Car-Guy
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I have to ask, was any consideration given to evacuation?
I was living in Houston when Hurricane Rita came thru. The "city officials" told everyone they should consider getting out of Dodge in advance of the storm. I don't recall how far in advance folks stated to leave but I think it was 24 to 36 hours before it was expected to hit. So we tried. We sat on the freeway for over 10 hours (moving about 1/4 mile an hour) after which we decided to turn around and go home and ride it out. Once we turned around I was home in 20 mins. Now the city is even bigger. Not sure it can be done with only a day or so notice. Now if you could know "for sure" 3 or 4 days in advance, it might work.
The next storm (Ike) a few years later, we didn't even consider leaving. And Ike turned out to be much worse than Rita for the Houston area.
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