tamu.edu/.

I have talked with the President of Texas State University, and we have decided to play our football game on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The weather is expected to be clear and we believe the game will be televised. Yell practice will be at 9 p.m. Wednesday on Simpson Drill Field.

This was an exceptionally difficult decision, and I made it based primarily on the strong desire of both teams to play, the strong sentiment expressed by our students to attend, and by the fact that the student athletes from Texas State can return home safely
on Thursday night and our students will have plenty of time to go home should they choose to do so.

However, circumstances require that we make adjustments in addition to timing. Above all, we must do what we can not to add to vehicular traffic on Brazos County highways, which may be heavily used by evacuees. I urge, in the strongest possible terms, that all fans who do not live in Bryan and College Station remain home and watch the game on television. This will ease the burden on local and state law enforcement and emergency personnel. Also, we understand there will be no hotel rooms available in the Bryan/College Station area Thursday night. Let me be clear: we are holding this game primarily for the students, and if you do not live in Bryan and College Station, STAY HOME.

We must all hope that these precautionary measures and decisions will prove unnecessary. Our students, faculty and staff showed the entire country what the Aggie Spirit was all about in our many efforts to assist others in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Now we must look to caring for the Aggie family – and the guests we will welcome from evacuated areas -- as Hurricane Rita approaches. I have no doubt that in the days ahead we will see the same level of commitment, selflessness hard work, generosity and character -- in short, Aggie Spirit – as we saw after Katrina.

you should post pictures of yourself

I'll surely be taking pictures during the storm.

In the storm.

Seriously, does it flood in CS/Bryan when it rains heavily?

local news said it would be a Cat 1 as it passed by Austin. 70 mph winds.

Nah, that's not really a problem.

70 isn't hurricane-force. 75 is probably what they said/meant.


But yeah, I'm expecting about the same here, with gusts over 100 likely.

Ok. My sister said her roommates went out to the store to get some goods, and the stores are out of stuff already.

well shit, I was going to go late tonight.

it made category 5, she-it.