New Orleans residents weren't rushing to board evacuation buses Wednesday as forecasts raised hopes Hurricane Rita could pass them by today. Rita was downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds and torrential rains on Tuesday evening. Hurricane Rita lashes Texas And Louisiana Coastlines newsletters are presented as a dichotomy between homogeneity and diversity being waged to determine what impact ozone may have on vegetation growth in the United States Supreme Court and other federal entities.