Houstonians: As you probably heard, the worst case scenario is that the storm STALLS after it makes landfall and disgorges 25" of rain. If that happens, head for high ground, with enough provisions to last ?? days. Any other thoughts?
On 9/23/05, Rich Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Two neighbors came back home this evening, had left at 7:30AM this morning > and barely made 20 miles ALL DAY before turning back to get home rather > quickly, about burned all their gas and could not get any. I suggested they > ride things out here, then if power is out, house screwed, etc. then leave > Sunday after (if) the storm moves through. Light bulb pops and they say, > "That's a good idea!" Duh. Oh well. But they have no fuel now. > > It seems half the city has decided to leave, not a real good reason to do > so that I can see. I think many believe levees are gonna break or something > -- Post Katrina Stress Syndrome or whatever. That has turned the freeways > into parking lots with dead and empty vehicles, now the occupants will be > riding things out there. I guess the fuel deployment aspect makes sense but > when a million people decide to hit the road at about the same time not sure > how that can be handled effectively/efficiently. The folks from down south > got stuck in all that unless they left yesterday or sooner, tough for them > to do the right thing and get away from the coast. > > Went this aft to put two vehicles in a big parking garage at the Med Ctr, > very little traffic, no one out and about. Beautiful but very hot day, was > weird. Looks like folks are either hunkered down or gone or sitting on the > freeways. The birds all left yesterday or sometime, saw very few today, > insects too, and the dog has been acting all noodgie all day long. How do > they know? > > We had our Rita 'rita party this evening with the neighbors who are > staying, that was fun. Was out walking the dog a short time ago and damn > near got run down by a local cop rounded the corner vigorously and went > blasting down the street, no lights on the car, seemed to be looking hard > for someone. All the empty houses around are quite tempting for the "less > fortunate" among us, Mr. Browning will be assisting me in home defense. > > Power will probably get whacked Fri night/Sat AM for how long? > > --R > > Royce Engler wrote: > > There were two roads made one-way. I-45 runs from Houston to Dallas, and > I-10 runs from Houston to San Antonio. When I actually got out to the > highway, it turned out that it was still jammed solid, with lots of folks > just parked on the side and not moving. I couldn't figure out a way to get > on to the contraflow side (southbound), which was moving well, so I just > came back to the house. While I was driving, the Mayor of Houston came on > the radio and said that if you weren't already on the road, not to get on. > The weather folks are now saying the storm is trending more eastward, so it > may well "miss" Houston. My biggest concern was that we were on the "dirty" > side, but now we seem to be on the "dry" side. > > It appears that the state emergency management folks dropped the ball on the > fuel situation. They were supposed to pre-position gasoline along the > evacuation routes so that there wouldn't be a problem. The city and county > did their part, but the state guy dropped the ball. OTOH, the critical > areas along the coast have been pretty much completely evacuated, and most > of those folks left yesterday, so they got ahead of the "storm surge" of > people trying to leave. > > Supposedly traffic is backed up for 100 miles north of here... > > Royce Engler > 1985 300TD Turbo 265K > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mitch Haley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mercedes mailing list > Subject: Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed > > > Royce Engler wrote: > > > > I-45 seems to be clearing up a bit > > > Is that the road that they made into a one-way (the outbound lanes are > outbound, > and the inbound lanes are outbound too)? > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go > to:http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > >
