Traffic's pretty much cleared out in metropolitan Houston south of the Woodlands.
One Woodlands traffic camera, which was put online in the last few hours:
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Posted on 09/22/2005 5:44:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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conservative in nyc put up a map. ;)
It's no problem. If you ever get down that way, do see Padre Island (enter at Padre Island Park) and drive down Ocean Drive in Corpus Christi. Maybe visit the State Park at Lake Corpus Christi (formerly Lake Mathis, IIRC), Wilder Wildlife Refuge (only if you can arrange a history briefing about the place and founding family), and Garner State Park in the west (near Concan, and Leakey, if I remember correctly). There are some beautiful people and places to see.
Thanks.
I'd love to see a loop that is far enough away to show the steering currents. These things slide along the steering currents like a ball in a pinball machine.
North seems consistent with the closeups I can find.
But since it slowed down -- who knows what tomorrow will bring? Only the steering currents can tell you that.
You might want to look up thread a bit for the discussion of the proper treatment of a "da**yankee". It involved tar, pitch, hot coals, a rail, rope, feathers, and a branding iron.
Kemah has the best seafood restaurants.
Thanks- I do have a TX CHP, but we really did not discuss long guns, although I was aware that STATE LAW says that they are legal, while some cities have laws against loaded shotguns/ rifles ( I think).
I once ran out out gas in Beaumont, Texas coming back from Florida. A very nice female cop stopped to help, drove me to a gas station and drove back to my car. Texas is a very friendly place.
Well!
I'm going to cut you some slack since I know you can't see what's really going on here. The local news people are showing dozens of stories of people helping other people. Cars break down and scores of locals arrive with water, gas, food. The local news is showing the many examples of the best kind of neighbors. but, all you see is the feces on national networks. Those fools make it look like people are not making progress which is false. yes, there are traffic problems but they are temporary. In fact, right now, traffic is moving at 60+ mph all over Houston until you get about 40 miles out of town. Then, there's a small bottleneck which will hold you back for a while until you get through. There are still buses for anyone who needs one and shelters all over the place. If you want out, you can get out and there's still about 24 hours of time left.
Where are these TX mountains? If I knew you had places that had a cooler climate I might consider a move...one of these days Berkeley North is going to get the best of me:)
Well, I was going to throw in Cheyenne Mountain and NORAD but not if your gonna be that way about it.
San Antonio does have such a law on the books, but they will never enforce it. If they try, the state will come down on them so fast, it'll make their heads spin. It is both illegal and unenforcable.
Texas has a state sovereignty clause for firearms laws. After Federal laws, there ARE no other laws concerning firearms and the conduct thereof other than those passed at the state level. This was recently proven out when Houston banned gun shows in city limits and got sued. Houston lost. They then appealed it to a Federal court, which affirmed the state constitution's provision of state sovereignty in the matter, and told Houston to get lost.
San Antonion has never, ever enforced that law, and now they never will.
I will take your word for it. But I hate to break it to you, but Houston is filled with Yankees. Heck my brother lived there for a time. He quite enjoyed it. By the way, Houston reminds me more of LA than any other city in the US (age, architecture in and around downtown, car dependent, poor traffic conditions, etc), sans the beach and mountains.
I think we would call that a valley. ;-)
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