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"Houston, we have a problem!" The ever-popular
phrase in almost every NASA related movie, Houston, the 4th
largest US city that often plays the heroic role of carefully
maneuvers a space shutter for making its landing safely, was
threatened by the 3rd most intense hurricane in American history.
A category 5 Hurricane Rita, which was more powerful than Katrina
that devastated New Orleans few weeks ago, made its way furiously
towards Houston and its southern Texas coastlines on Sep 22.
This unwelcome hurricane resulted in the biggest evacuation
ever in Houston, 2.5 millions people evacuated the towns before
the arrival of Rita, forming a traffic trail as long as 100
miles, gasoline supply ran short, nonperishable food and water
were emptied from grocery shops in every neighborhood, and airport
underwent toughest time to cope with the surge of people leaving
the town in a short timeframe.
I was locked up in a hotel in Houston downtown, without much
to do except heeding the emergency directive, I scribbled some
short stories on my rather 'safe' experience during the course
of the 3-day threat of hurricane.
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