I'm pretty sure that's a photo of Rita and they eventually opened up all lanes northbound. Point is, how do you evacuate the fourth most populated city in the United States? I just don't know if you can?
Living in Jacksonville, I had to deal with Matthew last year and while it turned out to be fairly mild as far as hurricanes go, at the time we didn't really know what to expect. I made the decision to stay put, thinking I'd have a better chance roughing it out at home. I can't think of too many worse scenarios than to strand my family on the interstate, trapped amongst thousands of cars and packed together like sardines among countless panicked people.
Same exact false argument. No one is asking for the full evacuation of Houston. It doesn’t have to happen.
But since no one is willing to think about alternatives, lets keep dragging those elderly, children, and poor people out of their homes after they flood.