[Zacs Mom]

My husband is currently sitting on the causeway trying to evacuate his 94 year old aunt out of Galveston ~ he says it's pretty much at a stand still where he is now but he is planning to take 59 north.

This link to a live Houston traffic site might help you plan a better route out for them http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

[Knitting A Conundrum]

On another forum I read something from someone in Houston, and the traffic is getting really bad. People who haven't been asked to evacuate are leaving and adding to the congestion (and I bet my brother's in that number!)

[AD from SpringBay]

Why are they evacuating so early. They should wait until about 24 hours out and then urge the citizens to leave. Those zany alarmists in Texas!

[Ryan Spock]

Thank you. It looks like I'm going to recommend that they head due north, and avoid the greater Houston area altogether as recommended by a couple of other posts. They can always turn eastward once they've gotten much further north in the state.

Now, the only problem is that my Dad isn't home yet -- hopefully he will be very soon, so they can pack a few things and get the heck out of town. He went down to Matagorda Bay yesterday to help a neighbor board up his coastal property. My Mom expects him home any time now. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that my Dad and the neighbor got caught in traffic heading out of that region...

[PAR35]

My husband is currently sitting on the causeway trying to evacuate his 94 year old aunt out of Galveston ~ he says it's pretty much at a stand still where he is now but he is planning to take 59 north.

Is the ferry still running?