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1. Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:13:26 -0400
I just heard that Houston has no gas. Is there any truth to that Robert Duquette Ottawa ON K1H 7K8 Canada
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00408.html (6,820 bytes)

2. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:24:40 -0400
I just filled up here, because they're warning that prices are going up $1 per litre tonight. It's a nightmare at the pumps, ( hmm, I almost wrote 'pimps'. ) where debit cards ( popular in Canada ) a
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00409.html (7,557 bytes)

3. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:30:47 -0500
Yup very true, most stations in the city and surrounding areas are out. There is a mass of people leaving at the moment and all highways are parking lots. It's looking like we may escape he worst her
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00410.html (7,495 bytes)

4. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:48:42 -0500
RBH is in El Paso, which is about 800 miles west of Houston. I'm outside of Austin, and people are even starting to panic here. I just got a 5 gallon carton of gas for my lawnmower, and I was accused
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00411.html (8,715 bytes)

5. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:08:46 -0500
Hello Greg, We are west of San Antonio by some 75 miles or so, and the traffic along I 10 is still going strong. Most of the filling stations in Comfort are out of fuel, and Boerne (just down the roa
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00414.html (9,111 bytes)

6. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:43:58 -0500 reply-type=original
Here in East Texas the little store down the road reported refilling its tanks 3 times with no more available. I watched the prices jump 30 cents over an hour. I could not find a pump with less than
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00426.html (7,716 bytes)

7. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:32:09 -0600
We're hearing reports from friends and family of only being able to get 50 miles from home in 12 - 14 hours. I think insanity has already started. Chris K.
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00428.html (8,455 bytes)

8. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:39:15 GMT j8NDdKU4029516
I wonder why they didn't open up some of the "inbound" highway lanes to "outbound" traffic, by organized plan?? Cap'n Bob Basic Frog
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00429.html (7,822 bytes)

9. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:53:35 -0400
They did. Not sure how much or where, but they did. Texas National Guard is taking tanker trucks to try to help folks that ran out of gas. Larry -- Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu System
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00430.html (9,096 bytes)

10. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:57:51 -0500
They did do that on I45 and I10 by late morning yesterday which helped but the shear volume was just too much. Duncan I wonder why they didn't open up some of the "inbound" highway lanes to "outbound
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00431.html (8,156 bytes)

11. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 09:57:04 -0600
As others have noted, they did. Houston's metro area was the 4th largest population in the US in 2000, at around 11 million people, and growing at about 2.6% a year. If you assume a 2% growth rate,
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00432.html (8,694 bytes)

12. RE: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:41:11 -0500
I'm interested where the 11 million came from. Here in Houston we believe the metro area population to be around 5mil Duncan Houston's metro area was the 4th largest population in the US in 2000, at
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00434.html (8,329 bytes)

13. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:42:37 EDT
I just heard that Houston has no gas. Is there any truth to that Robert? Robert Duquette Actually I just downed a Fomotidine tablet, but I feel much better now. Houston is probably out of gas, but th
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00435.html (8,047 bytes)

14. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:46:11 EDT
They are reporting something about a 100 mile long traffic jamb leaving Texas and no gas available. Yep, but through a million or so people on any interstate in the country all at once, and that's wh
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00436.html (8,170 bytes)

15. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:08:11 EDT
"Insanity" I wonder why they didn't open up some of the "inbound" highway lanes to "outbound" traffic, by organized plan?? Cap'n Bob Already done. Governors in Texas are apparently able to make decis
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00437.html (8,202 bytes)

16. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:02:58 GMT j8NI30r8005705
"Already done" Ah, yes....caught up on the latest news subsequent to my post. Good move!!! I hear they've got oil tank trucks on the way to keep traffic moving as well....another good move. :) Cap'n
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00439.html (7,687 bytes)

17. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:06:05 -0500
Here in Shreveport, just East of East Texas, things are just peachy. Of course very few local folks understand why the sky is darkening NOW when the Hurricaine is still 180 miles OFFSHORE and we're 2
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00442.html (8,358 bytes)

18. Re: Houston (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:06:13 -0700 (PDT)
Imagine driving a semi through there at rush hour! Been there done that. :-) Jamie Houston traffic is the worst I have ever been in, when it is operating at a "normal" load. Robert Houston -- Yahoo!
/html/spridgets/2005-09/msg00450.html (7,712 bytes)


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