Yes, I know it was bad east and worst west and horrible on 45 north. I don't recall how many died on the way to Dallas. I remember there was a bus on 45 taking special needs people I think it was, going to Dallas and something happened to the bus and a person died there.
So, in your case, too, they didn't want you to leave that road, had it blocked. I couldn't believe the exits off 45 were blocked so the people couldn't get off that freeway. They could have gone to other roads, FM roads out of Conroe if they could have gotten off. They were stuck on the highway to hell with no way off.
Our town was okay, didn't hear of any looting for the five days we didn't have power.
If you were more rural, maybe the zombies thought the cops wouldn't be around there.
During those down days, cops here were patrolling day and night, checking shopping centers. They made their presence known.
That was Rita and not so many left for Ike, but Ike did a terrible amount of damage around Galveston and some places north of there. There is a hotel in the NASA area and reporters were staying there and that hotel started to come apart. That was one time reporters were in trouble.
A friend of mine was headed to Dallas to meet her husband there since he couldn't fly back into Houston.
She, her mother, and her daughter headed north on 146 then west on 105 to 45 then north on 45 to Dallas.
They were on the road for 24 hours before they ran out of gas on 45. They were less than 100 miles from their house.
Her mother told her she wouldn't get in a car with a gun in it. Her daughter said she wouldn't get in the car without the gun. Her mother gave in.
After they ran out of gas and were stuck on side of the road, she said she was glad her daughter didn't give in because people were going down the road breaking into cars abandoned on side of the road.
She flashed her lights to let them know someone was in the car and they walked past them. If they hadn't and tried to break in, her daughter would have shot them. Her mother was in complete melt down.
After Rita she got her own gun and was learning how to use it, and they also bought their daughter her own gun.
Did they ever give any explanation why they wouldn’t allow people to exit off the highway?