# Rita heads for Crawford, Texas. Coincidence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667 "2005-09-21T08:35:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/1 "2005-09-21T08:35:09Z")
So it looks like Rita is headed straight for Houston. I just checked MapQuest, and it appears that **Crawford, Texas,** is also in its path, though a bit inland from Houston. So what do you think? If it hits Houston, will it also damage Crawford or is it too far inland? And, the most important question: Coincidence? Or kharma? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/2 "2005-09-21T09:38:04Z")
Betcha they get some serious aide. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/3 "2005-09-21T13:53:34Z")
Is Cindy Sheean still protesting near there? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/4 "2005-09-21T14:04:22Z")
Total coincidence. There is no such thing as karma. Although if Sheehan were still out there making an ass of herself, I might just be tempted to believe itā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![John\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@John\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_F)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/5 "2005-09-21T14:05:25Z")
Too bad for those of us between here and there. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/6 "2005-09-21T14:09:20Z")
Topical Storm Cindy? A pit thread says her sights are set on ā€œoccupiedā€ New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/7 "2005-09-21T14:59:29Z")
Iā€™m hoping against hope that this bitch fizzles out in the gulf and never makes landfall. I hate to see anybody hurt like this. Butā€¦the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. If Crawford does happen to get slammed, and Iā€™m in no way hoping for _that_, perhaps the good God-fearing folks of the town will lynch the returning hero in response to his bringing Godā€™s wrath upon them. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/8 "2005-09-21T15:01:34Z")
\ :dubious: :smack: Last I heard, actually, Cindy S. was around these parts. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/9 "2005-09-21T15:10:26Z")
I think people are reaching a bit here. Crawford is over 200 miles inland. Thatā€™s farther inland than say Jackson, MS. As far as I know, Jackson wasnā€™t leveled during Katrina. Crawford is only about 80 miles SSW of Dallas, I canā€™t remember the last time Dallas was wiped out by a hurricane. Austin is closer to the coast and it doesnā€™t have a great history of hurricane destruction, either. ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/10 "2005-09-25T17:46:16Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > I think people are reaching a bit here. Crawford is over 200 miles inland. Thatā€™s farther inland than say Jackson, MS. As far as I know, Jackson wasnā€™t leveled during Katrina. > > Crawford is only about 80 miles SSW of Dallas, I canā€™t remember the last time Dallas was wiped out by a hurricane. Austin is closer to the coast and it doesnā€™t have a great history of hurricane destruction, either. Ahh, itā€™s so nice to see another level-headed guy. A friend asked me if Iā€™d heard whether a mutual friend had evacuated - the mutual friend lives a mere 250 miles from the coast. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/11 "2005-09-25T20:49:03Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Total coincidence. There is no such thing as karma. Yeah, all of those Buddhists are fucking idiots. Good thing the Christians got it right and donā€™t put up with any of that superstitious bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/12 "2005-09-25T20:51:32Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > And, the most important question: Coincidence? Or kharma? šŸ˜‰ Yeah, thatā€™ll teach all those jackasses in Crawford not to live in a town where George Bush owns a ranch he sometimes visits! Oh, you mean somehow thisā€™d be karma for _Bush_, even though he _isnā€™t there_? I vote no. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/13 "2005-09-26T00:58:42Z")
And after Bush just got through five weeks of brush-clearing, his poor ranch is going to be all filled with broken twigs and leaves and whatnot. Itā€™s an excuse for a vacation more than karma. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/14 "2005-09-26T04:01:52Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yeah, all of those Buddhists are fucking idiots. Good thing the Christians got it right and donā€™t put up with any of that superstitious bullshit. Shut up and eat your Jeez-it. Tastes of chicken. Thanks Dane Cook and Eddie Izzard. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rita-heads-for-crawford-texas-coincidence/322667/15 "2005-09-26T12:33:19Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Yeah, all of those Buddhists are fucking idiots. Good thing the Christians got it right and donā€™t put up with any of that superstitious bullshit. Youā€™ve obviously never read a clothahump comment in a reiligion thread- heā€™s an equal-opportunity disdainer.