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Thursday, September 22, 2005

Evacuation Time in Texas, Part 7

Text message from Wally at 5:36 p.m., Central time:

Still in hou, almost katy.

That's a colossal traffic jam! He left home yesterday at 8:30 p.m. Central. This map from Google will give you some idea of how little progress he's made. His hometown of La Porte (which was where he and Becky and I grew up) is off to the right, below the marker for Route 146. Katy is to the left of the marker for Interstate 10.

At this rate, he'll meet Hurricane Rita on the road, as will my sister and her family, because they have so much further to go to get to Granbury. On this Google map, you can't see Granbury, but it's north of Dallas and Fort Worth.

I am very, very frightened. God help them!


Updated at 8:30 p.m., September 22, 2005: To put this mass gridlock into perspective, you should know that the drive from La Porte to Katy normally takes about 90 minutes or so. This time, it has taken Wally more than 21 hours.



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