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He's a good guy. Former state representative. cloudbase Aug 2017 #1
Unfortunately he discouraged people from evacuating several days ago. femmedem Aug 2017 #2
Because he knew that tens of thousands of them would wind up TheDebbieDee Aug 2017 #3
Ah. thanks. Yes, the worst is being trapped in your vehicle. n/t femmedem Aug 2017 #4
It was the 2005 Hurricane Rita evacuation tammywammy Aug 2017 #5
It was probably the longest parking lot in the world dalton99a Aug 2017 #16
It would be better if they all waited for the flooding? WinkyDink Aug 2017 #6
RIGHT !!! uponit7771 Aug 2017 #9
Better than what? I don't understand what you are asking. LisaL Aug 2017 #10
They would be easier to find they would have drowned in ther cars. jbond56 Aug 2017 #20
Yep, that's about it. LisaL Aug 2017 #8
Because you can't really evacuate Houston in that short period of time. LisaL Aug 2017 #7
Any plan to evacuate Houston on short notice would require statewide cooperation and state/federal highplainsdem Aug 2017 #11
And probably wouldn't work anyway. Too many people, too few roads leading out. LisaL Aug 2017 #12
True. Especially given the distance most would have to drive. highplainsdem Aug 2017 #14
They'd be stuck on freeways/highways, and at least some freeways appear to be flooding. LisaL Aug 2017 #15
And many would simply run out of gas. highplainsdem Aug 2017 #17
Even coordinating evacuations at that scale is problematic if you've only a few days. haele Aug 2017 #13
"Ignore unsourced weather predictions that have needlessly frightened" bluepen Aug 2017 #22
I thought the original forecast was to hit Corpus Christi MiniMe Aug 2017 #18
It did hit north of Corpus Christi TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #19
That makes sense, thanks MiniMe Aug 2017 #21
It didn't change course. It didn't directly hit Houston. LisaL Aug 2017 #23
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