Houston Evac***Extra autos clogged routes

[galvbay]

Accounts by roadside-relief workers support poll findings that traffic jams on evacuation routes during Hurricane Rita were probably worsened by families who left home in more than one vehicle, a highway department spokeswoman said last week.

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[jasons2k]

This is true. I know many personally who took all their vehicles. I have mixed emotions about this. I completely understand the argument that the point of the evacuation is to get people out of harm's way. That's by far the most important objective. On the other hand, if I lived in a surge zone, you better believe I'd cram as much stuff as I can in my 2 vehicles. I don't think there's any way to prevent this.

[stormie_skies]

Also....many people who evacuated with more cars than they usually use were doing so in order to take family pets along with them....animals can take up a lot of room! I don't think you can fault people for that....