Important info for Texans/Houston/Galveston area

#1 Postby **windsurfer77058** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:31 pm

Could we have a sticky for Important Info for Texans/Houston/Galveston area?

hicksta · #2 Postby **hicksta** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:33 pm

I live on the water in Nassau Bay also, Leaving soon.

mahmoo · #3 Postby **mahmoo** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:36 pm

hicksta wrote:I live on the water in Nassau Bay also, Leaving soon.

I imagine the traffic is going to start getting pretty bad by tomorrow......(worse than it already is). Hope everyone leaving is able to find a place to stay.

#4 Postby **windsurfer77058** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:37 pm

If you return before we do maybe we can connect on Storm2k as to what you find.

hicksta · #5 Postby **hicksta** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:40 pm

Yes pm me il send you my phone number. youd probably rather talk to my step father, he is the ex mayor and knows the procedures well.

#6 Postby **baygirl_1** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:53 pm

Thought I might share a few things learned during the 3 evacuations we've done in the last year or so:
--Make a list of what you need to do before you leave. This may take a few minutes, but your mind is racing so fast it would be easy to forget something when you actually get into the putting away/up and packing. A good resource is: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/storm/content/storm/getready/before/last_minute.html
--Be sure to have phone numbers (home and cell) for co-workers and neighbors. I've heard of so many folks after Katrina who still cannot contact neighbors, etc. because they didn't have cell phone numbers or emergency numbers for friends' relatives.
--Have some music for the evacuation ride. The radio is going to be doing storm info non-stop, most likely. Yes, that info is important, but is equally important to everyone's sanity to have something else to listen to every now and then (esp. in traffic).
I thought these ideas might help some folks. Good luck and God bless to you all!

Shoshana · #7 Postby **Shoshana** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:16 pm

KVUE (Austin ABC station) just said that all the hotel rooms in Austin and Round Rock have been reserved for the weekend. Even if you are still waiting to see where Rita's path will be ... figure out where you'll be going.

The Red Cross shelters aka public schools here in Austin can hold 45000 evacuees.

The news media here is getting a little nuts. Starting to bring up Carla 1961 and also Katrina.....

#8 Postby **gboudx** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:19 pm

In Rowlett, just east of Dallas, there is a Comfort Inn Suites right off I-30. In Rockwall, just east of Dallas, there is a La Quinta that takes pets, and a Holiday Inn Express.

Edit: One caveat, folks from NO may be put up in those hotels, so I don't know about availability.

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