Stuck in Houston

Or rather with 175 mph winds, I should say unstuck at Houston :-)
anyways, my attempt at fleeing Houston for Dallas early today morning ended in a failure. Roads were too clogged.

Here is my first and second hand experiences about trying to leave Houston.....Map of possible routes;
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=houston,+tx&ll=29.850769,-95.443726&spn=0.304948,0.481407&hl=en

1. 8 of us in 4 cars tried escaping starting at 4 am today. According to info I had from 1 am today, I45 after beltway 8 was moving fast. So, we took surface roads to reach I-45/H6, but I45 is completely clogged up much further now. Came back using Hardy tollway south. All highways going north seemed completely clogged inching along. And as Rita has turned further as is almost along I-45 now, we dint want to take chances. attached are some crappy cellphone photos, stuck on I-45 and coming back on hardy tollway south (see the road going north)


2. One car tried taking 249, but gave up after a couple of hours and is coming back. One person made it out the same way (249, and then highway 6 and I-35 near waco) but had left at 1 am.

3. I-10 is totally clogged. One friend turned back after getting standstill.

4. US-59 is clogged. a bunch of ppl going to tennessee, had to come back after waiting 6/7 hrs along 59N.