If anyone thinks you are nuts have them check out what happened with hurricane Rita in 2005.
People were like locust moving across the land.
Convenience stores shelves were emptied in just a couple of hours.
Fuel tanks ran dry and there was no way to get more fuel delivered.
Tens of thousands of cars ran out of fuel and were pushed to the side of the road.
Those thousands of cars not moving were caused by Hwy. 45 in Conroe, Texas. There were four lanes coming out of Houston on 45 and things were okay until Conroe where two lanes dropped off so it was two lanes going north and it stayed two lanes through Huntsville north. Somewhere north of Conroe, a stalled car must have happened.
All those cars in Conroe stopped and did not move - they were stopped all the way back to Houston and still south to Galveston - about 100 miles and thousands of cars and nothing was going forward until they moved in Conroe. I don't know why, but officials had blocked off the exits so no car could get off into Conroe proper. Those cars could not get off. More cars began to run out of gas in Conroe and south all the way to Galveston.
If those people left home without water and food, they were stuck on that highway, not allowed to get off, naturally no potties, and it was terrible. When I went outside, I could see the cars stacked on that highway. Why didn't they let the cars take the exists? The storm had not hit and there were plenty of places with water and food and bathrooms in Conroe close to every exit. If you remember, some people died on that road as they headed to Dallas.
That is why there was no evacuation in Houston for Hurricane Ike - people were told to shelter in place except for those in low lying areas - Galveston was told to evacuate. Never again would Texas have that pile up of cars. The road through Conroe was made into four lanes all the way through Huntsville. If a hurricane is coming, Texas now puts gasoline trucks every so often on highways where people are evacuating. I think there may be water with those gasoline trucks. Our Texas Guard is also stationed in ready position in Austin to immediately go where the hurricane comes in.
Rita was the defining moment for Texas and Texas fixed it for future hurricanes.