For Your Evening's Entertainment

First off, I mean no disrespect to anyone dealing with the awfulness of Rita. Hurricanes are serious stuff, and I don't want to make light of a bad situation. However, I can distract myself from the bad news with the help of alcohol. Thus, my cousin Kelly and I present to you...

The Hurricane Rita TV Coverage Drinking Game
- Every time John Zarrola, Anderson Cooper or Geraldo Rivera stand out in the wind, 1 drink.
- Every time they talk about how they've been told not to stand there or that they're in danger, 2 drinks
- Every time a reporter actually gets blown away -- chug
- Mentions of the satellite truck - 2 drinks
- Every time a reporter stands in surf when he really shouldn't be - 2 drinks
- Every time something goes flying off in the distance and it's mentioned - 2 drinks
- Shots of blowing street lights or overblown street signs - 1 drink
- Every time Rita is compared to Katrina - 1 drink
- Every time Rita is compared to Allison, Camille, Audrey, or that Labor Day Hurricane - 2 drinks
- Every time a grizzled local official mentions Camille to a reporter who's probably not old enough to remember Hugo -- 2 drinks
- Every time you see locals partying while the winds rage - 2 drinks
- Every time a plucky local states they're not going/not afraid of the hurricane/not in their right mind -- 1 drink
- Every time you see someone trying to surf -- 2 drinks
- Every time a reporter goes off on a government official -- 1 drink
- Everytime the meteorologist goes off on the anchor on-air - chug and cheer "Fight! Fight!"
- Every time a government official is interviewed who has no idea what's going on - 1 drink
- Every time you see a cop car driving down the street when no one else is - 2 drinks
- Every time a reporter says that "they've never seen anything like this" - 2 drinks
- Every time a reporter says "this isn't bad at all" - drink the whole damn bar