hi im frankie, and i was 13 at that time. We lived in the east side of houston when we heard of rita. We decided to stay. So as the storm entered we could see a thick black cloud infront of us. As the storm got in, we could see some of our neighbors shingles fly off. There was a condo infront of us and the wind ripped some of the ceiling off. As the storm left, the floor was littered with branches and shingles. My neighbor infront had a porch swing and we saw it lying in the middle of the street. all i could say is that it was pretty bad for a category 3.