I hadn't heard the mandatory Houston evacuation. Don't think this is correct. If it is, good luck. They can't get the freeways to move right now & people are out of gas. The governor has said they are sending fuel to these people, but not even the local news people can figure out how to begin to get it to them. And Gil is so right. Traffic on a good day is a nightmare. At least it is still sunny, but it is also 100 degrees.
I think this traffic thing will probably turn into Houston's version of the SuperDome/Convention Center.
Unlike Florida, they have never used both sides of a freeway to go one direction for hurricane evacuations. It has been ordered, but of course they can't get all the jerks who are trying to drive into town to get off. Some people seem to feel that laws are for everyone but them. Hopefully this is my only vent of the day.