Lovely Rita UPDATED

Remember, it's only a projection. However conditions remain ripe for hurricanes (what global warming?), and New Orleans no longer has barrier islands and the levees are....well....you know.

It would only be poetic as some of the largest oil refineries in the world are located on the Texas coast.

Maybe someone's trying to tell us something? Sorta like this oldie but goodie (red = GOP vote, blue = Democratic vote):

UPDATE: It's way too early to tell, but here are some projected paths of Rita. If a few of these scenarios occur, it could be really ugly.