Well the Texas residents seem to be a lot smarter in that so many of them started leaving early. But Now I a wondering if there leaders are in some ways also incompetent to plan evacuations. I know it must be an awful hard thing to plan for, but the first step should have been to have a tanker trucks full of Gas sitting at various locations along the way before the traffic jams started. You could also drop Gas containers from helicopters near disabled cars if you had too.
The anchor just said he paid $60 for 5 gallons of gas. He said the man who sold it knew he would get that for it.
<<< You could also drop Gas containers from helicopters near disabled cars if you had too.>>>
They DO have tankers positioned along the escape routes...
And if you'll recall, DEMS have been blasting highway expansion for evacs as "Pork"...
ALSO!!!
Who gets the lawsuit when the falling gas can hits Grandma in the head?
Or better yet, who gets the lawsuit when the falling gas can hits the ground, bursts open and catches fire from Grandma's cigarette???
The traffic jams started a lot earlier than people planned. If things had gone according to plan, the jams would have been starting around noon today.
That said, the gas *was* in the designated places.
Also, per the presser on TXCN right now, crews of government employees and volunteers are now going to be working their way up the medians in city buses passing out thousands of bottles of water and assisting stranded motorists. Standard ration of gas handed out by TXDOT assistance crews (these are the guys in the white trucks) is 5 gallons of gas. No charge.