My parents and their two cats and one dog just arrived safely here at my house in Nashville! They ended up taking 77 North all the way to Dallas, then I-30 to I-40 into Tennessee.
It took them about 9 hours to get to Dallas, from Sheridan, TX (near Columbus, 50 miles west of Houston, for those of you wondering). They said the biggest problem for them was not the traffic, but that the Highway Patrol kept stopping them at major intersections for hours at a time to let the major arteries from Houston flow more quickly (I-10, 290, etc heading northward). But we understand that this was necessary to keep the heaviest traffic lanes moving, so it sounds like the adults are in charge in Texas, coordinating traffic flow to ease the congestion problems.
It also looks like they'll have a home to go back to when this thing blows over -- the predicted tracks on Tuesday and Wednesday showed the eye going right over their house, but the eastward revisions of the predicted landfall track will end up sparing them a lot of grief.
Best of luck to you and your grandmother...please let us know how you are when you can.
God bless you both and keep you safe.
Well, I'm here in Nederland, a few blocks north of Port Arthur. Getting rather blustery here. Don't know how much longer I'll have electricity. I stayed here to take care of my 91-year-old grandmother, who just got out of the hospital Wednesday, and is in fairly delicate condition. She sure couldn't have taken that evacuation nightmare. Long-time lurker, who finally got around to signing up just now. 934 posted on 09/23/2005 2:52:46 PM CDT by greene66