Most of the traffic is now way out of town, so the cameras aren't showing traffic. There are thousands of people who ran out of gas due to being on the freeways for many many hours and there is no gas to be found. People have died from heatstroke, sitting out there waiting for help. There are tankers now coming south on I-45, filling up cars as they go, or at least giving them enough gas to get them further down the road. Haven't heard of the same on I-10 and there are many many people sitting in a Walmart parking lot in Sealy, according to the news. We will not even go out because we do have gas in our cars and I'm afraid someone would be so desperate they would "borrow" our car to get out and we'd be on the road. There were areas that were under mandatory evac, but there was also a warning to all Houston area towns that, if you live in an area that has flooded previously (much of the city during Allison), live in a mobile home, etc. you should evac today. I called channel 2 several days ago because we were going to evac to New Braunfels, where we had a place to stay. They told me NOT to go anywhere near San Antonio/Austin area because they would be having terrible rain and winds also. Told me to go to Dallas. Well, we didn't have a place to stay in Dallas. The hotels/motels are all filled. So, we stayed here. Now it looks like it would have been completely safe to go there, but it's too late now. We are hunkered down and ready to get this over with. Wish the hurricane would make up it's mind.
Mary in Spring, Texas
Mary in Spring, Texas
