..he;s young, single ....
I told him ...hon, there are thousands of folk heading up to your town....
Go get gas!!!! or there won't be any.
He has 1/2 tank....said he would get s ome in the AM on the way to work.
He hasn't been watching TV all day (as I have & watched the huge snakeline of travelers).., so doesn't realize the huge number of folk leaving Houston for his direction.
It's just hard to stress urgency to young folks sometimes.
I also said 'do you have batteries, flashlight'....
..He said he would get that on the way to work too.
Now, this is an educated young man--really quite sharp.... but he doesn't see the problem as I do!
I did that to my niece down in Chapel Hill right before Fran; the whole nine yards; they, of course, blew me off.
When Floyd was heading our way, I opened my back door and found 25 "sisters" from the Zeta house at Carolina. And they all had full tanks of gas, batteries, and cash.
Buses . . . several out picking people up . . . likely to have 150 people (45+ there already) . . . will need security, facilities and food for these people . . .
Beaumont scanner.
(this sound all to much like N.O. three weeks ago - I think they're staging at an airport this time)