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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 10:00 AM EDT.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005 at 10:00 AM EDT
Racing from Rita
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If there was a category six, Rita would be there,” said one meteorolgist tracking the monster storm. Packing 170-plus mile an hour winds, and with Galveston in her sights, Rita is predicted to make landfall on Saturday.

More than a million residents of Texas and Louisiana have already evacuated. Oil companies have shut down refineries, including two of the largest near Houston.

Terri Langford, reporter for the Houston Chronicle, reports on the latest.

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Terri Langford, reporter for the Houston Chronicle.

 
 

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