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MAJOR CONGESTION, THOUSANDS PARKED BY INTERSTATE DUE TO LACK OF GAS NEAR COLUMBUS, TEXAS
KLBJ Radio Station -- South Central Texas
| 23 September 2005
Posted on 09/23/2005 5:51:47 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
KLBJ radio reporting up to 5,000 cars parked along I-10 in Colorado County (near Columbus, TX) due to lack of gasoline or breakdowns. Also reporting trashcans at all quick stops/gasoline stations are overflowing. The exit ramps from I-10 into Columbus are closed and people are NOT allowed into the city from I-10.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congestion; evacuation; gas; hurricanrita; i10
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To: MaryFromMichigan; Admin Moderator
Better yet, how about 1 day suspensions for "Bush's Fault" postings? That'll put and end to it real quick.
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posted on
09/23/2005 6:28:57 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(The Mainstream Media is "Stuck on stupid". (Gen. Honore))
To: All
The measurement of an evacuation plan is not how many people run out of gas 20-30 miles from the danger zone. It is not how many trash cans are overflowing. It is not who gets impatient and angry in their car.
It is how many die from direct storm causes and who tried to get out.
So far, superb results. Of course, the storm is still inbound.
42
posted on
09/23/2005 6:30:12 AM PDT
by
Owen
To: Rebelbase
To: Owen
44
posted on
09/23/2005 6:31:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Flower Mound, TX)
To: MaryFromMichigan
add: with a full bladder!
45
posted on
09/23/2005 6:32:12 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
To: MaryFromMichigan
We'll stop when they stop. ie - don't hold your breath
46
posted on
09/23/2005 6:33:38 AM PDT
by
SengirV
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Well Columbus is about 90 miles West of Houston, at least these people got out of the way. Gas stations, grocery stores and all of the stores running out of supplies can't plan for this type of panic, they can't afford to keep extra stocks of supplies just sitting around for years on end or for the next "big emergency".
This has all been cause by the media and their quest for the "big story" and worst case scenarios. Yesterday I heard some reporter on Fox say that "in Galveston storm surges could be between 25 and 50 feet." 50 feet!?! That would be a freaking tidal wave. Galveston normally has waves that are about 2 to 3 feet.
47
posted on
09/23/2005 6:34:17 AM PDT
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: ErnBatavia
add: with a full bladder!
I imagine those bladders (and other parts) are being emptied along the highway...
To: SengirV
We'll stop when they stop. ie - don't hold your breath
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Wow, anybody stupid enough to try to get out of town this late in the game...
READ THE HEADLINES FOR MONDAY....
Thousands possibly lost or injured trying to escape RITA.
and....
RITA PETERS!!! Storm becomes Cat 2 Overnight, causes little damage!
50
posted on
09/23/2005 6:40:08 AM PDT
by
NormB
(Yes, but watch your cookies!!)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Uh...maybe I'm completely stupid but why don't they evacuate the low lying areas first. They should have grid coming back from the water and evacuate one area at a time instead of everybody trying to get out at once. I can see why people just say to hell with it and stay.
51
posted on
09/23/2005 6:42:56 AM PDT
by
Cricket24
("We have met the enemy and it's the U.S. press (and the democrats)!")
To: A Texan
I'd be looking at another route. FM529 to Bellville, TX159 to LaGrange, TX71 to Bastrop, TX21 to San Marcos, then keep going to the Hill Country.
52
posted on
09/23/2005 6:49:32 AM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(Liberalism is a mental disorder)
To: handy
Can you imagine trying to evacuate Los Angeles?
Wifey and I were discussing that very point last night...not doable, especially given the fact that coastal areas are generally the most densely populated and traffic is jammed there on a regular basis anyhow.
53
posted on
09/23/2005 6:52:42 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
To: ErnBatavia
Well the good news is that Earthquakes come without warning, so it's a moot point. Kind of hard to evacuate for something that you have no idea when it will hit.
54
posted on
09/23/2005 6:54:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Flower Mound, TX)
To: MaryFromMichigan
"Amen" Irritating as hell by now!
55
posted on
09/23/2005 6:55:32 AM PDT
by
vikzilla
To: MaryFromMichigan
>I just heard that tanker trucks are going car to car giving every one 5 gallons of gas.<
I hope these trucks are positioning themselves a couple of miles up the road to refill these cars once they idle that 5 gallons out in the monster gridlock. </ pessimism>
56
posted on
09/23/2005 7:00:28 AM PDT
by
Darnright
(Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.)
To: Darnright
To: Fred Hayek
100% agree, I am from Houston, I have lived in Dallas, I'm now in Austin and I know at least 3 alternate routes out of Houston, Dallas, and Austin.
A failure of your own personal planning is nobody's fault but your own.
58
posted on
09/23/2005 7:03:46 AM PDT
by
A Texan
(Oderint dum metuant)
To: Leatherneck_MT
This is the Only real failure of our society at this point. We entered a war and the government told us to sit back and be happy "The Government will take care of you.".
I was never told that the government would take care of me. The same goes for employment, I never asked the President for a job. I don't know why some people think that way?
59
posted on
09/23/2005 7:04:32 AM PDT
by
angcat
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
How long before we here about the fictitious rapes and baby killings on the side of the highway?
60
posted on
09/23/2005 7:06:05 AM PDT
by
flada
(Y2K? What are you selling, chicken or sex jelly?)
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