New Evacuation Plan for Houston

Just listening to a press conference on the radio, and it seems in listening that the problem now is no longer Rita but the fact that about 2,000,000 cars are stranded on Houston evacuation routes and are out of gas. That could explain why they are not moving very fast. Apparently the closest shelter now available is around Tulsa. To alleviate the traffic conjestion problems, Metro busses being dispatched along the major freeways to pass out water to stranded motorists. To their credit, the staff of Boss Hoggwhite (Houston's mayor) have apparently done the math and have concluded that the problem is that there are too many people on the highway. Logically then, they have further advised that no further evacuations are required, and unless you are in the A zone, to return home. Unfortunately, all the freeways have been designated contraflow, and no traffic can flow back toward the city. They further conclude that this has been a good exercise to plan for future evacuations should it actually become necessary to evacuate the city for some reason. All Houston, Beaumont, and Corpus Christi area refinerys have been shut down (mostly per local order dismissing employees last Wednesday) so no locally refined product is available. Can't import from outside the area due to the contraflow, etc. But Boss Hogwhite says no problem, he'll get it taken care of. Interesting.