Hurricane Rita - CBS - Early Show - 2005-09-23
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[0:00] Let's go right now to Brian Norcross.
[0:02] He's the CBS News hurricane consultant.
[0:04] He's with our sister station, WFOR.
[0:06] Brian, how is this shaping up uh
[0:08] differently than Katrina did?
[0:10] >> Well, Dave, it's obviously coming in a
[0:12] little further to the west here. In
[0:14] fact, we can now see on the radar out of
[0:17] New Orleans and Lake Charles. We see the
[0:19] eye of the storm down at the bottom of
[0:21] the screen here. And this is going to be
[0:23] a very, very close call for the Houston
[0:25] Galveastston area. If this continues on
[0:28] exactly the path it's going, it's going
[0:30] to come very close to Houston Galveston.
[0:32] What we're counting on here is a little
[0:34] bit of a bend to the north to keep it
[0:36] actually closer to you, Dave, there in
[0:38] Port Arthur, but just to the north of
[0:41] Galveastston Bay. And that will make a
[0:42] tremendous amount of difference in how
[0:44] much storm surge they get. By the way,
[0:45] Dave, I just checked in and New Orleans
[0:48] is already gusting to 36 mph. And no
[0:51] doubt the winds are much higher down
[0:52] there on the Louisiana coast just south
[0:55] of the city.
[0:57] >> Now, what about the difference in the
[0:59] way New Orleans flooded? Of course, a
[1:00] lot of their flooding was from Lake
[1:02] Poncha Train. Are there any issues as
[1:04] you head inland that we may see with
[1:06] water coming the other way right here
[1:08] along the coastline by Port Arthur?
[1:11] >> Well, it's not so much along Port Arthur
[1:12] coming the other way, Dave. But uh let's
[1:14] go back here to the radar picture and in
[1:17] Galveastston Bay because Galveastston
[1:19] Bay is a sort of a big inland sea. If
[1:21] the storm does co