To avoid the Houston traffic, I always went southwest first through Alvin, out 1462(360?,36?,90?) and made my way up towards Eagle Lake.
It sounds like all the major roads are parking lots.
They are, it is total gridlock.
I've never seen anything like this before.
Three of five gas staions were closed around where I work
and those still operating had long lines. The ATM had been bled dry at Stop-N-Go.
I spent five hours out in that mess last night, and discovered that while every freeway was a bumper-to-bumper parking lot (I made only 9.2 miles in an hour and twelve minutes at one point), the surface streets were wide open and clear. Anyone heading anywhere should pre-plan a route using littler roads, you'll get there a heck of a lot faster, plus the gas stations off the freeway still have gas, while the ones on the freeway have long lines and/or no gas. It's amazing what a difference two blocks makes, if you just get away from the highway.