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Posted on 09/22/2005 3:25:57 AM PDT by NautiNurse
That would help if Rita makes landfall in the early morn. Well, sort of...a Cat 4 is after all, a Cat 4.
they'd call it "knowing" instead of forecasting, lol
Looks W of NW to me....it is just wobbling and stairstepping, but it all averages out.
Gov Perry just said contraflow measures have just been initiated to open up the other lanes.
Arnold and jeffers, 2012!
I seriously thought the Texas folks would show us how things are done right. I'm hoping they do. They claim they have contracted fuel trucks to run along highways and get gas to those running out. Part of the plan they say. I hope so. (per presser on FoxNews now)
Calcasieu Parish: They are saying how shelters are already full from Katrina. There will be no public services, no rescues, etc., once the county closes down for the storm. They are expecting telephone service to be affected by tonight.
Hey, I can carry more people in my SUV than someone in a Honda... and this is still america... (I think) where we are able to purchase what we want.
NHC showing this storm dying to Cat 2 by landfall.
Not a walk in the park, but better than a 4 or 5.
For anybody trying to get out of Houston area, I would try the secondary roads heading west and southwest until I got out of congested area, then try secondary roads heading north
that's it
Piss off granola boy...
Not necessarily true. I've see more car pool soccer moms in suv's than bubbas these days.
Could do both. Big storm don't you know.
Because:
1) they have to allow inbound traffic for those coming from far away to evac relatives who can't drive out
2) it takes time to clear out those southbound lanes and get all the entrances blocked by patrols, the contraflow will go for 100 miles
3) it won't start until the north side of Houston, where the 4 lanes choke down to 2 lanes, same for the freeways going NW and W
4) most of this is going according to plans, we are still 36 hours out from the end of practical evacuation, it is just going to take a long time
5) if you open up the inbound lanes closer within the city, you simply move the traffic jam a few miles north, because instead of 4 lanes going to 2 and 2, you'd have 4 and 4 lanes going to 2 and 2 at the choke points
6) contracted fuel trucks are mobilizing to refuel those who run out of gas on the side of the road
Let's not get all logical, JFC!
Don't you know that SUVs are evil?
THREE OF their cars? How many do these folk own? Last I knew, you could still only drive one at a time.
That was the banner, as I was typing, on FNC.
But now I hear that DOD is assisting with gas in Texas.
Asking for the Pentagon to help is a LITTLE over the top. Sheesh.
"I seriously thought the Texas folks would show us how things are done right. I'm hoping they do. They claim they have contracted fuel trucks to run along highways and get gas to those running out. Part of the plan they say. I hope so."
And exactly how do these trucks get through the traffic jams?
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