Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-24 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:22:58 -0700, Gerald R. Flintrop wrote Source, please? WBEZ's website: http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091805/new_blanco001.shtml Hours after the hurricane hit Aug. 29, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced a plan to send 500 commercial buses into

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-24 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 19:15:06 -0400, David Brodbeck wrote WBEZ's website: http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091805/new_blanco001.shtml Typo, that should be WBRZ.

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-24 Thread Hans Neureiter
Mitch, you got it. I live way out on the West side of Houdston and attempted to drive a mile West to the local grocery stoere. Never got there. Dogs being walked for their shitty bussiness al over the toll road, people out of gas or steam. The perfectest and largest evacuation of all times - per

[MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Royce Engler
From my contacts at Harris County OEM...They are still struggling with the limited supplies of gasoline. I-45 seems to be clearing up a bit (I can see the cars moving from across the lake in front of my house), so I'm going to get in my DIESEL car and head out to catch up with my family in Fort

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
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)?

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread TimothyPilgrim
That would be the smart thing to do. I couldn't believe they didn't do that for New Orleans when it was really needed. Hell, Montreal does that on a daily basis for commuters. In the morning, more lanes are open going into the city, then the reverse in the afternoon. Makes total sense to me. I

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Russ Williams
Ah Tim they did innate Contra-Flow in New Orleans Saturday afternoon. I-10 between N.O. and Baton Rouge was One-Way North bound also I-55 to I-12 was One-Way. Ne Orleans emptied pretty fast the problem was the poor folks that didn't have any transportation and relied on the city officials to

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
Russ Williams wrote: Ah Tim they did innate Contra-Flow in New Orleans Saturday afternoon. I-10 between N.O. and Baton Rouge was One-Way North bound also I-55 to I-12 was One-Way. Ne Orleans emptied pretty fast the problem was the poor folks that didn't have any transportation and relied

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread TimothyPilgrim
Okay, that's good. I didn't realize that they -had- implemented contra-flow. Still, I'd like it here for rush-hour... :) Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 9/23/05, Russ Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah Tim they did innate Contra-Flow in New Orleans Saturday afternoon. I-10 between N.O. and Baton

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Bob Rentfro
Timothy typeth: Okay, that's good. I didn't realize that they -had- implemented contra-flow. Contra-flow...isn't that what got President Regan in some hot water at one point? Bob Rentfro '77 300D 140K Litchfield Park, AZ

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread David Brodbeck
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:18:33 -0500, Russ Williams wrote Ne Orleans emptied pretty fast the problem was the poor folks that didn't have any transportation and relied on the city officials to get them to safety. But wait you need Drivers for the School Buses, and most of those had gotten

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Gerald R. Flintrop
Source, please? Jerry   Ö¿Ö     ~ On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:18:33 -0500, Russ Williams wrote Ne Orleans emptied pretty fast the problem was the poor folks that didn't have any transportation and relied on the city officials to get them to safety. But wait you need Drivers for the

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread andrew strasfogel
As much as I'd like to believe this story, inasmuch as I haven't come across it before I too would like to see a link or cite to a newspaper or wire service piece. On 9/23/05, Gerald R. Flintrop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Source, please? Jerry Ö¿Ö ~ On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:18:33 -0500, Russ

Re: [MBZ] FW: Gasoline Needed

2005-09-23 Thread Mitch Haley
andrew strasfogel wrote: As much as I'd like to believe this story, inasmuch as I haven't come across it before I too would like to see a link or cite to a newspaper or wire service piece. The only thing I remember is some teenager got arrested in Texas for taking a school bus load of