September 22, 2005
Prediction moves east
The prediction continues to move east, making things perhaps slightly better for us and worse for Louisiana.
Watching the news today, They are showing lots of gridlock in Houston and elsewhere. I know for a fact that the lanes of the major highways were supposed to be "contraflowed", that is, all lanes set to run out of town. But in all of the aerial photos I saw, there was absolutely no traffic on the inbound lanes.
I don't get it. Are the news channels purposely using old video footage? Or is this the truth?
I was watching some of the footage and I was wondering: If the gridlock is so bad and the inbound lanes are open, why not get some police and a large truck with a crane set up, remove the concrete barriers, and start flowing the traffic on to the empty lanes? Do it every two to five miles or so. Have enough police there to maintain order. Probably a lot harder than it sounds, but why not?