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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    My dad talked to my cousin at lunch. They left a 4 am this morning and had made it as far as LaPorte, which is not very far! They said that they are moving about 1 1/2 miles per hour.
    I would agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Wow, the Mayor of Houston just said that the highways out of town will turn into "deathtraps" because of the people that may get stuck on them.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    My SIL reported they've made it 40 miles in eight hours.

    Ugh.

    With 7 and 5-year-old girls, a dalmation and a Tahoe packed with stuff. That's gotta be miserable.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    i cant imagine the problems associated with a traffic jam like that

    cars overheating because there is no airflow when you're only going 1 mile per hour
    cars running out of gas from sitting hours on end doing nothing but idling
    folks having to stop for comfort breaks, for them and/or the dog

    what a situation

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    my sis and her family took the side roads and country highways outta there. Seems to have helped some.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    I could see myself flipping out and just driving through the grass, like on "Independence Day".

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    how about running out of gas in a traffic jam, with no gas to be found? that would kinda suck.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    This is when it would pay to have a motorcycle or a bicycle.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    any bets on whether Beano pulls a Norm upon his return?
    god bless em, seriously you have to know they are miserable right now

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhino
    This is when it would pay to have a motorcycle or a bicycle.
    or a helicopter.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Gonna ride a bicycle from Houston to Dallas?

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by crawfish
    My SIL reported they've made it 40 miles in eight hours.

    Ugh.

    With 7 and 5-year-old girls, a dalmation and a Tahoe packed with stuff. That's gotta be miserable.
    See.. if I am there, I dunno. Being faced with that situation, I'd wait til the freakin hurricane was landing to drive off. Or even brave it out.

    I'm not a huge risk-taker usually, but the thought of being stuck in traffic like that, scares me almost more than the hurricane itself. Maybe more so.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    God, I hope all you guys are okay after this.

    Check back in as soon as possible, please.


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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by Stanley1
    Gonna ride a bicycle from Houston to Dallas?
    Why would I go all the way to Dallas?

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by Stanley1
    Gonna ride a bicycle from Houston to Dallas?
    I'm riding mine to Refugio Creek.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by picasso
    how about running out of gas in a traffic jam, with no gas to be found? that would kinda suck.
    Either the mayor or the governor stated that they were going to start running gas trucks to get to the cars that were low and/or out of gas. I haven't heard or seen anything else since then concerning it.

    We are seeing lots of pics of broken down cars right now. There is one area of town where local mechanics that were going to ride out the storm are actually taking time from their own schedules and helping fix the cars.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    They are talking about the tanker trucks because the gas stations on 45 are running out. Lines are a couple of miles long for gas.

    My friend's son left at 6PM last night. In the middle of the night, the driver behind him fell asleep and hit his car. Not much damage at 10 mph. He isn't even a 1/4 of the way to Dallas as of now..

    The school District cancelled Camp Classen for next week. They are worried about wind damage and the heavy rain.
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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    My cousin from Houston emailed me a little while ago. They tried to leave this morning and decided to tough it out because they weren't able to go anywhere.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm In Norman
    My cousin from Houston emailed me a little while ago. They tried to leave this morning and decided to tough it out because they weren't able to go anywhere.
    Basically what we are being told is not to evac if you aren't in an evac zone. That way the people who definately need to evac can. My wife and I are going to tough it out, and so is all of our neighbors. We've gotten our "plan of action" down for the next few days amongst ourselves.

    The thing that cracks me up the most is the 20-something kid that owns the house next to us bought his emergency supplies today - BEER. That's all just bought some beer.

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    Re: This is more nervewracking than waiting around for kickoff of the Orange Bowl

    Quote Originally Posted by Norm In Norman
    My cousin from Houston emailed me a little while ago. They tried to leave this morning and decided to tough it out because they weren't able to go anywhere.
    we just spoke with my sis who was planning on being here late tonight. they too decided to go back home in Bellaire. they went on the back roads and hit a stand still, took them nearly 9 hours to go 30 miles near Conroe. my bro in law's President told him he drove out west towards San Antonio so he got a reservation in Corpus Christi. They're going to head out there tomorrow.

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