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To: metmom

My husband left Galveston 4-1/2 before the mandatory evacuation at about 1:30 yesteday afternoon ~ once across the causeway he took "side roads" ~ he took HWY 146 to Hwy 59 and at 8:00AM this morning he is still south of Lufkin!


409 posted on 09/22/2005 6:09:04 AM PDT by Zacs Mom (Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
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To: Zacs Mom
My husband left Galveston 4-1/2 before the mandatory evacuation at about 1:30 yesteday afternoon ~ once across the causeway he took "side roads" ~ he took HWY 146 to Hwy 59 and at 8:00AM this morning he is still south of Lufkin!

It took me 8 hrs + to get to Austin, normally a 2 hr 50 min drive, I left at 3:00 PM yesterday.

428 posted on 09/22/2005 6:17:02 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Home is I45 S, just south of Beltway 8 in Houston ... I'm outta here ...)
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To: Zacs Mom

Looking at a map, that means he has done 150 miles in 18 hours = 8 mph? How many people have run out of gas and food?


453 posted on 09/22/2005 6:31:38 AM PDT by wildandcrazyrussian
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