Thursday, September 22, 2005

"You, who are on the road...

A few stories from people who have left:

Angelique:
UH Law student, 24, from Arlington

At 11 am, she and a friend were between the Woodlands and Conroe, on I-45
They left at 2:15 this morning. (That makes for 35 miles travelled in 8 hours! That trip usually takes about 40 minutes by car. Please note that this means that on one of our two most critical evacuation routes, they could have walked as quickly as they drove it.)
She and her friend felt well stocked with water, sandwiches, and bananas.
They had a full tank of gas because they left the freeway to fill up. They pulled over for a nap when I called at 11.
Because of the time they expect it to take to come back in to Houston later, they are considering abandoning their plans to leave and turning around.

Michael and Cassie:
Michael is another law student, and Cassie works in Houston

They were 80 miles South of Dallas on I-35 this morning, with no traffic. I-35 is the N-S Freeway that goes on the Metroplex from San Antonio. They got on the road at 8 last night, and eventually left I-45 and headed West on State Hwy 105. This got them to 35, and they spent the night in Waco. They are on the way to a Northern suburb of Dallas to stay with Cassie's grandparents.
Michael isn't sorry that they took both cars to get them out of town, but he is reconsidering not having left one of them along the way. Cassie would have preffered to drive together.
Reports say that Pootie the cat has chewed through her cardboard box.
Michael plays saxophone in the Rich Lattimer (sp?) Band. You can also read his blog, "Help, I'm in Texas!"

Chris, Brook, and Brook's Mom:
Chris 22 and Brook 21 are students at U of H. I think Brook's mom is in advertising.

They left at 3 in the afternoon yesterday and went to San Marcos, where Brook's brother goes to Texas State University (alma mater of Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson). They all three cars and their dog Annie. They are staying at the Motel 6 on I-35.
The trip from Hoston to San Marcos is mostly on I-10, and it usually takes about2 and a half hours. They made it in 5.
Chris's parents live in League City map. Their home is in the mandatory evacuation area. League City is about five miles in land from Galveston Bay at Kemah. I believe that the storm surge projection maps I saw on the news last night, based on a category five landing near Freeport would have put all of League City under water. They have gone to a farm near Brenham, home of world-renowned Blue Bell Ice Cream.
In an interesting, cross-disaster refugee twist, Chris and Brook saw a group of men who they believed to be New Orleans refugees wandering around West University and watching people pack up.

2 Comments:

At 4:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

After further deliberation, Mike decided that he to, would have rather taken one car.
Sincerly,
Cassie :P

 
At 12:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

As many links as you want!

 

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