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Tropical storm rapidly develop By Pam Easton THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON — A tropical storm rapidly developed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday and was expected to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coasts by Monday night. “It is a fairly fast moving sys tem,” said Wendy Wong, a mete orologist with the Houston- Galveston office of the National Weather Service. “Due to its rapid formation, there is still a lot of uncertainty.” The national weather service offices in Houston-Galveston and Lake Charles, La., were AUDIT SUBMISSION: july7-Aug. 5,2003 ORDER SESSIONS: 1) July 21-24 DELIVERY DATE: Nov. 6, 2003 2) July 28-31 3) August 4-7 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS: 1. 95 cumulative completed undergraduate credit hours 2. 60 undergraduate resident credit hours completed at TAMU, or degree posted in SIMS 3. 2.0 cumulative GPR at Texas A&M University 4. Be in good standing with the University. (No blocks, etc.) GRADUATE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS: 1. 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Visit http://faid.tamu.edu or call 845-3955 for further details. 3. August 2003 graduates may visit us at www.AggieNetwork.com/Ring for further ordering details or call the Aggie Ring office at 845-1050. The Association OF FORMER STUDENTS" 505 GEORGE BUSH DR., COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77840-2918 (979)845-1050 www.AggieNetwork.com working to track the storm, which had maximum winds of 45 mph Sunday, and inform the public of its existence. A tropi cal storm warning was issued Sunday afternoon from east of High Island to Pascagoula, Miss., as the storm moved toward the north-northwest at about 13 mph and strengthening was predicted. A turn toward the north was expected, forecasters said of the stonn, which was located about 325 miles south of Morgan City, La. Sunday afternoon. “What happens on these June stonns, quite often, is they will form in the western Gulf of Mexico and rapidly move onshore. You don’t have the warning you have with the September storms,” said Steve Rinard, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, La. “Any time these things are out there, there is a lot of concern. This thing could sud denly blossom up into a hurri cane. These things can rapidly intensify or detensify. We’ve got to watch them accordingly.” On Sunday, meteorologists said Tropical Storm Bill, the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season and the first Gulf storm, was expect ed to be mostly a rain producer. After Bill’s projected landfall east of Port Arthur in southwest Louisiana late Monday, the storm was expected to move off to the northeast. Bill fonned just after the 46th anniversary of Hurricane Audrey, one of the most destruc tive June hurricanes to hit the United States. It struck the Louisiana-Texas coast on June 27, 1957, with a 13.9-foot storm tide and wind gusting to 180 mph. It killed at least 390 people. This season’s first tropical storm. Ana, formed in April and was only a threat to shipping interests. The Atlantic hurricane season started June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. “It’s perhaps good right now that it is not forecast to rapidly intensify,” said Josh Lichter, a meteorologist with the Houston- Galveston weather office. “This is just another reminder for peo ple that it’s hurricane season and if you don’t have your supplies, you need to get them.” While Bill is only predicted to be a minimum tropical storm, Lichter said parallels can be drawn to another minimum storm: June 2001’s Tropical Storm Allison, which paralyzed the nation’s fourth largest city. Allison, which organized for less than a day from a distur bance off the upper Texas coast, came ashore near Houston on June 5 as a minimal tropical storm. Its remnants drifted into deep East Texas, only to back track and swamp Houston the night of June 8. By week’s end, it had dumped more than 36 inches of water on some spots, caused $5 billion in damage and killed 22 people. The remains then plodded eastward, causing torrential rains and damage around the U.S. coastline from Texas, across northern Florida and up to the Philadelphia area before finally turning into the Atlantic. In the end, the storm’s death toll was 41. Tropical storm Bill Position: 23.7 N,91.0W Sustained winds: 40 mph Movement: NW 12 mph Tropical storm watch /4s of 2 p.m. EOT Tuesday Texas , „ 30 La ; HoustorT^* 4 ^ /potential fr X area of 25° 7 movement 20" MEXICO 95 “I SOURCES: Accuweather;N0M:ESRI A? “Allison just proves you don’t need to wait until August or September to have a disas ter,” Lichter said. Rinard said Bill was expect ed to continue its fast movement after corning onshore and backtrack as Allison did du that storm’s devastating return, John Cascio, Jefferson County’s emergency manage ment coordinator, said he was tracking the storm and planned to spend Monday morning m phone calls to make sure cities in southeast Texas were aware the storm’s movements. “We harp on hurricanes so much that they should be pretty well prepared for a tropii storm. It looks like if that is al is, we will get some rain and some much needed rain ar here,” he said. “All of our] are in place and we will them into action on an appropri ate timeline. At this point,ills really a gamble on which way it (Volume 10* Div By THE AUSTIN — quickly as the Monday, with Republicans wei sional redistrictii Republican G makers to retur backed redrawin an effort pushed Tom DeLay. This week i: Lad grad By Natal THE BA 33 employn theA& vey t Monstei cent of return h uomic different from they ( Boerema said. their parent: e strategy to i educationa caridebt and gair footing before me This year’s cla e that is mo\ Thomas Foster ol Texas, who gradu have a d 33 percent accepted oJ 60 percen graduates been accep SOURCE: A&M CARE Leases That Fit Your Needs • Summer Term Leases • Fall Term Leases Ask about FREE Rent Specials Aerofit Health Club Passes Movie Rentals Bus Route Great Location Spacious Closets Extra Storage Space 2701 Longmire Drive • College Station • 979-693-5731 NEWS IN BRIEF Emergency responders underfinanced WASHINGTON (AP) - Nearly two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United States remains "dangerously unprepared" to handle another cat astrophic attack, according to a study by the Council on Foreijn Relations. The report said the main problem is that emergency responders or the front lines - police, fire, public health and other officials-are dras tically underfinanced and lack the equipment or training they need The study followed on a simila 1 task force report the council issued last October. Syst( 5 The reductioi A&M Universi employees last ^ Funding to t $29.8 million to et cuts. Three d< the cuts that are said Bob Wri director, accor Station Eagle. After the $9 was announced, ing cuts would 1 “The decisior formance of a department,” sai Graves in a state Israel By Alexand THE ASSOCIAT JERUSALEM to return tl town of Bet Palestinian control lack Monday fre Strip, crucial steps U.S.-backed “r< Palestinian statehc hopes that 33 me bee may be neari The two sides’ ters also set a me their next moves,
