Hurricane Rita - 2005-09-22 - WFOR late news
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[0:03] now live this is CBS 4 News at 11 first
[0:09] at 11 a sea of lights on Texas highways
[0:12] a mass evacuation moving at a slow crawl
[0:15] with the clock ticking and Hurricane
[0:16] Rita closing in on the Gulf Coast the
[0:18] powerful category 4 storm is now packing
[0:21] Winds of 140 mph it could make landfall
[0:24] early Saturday morning cities in its
[0:26] projected path look like ghost towns
[0:28] tonight cbs4's Brian Andrews Carrie Cod
[0:31] and Mike kers are there our team
[0:33] coverage begins with Brian in galvaston
[0:35] Brian Hurricane Rita is closing in
[0:38] taking aim at the Texas Gulf Coast which
[0:41] is home to the majority of this
[0:43] country's oil refining industry there
[0:45] are dozens of refineries tonight that
[0:47] are closed but instead about talking
[0:49] about gas let me show you what's
[0:51] happening with people who are trying to
[0:52] hit the gas pedal tonight to get out of
[0:54] Harm's Way It Is a sea of brake lights
[0:57] for more than 30 m heading up interstate
[1:00] 45 from the coastal communities towards
[1:02] Houston and to points further north this
[1:04] counterflow not only stands to
[1:06] Interstate 45 but also to Interstate 10
[1:09] and there are a lot of people even at
[1:10] this late hour who are still going
[1:16] nowhere as Rita CHS her way closer to
[1:19] the Texas coast the waves are crashing
[1:21] ashore on Galveston beach coastal
[1:24] residents continue heading out of the
[1:25] potential Strike Zone but all across the
[1:27] Houston area the major roadways are
[1:29] jammed like nothing we've ever seen
[1:31] before and so are the airports look like
[1:33] a mad house out there along some
[1:36] evacuation routes it's been faster to
[1:38] walk than drive in some