Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Texas does the contraflow
Posted by Kevin Allman on Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 8:31 PM
From the Corpus Christi Caller:
While no mandatory evacuation has been issued in Corpus Christi because of Hurricane Ike, contra-flow evacuation lanes will be opened on Interstate 37 tomorrow starting at 7 a.m. Thursday, city officials said.Texas Department of Transportation spokesman Cliff Bost said all lanes on Interstate 37 will be opened to go out of town.
Still no word on Houston/Galveston contraflow, but Galveston mayor Lyda Ann Thomas has called for a voluntary evacuation from the "low-lying" parts of Galveston Island.
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Yeah. "Low-lying" and "voluntary." I just quote 'em. Seems to be a lot of resistance to "involuntary" evac orders there, possibly for good reason, but also not a lot of healthy planning for a strong Cat 3 or even a Cat 4 arriving in 48-72 hours. There's nothing about storm plans on the front page of the city of Houston's website. Oh, well.
