Yes, and it is the media that drive this. When a reporter say something like - "Wolf, there are people stranded on the highway with no water." - I just want to scream who's fault is it they have no water! If the idiot is too dumb to fill up their car with gas, food & water (remember the evacuation order was give Tuesday) then it is their own fault.
My brother in law got a map, avoided I-45, left @4am Thursday and got to Dallas in 12 hours. Get a map, get supplies, and take responsibility.
Good grief!! I just heard the Fox weather guy say that Rita is going to hang around north Mississippi and dump maybe 2 feet of rain before it heads southeast. He said there's even a slight possibility that it could go back out into the gulf and re-intensify into a tropical storm. I sure hope that doesn't happen.
I can understand running out of gas if you left with a full tank and containers. I don't understand why they have no food or water though. I think that is probably just anticipated thinking on the medias part . Have they never camped out or slept in their car for shelter.