[hispanarepublicana]

The plan was to have fuel resupply at rest areas. Trucks aren't making it to rest areas(filling up strandees before they get there.) Gas was donated by 2 oil companies, and TXDOT is having difficulty buying sufficient fuel.

Superdome Redux?

[Jrabbit]

Looks like everything didn't go perfectly......therefore, huge failure. We're all doomed.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Don't know yet. I'm still a bit shocked that up until a few hours ago TXDOT had a plan to make Hwy 290 contraflow, and now all of a sudden are claiming they can't do it because:

1) From their PR flak: We need the inbound lanes to get emergency vehicles in

2) From background: We found out that we didn't have enough personnel to staff the contraflow on the non-freeway portions (why the heck wasn't that figured out when the plan was created and approved?)

Also it appears that far more people tried to evacuate than expected, and sooner, too.

Every state hit with a huge storm at a new and fast-growing major metro has had trouble in the first evacuation, just like FL did. It is just too big to completely prepare for. Kinda like someone can write a book on how to ride a bike, but no matter how much you read it, your first ride ever is going to be shaky.

[Spktyr]

No, because we still have over 30 hours before this becomes a problem.


By the way, this report is incorrect. The trucks ARE at the rest areas, it's the people who are running out before they get there. Houston is using city trucks to try to get fuel out to the people stranded, and TxDOT is using their assistance pickups to try to get cars enough gas to get to the next fuel stop.