[james_f_hall]

I think they should start planning evac of Houston now.

[conservative in nyc]

The low-lying parts near Galveston Bay and the Ship Channel will be evacuated soon. They probably let the folks from Galveston and the coast get a head start on the evacuation in order not to block the roads.

Most of north and west Houston is far above sea level and far enough away from the coast that it probably doesn't need to be evacuated. There's also the problem of where to send 2 million+ people, if they were all evacuated.