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To: Road Walker who wrote (252470)	9/22/2005 6:41:26 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583400

"We're shutting down the countries, what?, 6th largest city?" Fourth. en.wikipedia.org

To: Road Walker who wrote (252470)	9/22/2005 6:42:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583400

re: These evacuations are just not working very well. For them not be so problematical, people need to start leaving at least a week ahead of time and they need to do them in stages. And that's impossible, because a week ago this storm was a TD in the Caribbean. Even now, Houston may get nothing but heavy rain... and that's why evacuations are such a problem, and are done reluctantly. We're shutting down the countries, what?, 6th largest city? Is it for no reason? Will they evacuate the next time after sitting in traffic for 12 hours this time? I know the downside but what happens if the storm does end up going into Houston and people are still in their cars trying to get away? In some cases, its taking a couple of hours to go ten miles. The one guy turned around and went home because he was afraid that he and his family would get caught on the open road when the storm hit. I am not suggesting they do it for all storms.....just the CAT 4 and 5 where there is the most danger. ted