Posted on 09/22/2005 10:21:24 PM PDT by Uncle Joe Cannon
Running out of time
Fear meets frustration as Texans attempt to flee from Rita
Washington Post
Posted: Sept. 22, 2005
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Houston's mayor acknowledged that the pre-hurricane evacuation preparations, which some Texas officials had been boasting about earlier this week, had gone awry, in part, because too many people attempted to flee the city at once.
White said he had been imploring federal and state official since early Thursday to reverse traffic flow on the inbound lanes but that it had begun to occur only by mid-afternoon. "I would say there will be some learning experiences," he said.
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There also were long delays Thursday at George Bush International Airport for passengers trying to fly out of Houston. White said that large numbers of federal Transportation Security Administration workers had failed to show up for work at the airport on Thursday.
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(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
This is like a bad movie.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
The brain-surgeon-brigade decided to bolt?
Manetta should have dispensed with the security checks at IAH.
But, there were delays due to flight cancellations as well. Bush's fault, though. He should have been down there frisking the senior citizens.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
I just saw a live shot of the Highways and there is NO TRAFFIC JAMS right now
I don't see anywhere in the article that anyone is blaming the President for anything.
Of course. The contraflow cleared out the jams in three hours.
But the media have their story, and they'll pimp it even as people are driving out of Houston at the posted speed limits.
I hear they've started calling Rita a category 4 storm. I'm sorry, but I already had breakfast. We'd probably call it about a one-and-a-half in Texas. I am frankly rather disappointed. We need some rain.
Houston still is pretty slow moving.
It's the little jab about begging the feds to contraflow the lanes....as if the federal government has control over the state of Texas.
We had to know the Rats would blame Bush.
According to some idiot liberals on another website (not DU), it is Bush's fault because he ordered the evacuation simply to see if it was possible to evacuate a major city. If the evacuation fails, thousands could die but since most are poor and/or black, Bush doesn't care since they didn't vote for him anyway.
"It's the little jab about begging the feds to contraflow the lanes....as if the federal government has control over the state of Texas."
Maybe you need federal approval for an interstate?
A friend in Houston told me that the problem was that they tried to counterflow on Thursday at rush hour but many people were still coming into work,
Now I understand what the media means about "having a national discussion about race".
That has to be a first for Houston. :) I'm laughing my head off at media comments about the traffic jam. The Houston freeways are often parking lots even on normal days.
Well that settles it, everyone who lives in an area prone to hurricanes or tornadoes or earthquakes should be given an evacuation time slot.
In fact we should regularly have major city evacuation drills kinda like we did in grade, middle and high school.
How on earth can those uncaring Republicans in power not think of these things.
/ sarc off
"That has to be a first for Houston. :) I'm laughing my head off at media comments about the traffic jam. The Houston freeways are often parking lots even on normal days."
Well there was serious traffic this afternoon before the lane reversal and shortly after - I saw interviews with people who had only moved a few miles in several hours.
We talked to some friends tonight, including one army sergeant who just got in from Iraq today who are staying in Houston because of the traffic.
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