Thursday, September 22, 2005

Rita 2

Could Rita be turning north just a little earlier than expected? That would seemingly spare some of Houston. Hard to tell. I can say that many many people are watching every squiggle with extreme interest.

We've had a guest from Dallas yesterday and today and her daughter evacuated Houston yesterday - took the back roads - 5 hours or so to get to Austin. After that time, some of her friends who stuck to the main roads were just clearing Houston.

Who knows what will happen, but I must say the governor of Texas projects a sense of preparedness and control and his people appear to be on top of the situation! However, seeing those clogged roads out of Houston with the southbound lanes empty makes you wonder why on earth they don't make them all one way away from the coast!!?? It's called contraflow and has been used in N.O.... so why...?

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