Houston freeways are parking lots on normal days. Big thunderstorms often shut down large sections of highway there, so it's not like this was unexpected. People should have started leaving last Thursday and a good number did. Many thought they were high enough to not be impacted and were wrong.
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 1:46 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 8/28/17 11:42, Steve Jones wrote: > >> I watched the interview with the mayor, basically, they had a massive >> number of people that would need to move, and the current data set put the >> hit not on them. the biggest issue was where to send them, since this was >> going to potentially be anywhere and everywhere at once. The death toll >> would have been catastrophic, freeways would be congested and jammed >> ultimately resulting in stranded vehicles, and ultimately thos vehicles >> full under water, drownings would have been insane >> > > > At a certain point there's just too many people in one place and there's > really no way to handle things with a good outcome for everyone. > >
