[seeker41]

How far from the coast is Houston? It seems unusual that people are evacuating Houston.

Houston is huge - spread out many many miles, and doesn't end till you get to Galveston. From City Hall it is 50 to 60 miles from the coast...

[Teri0811]

"How far from the coast is Houston? It seems unusual that people are evacuating Houston.

Houston is huge - spread out many many miles, and doesn't end till you get to Galveston. From City Hall it is 50 to 60 miles from the coast..."

I have family in Pearland, (just below the outer loop, dead smack in the middle between 288 & I-45) and they're only about 42 miles from Galvestan.