This really does not look good...
Oil rigs in the path of Hurricane Rita (map: RigZone.com)
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Posted on 09/21/2005 4:19:11 PM PDT by NautiNurse
I'm off to cruise for gas.
Not really. Landfall looks to be somewhere around 2-10 am Saturday as a mid-range Cat 4.
Hurricane evacuation routes
West of the Brazos River: Take Texas 36 North to Brenham
Freeport, Surfside, Lake Jackson, Pearland: Take Highway 288 North to Beltway 8 West to Hwy. 290 West to Hwy. 6 North to College Station
Santa Fe, Hitchcock, Sugar Land: Take Highway 6 North to Hwy. 290 North to College Station
Texas City, La Porte, Kemah: Take Highway 146 North to Hwy. 321 North to 59 North to Lufkin
Galveston: Take I-45 North to Huntsville
Pasadena, Deer Park: Take East Sam Houston Tollway North to Hardy Toll Road North to Huntsville
High Island: Take Hwy. 124 North to FM 1406 North to Hwy. 90 West to Hwy. 146 North to Lufkin
For in inland communities not listed on the evacuation map, use the nearest evacuation route to your area
http://www.khou.com/images/hurricane/HurricaneEvacuationMap2005.pdf
This really does not look good...
Oil rigs in the path of Hurricane Rita (map: RigZone.com)
eep!
Okay, it's 4:20 and my hubby has manged to travel 15 miles since my last post at 2:05 ~ boy, he is starting to sound tired, too! They've been on the road 13 hours and have traveled about 90 miles!
On a good note, he did say that, despite the all the traffic and the long, long, long delays, folks were really behaving well....which helps a lot!
He says the a lot of the traffic seemed to have taken the hwy 321 exchange west which allowed the flow to finally open up a bit - his plan now (still) is to drive into Livingston, pick up 59 and head up to Lufkin.
Exactly-- call it "a turn for the worse."
Guess we'll be heating the house with coal this winter and driving a dogcart to the store.
Ouch.
Where did he start his travel?
Do we have evac maps for the Beaumont/Lake Charles areas?
Hurricane Impact Report* for Galveston
http://tinyurl.com/a667p
He started out about three blocks from the seawall in Galveston at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. He went down to evacuate his 94 years old aunt up here to Dallas.
oil/gasoline/gas futures aren't "that" much higher right now. unleaded gas up to $2.14, which is much less than katrina peak. a lot of the hurricane may already cranked into the price.
You have the latest as far as I know in the local links already there.
I'm scanning now for updates and traffic info.
ALL the latest models are now showing the Sabine Pass area, the Tx La border. The strom has started it's turn earlier than anticipated and is now moving WNW.
Bad bad news for New Orleans.
Dang! It looks like our aunts home is probably going to be a goner! My Lord....this is going to be hard on her, even though she's not there!
Speaking of boarding up, did you see the plylox window clips mentioned on another thread? I'm planning to check those out for the patio doors.
Link copied & saved- thank you!
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