Maybe I missed it, but did they evac. the Astrodome?
What if the power goes off there like it did the Superdome?
Evacuees of One Storm Flee Another in Texas
By RALPH BLUMENTHAL
Published: September 21, 2005
HOUSTON, Sept. 20 - Hurricane Rita prompted a mandatory evacuation of this city's public shelters on Tuesday, emptying them as quickly as they had filled just three weeks ago and sending still-dazed survivors of Hurricane Katrina packing off to Arkansas, to the bus terminal, to the airport and, for some who considered themselves lucky, to paid and furnished apartments here in the Houston area.