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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
Is it already raining in that area?

Nothing in North Houston yet. A couple drips, but nothing otherwise.

It's raining panic...

I gassed up my truck and 4 days of gas for my generator. 2 out of 4 stations by my house were out of gas. This afternoon, I got the 2nd to last case of water at the grocery store and it was fufu pH balanced water to boot (gallon and 3 gallon containers long gone).

My friends live in Kingwood, and had to drive to Porter before they found gas.

I was already stocked on water and gas. Had to fix the mil's generator. And we have a reverse osmosis water filter if we run out of water. Plenty of cigars and bourbon to last a few weeks.

Filled up my truck on the way to the office this morning, no problem. Topped off my wife's after work, about 2 cars per pump & HEB had no water on the shelves. Glad we're pretty stocked already at our house.
We started buying a case or two of water a while back, paid off now.

Well, I'm going to Houston tomorrow to buy a car of all things It's just south of Spring, so it's way north Houston and I'll be hauling ass there in the AM and back to DFW by 2:00. Landfall isn't until early evening and I should be back to Fort Worth by then. Northside Lexus has been holding this car for me with a $500 deposit for going on two weeks. It's just got to be picked up already.

No way you will be back by 2:00. Before Ike hit that drive was 20 hours for those that even made it. There will be a mass exodus heading north on 45 and 59. You need to stay put and tell the dealer to just hang onto it. The roads will be shit show tomorrow, count on it.

I didn't type that out very well, TXJim. I was trying to say we'd be leaving and headed back to FW by 2:00. I'll reassess in the AM. My in laws live in Houston and are running reconnaissance for me.

Google Hurricane Ike or Rita Evacuation Traffic....dude, I am telling you, don't even think about it.

https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=LgR9MJZ9J0PjCM:

https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=TZ3hWwD6Vvb7yM:

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Originally posted by TXJIM:
Google Hurricane Ike or Rita Evacuation Traffic....dude, I am telling you, don't even think about it.

https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=LgR9MJZ9J0PjCM:

https://www.google.com/search?...mgrc=TZ3hWwD6Vvb7yM:

Will do. Thanks for the info, I won't head out willy nilly.

Hey TXJim.... What about going over to College Station and up. 290 I think?

No way. They will activate contraflow at some point and all freeways will be exit only.

Just stay put. They aren't selling any cars for a week or 2 at least.

You can check out all the traffic cameras at houstontranstar.org

I have been in Hurricane Evacuations several times. You have no idea. Think worst traffic ever, giant parking lot on interstate, gridlock, panic, accidents, breakdowns. Road rage, people running out of gas, medical emergencies etc. It is more than nerve wracking, it is plain dangerous and reckless.

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Hey TXJim.... What about going over to College Station and up. 290 I think?

If you have ever kicked an ant bed you will have an idea how traffic will flow. All routes out of Houston will be dead stopped. On a Texas hunting forum I frequent people are already posting pics of traffic they sat in tonight leaving coastal areas. Houston schools have already started cancelling for tomorrow and people will start to hit the roads first thing tomorrow from the coast, through Houston and North.

I hear y'all, trust me. Not arguing. Only reasons I'm contemplating it are because it's north of Houston and we'd be headed back by 2:00. I'll be up early checking things out.

We don't like Harvey in Louisiana either

If you do it, make sure they fill the gas tank before you leave, it's getting hard to find it in stations n of Houston.

We have had Camille, Frederic, Elena, Georges, Gustav, Isaac, and Katrina as visitors. We are still recovering from Katrina in 2005. Lesser ones in between. Hoping for the best for Texas.
From a historical perspective, Hurricane reporting on a national level started in Texas with Dan Rather in 1961. His big break. Here is the story:

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Originally posted by a1abdj:
Is it already raining in that area?

Nothing in North Houston yet. A couple drips, but nothing otherwise.

It's raining panic...

I gassed up my truck and 4 days of gas for my generator. 2 out of 4 stations by my house were out of gas. This afternoon, I got the 2nd to last case of water at the grocery store and it was fufu pH balanced water to boot (gallon and 3 gallon containers long gone).

My friends live in Kingwood, and had to drive to Porter before they found gas.

People have lost their damn minds.

I don't see a Lexus in my future tomorrow. Just shitty timing, I've been trying to get this deal wrapped up for nearly 2 weeks. It is just a car though. There, I said it.