Posted on 09/22/2005 12:24:35 PM PDT by truthandlife
Mayor Nagin has just told all the evacuees to go back to Houston.
Those photos you posted tell the real story.
I'm hunkering(MSM's forvorite phrase)down here in SW Houston. Got 5cs of Shiner, 12pk tuna, 6bgs of beef jerky, 1 box Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls, log of Copenhagen, 1gal of h20. Bring it on.
Buy your Brother In-law the book: Roads of Texas for Christmas. There is more to life than the Interstates. It even marks the cattle gaurds on the County Roads.
"Highways arene't train tracks...you can't "flip a switch" and make traffic go the opposite way."
It has already been done in other states. Should it have taken 2 1/2 days to "flip this switch"? No, I think not.
Lessons should have been learned from LA evacuation. Seeing cars bumper to bumper on a highway while the inbound roads were empty doesn't make any sense at all.
They probably would have been better off on the dirt roads.
You were one of the lucky ones.
My wife's wacky family lives in Houston. Not the type to listen to directions or prepare. She called her brother last night and he was tapping a keg because they let him off work. Totally clueless. I just hope they don't end up on my doorstep.
OK, I just saw Governor Blanco giving a press conference with somebody doing sign language. For some reason I can't stop laughing. Does this make me a bad person?
Are the hungry, thirsty victims looting plasma TV sets yet?
Yes, having large percentages of people heed the voluntary evac call is good, sure, but to not couple it with a contra flow plan---and TXDOT DID NOT HAVE ONE IN PLACE, accoring to Mayor White---was unconscionable.
I know: I spent 8 hours heading east, got only about 110 miles, gave up and headed back.
Pathetic, insane, ridiculous. How the hell do you expect a city of nearly 3 million to evac in 48-72 hours w/o contraflow? Hell, even New Orleans got that part right.
I have an invite to hunker down on Lake Conroe tomorrow, but I'm inside the loop and running on fumes right now.
There was a lady on the radio who left Santa Fe, Texas, at 3 a.m. this morning. Right now, she's running out of gas in Bastrop.
Our middle school in Bryan is serving as a shelter for folks from mursing homes in Friendswood, outside of Houston. Those 47 precious elderly folk were trapped on the bus for 27 hours. Three of them died along the way. It was a nightmare. They ran out oxygen 3 times. Their bus driver is my hero. It was my privilege to help them off the bus and into our gymnasium, filled with cots and volunteers.
The smart people learn to travel on the many Farm To Market roads and avoid the freeways.
The smarter people checked things out before buying and are sitting at home all cozy in a house or apartment that is in no danger of flooding and little danger of wind damage.
So9
No, I think we just have to be realistic when talking about evacuating a major city in short notice. I don't think any country has the infrastucture to evacuate millions, with the current roads, in a short time period. Cities/roads, just aren't designed to handle entire populations all at the same time.
Having evacuated metro New Orleans twice now in less than 1 year I can say you're dead on correct. For Ivan and Katrina I left at about 3-4 am (24-36 hours before landfall) and took 2-lane highways to Houston arriving in roughly 7-9 hours. Others leave at 10am,head down the interstate and are shocked to find 80% of others with the same idea.
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