Friday afternoon we decided to evacuate. The radar just looked too bad. I will say that the message to Houstonians that were not in the specific zip codes with mandatory evacuation orders was mixed/confusing. At the time we left, the general message was 'stay put'. I could understand that given the timing of our departure, but there was also never a window previous to that when there was a recommendation to leave for non-coastal areas. When we got on the freeway, it was very easy driving until we got about 10 miles west of Katy (western suburb of Houston) and then it jammed up for about 30 minutes. It was fairly chaotic, with people jumping in and out of the shoulders and a few cars stranded on the side of the road.
With all of that, it only took us about 4 hours to get to Round Rock (north of Austin). However, I will say that it was pretty damned stupid for Houston to not open contraflow lanes (reverse direction of the opposing side of the freeways), as they should have allowed anyone who wanted to get out to get out. This seemed like an artificial justification of their stay put order (i.e., if everyone leaves it will be too jammed up because we didn't open contraflow). Like Kirby said, the most we got here in Round Rock was a strong breeze yesterday. No rain. I have been scouring the web today looking for information about our area. I do know this: Brennan's restaurant, a landmark in Houston for 43 years, burned down -- and that is directly across the street from our apartment. I'm glad we missed that since it burned right when the hurricane was getting strong downtown. It would have been pretty scary to watch and decide if we should stay and risk burning or go out into the night and risk being blow away. I can't find much on our area, only a few photos on flickr of central Houston and it looks pretty bad. I just hope our place is relatively OK and that posterdemic's holdings haven't become a heck of a lot rarer. -Erich www.posterdemic.com On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Susan Heim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good to hear Kirby that you are safe. I have been watching the scenario > unfold most of the week. One of the problems I see now is that all the > people who were told to evacuate that didn't are now having to be rescued > which adds to the already awful sitution officials are dealing with. We had > our own "situation" here in Chatsworth on Friday afternoon when a Metrorail > train collided head on with a freight train. The tracks where the accident > occured run right alongside my daughter's elementary school. In fact the > grassy area that was shown on the t.v. as the triage area was their playing > field. We worried for years about those track locations hoping that no train > would ever jump the track and head into a playing field with children on it. > She is now in jr. high school about a block up the road but was being picked > up from volleyball practice exactly as the trains collided. So, it was a > mess and a very sad situation. > > So, everyone take care out there and be safe! > > Sue > www.hollywoodposterframes.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:56:28 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [MOPO] TEXAS > To: [email protected] > > > It is doubtful that anyone on the list who really experienced this storm is > really even in a position to get this > post. There is no power. The upper Texas coast is a mess. Even though > the storm was actually not as bad as Texas officials had feared, > nevertheless it was awful. There is no power for almost 2 MILLION people. > When people tell you that everything in Texas is big, that includes power > outages as well. Flooding is widespread and is being complicated today by > additional, non - hurricane related rains caused by a cool front wringing > moisture from the coastal atmosphere. This means that the hurricane > flooding is being hampered in draining. There haven't been a lot > of deaths reported, but this may be because rescue teams cannot get into > some of the residential areas yet. > In short, it's a wreck. > > Here in Austin we did not even get one drop of rain or any high wind. This > was a different scenario than the > one posited at the beginning of last week, when Austin was in the storm > target area. > > K. > > > On Sep 13, 2008, at 840PM, Glenn Taranto wrote: > > First off... Hope every one in Texas is doing OK after the big blow... > > Secondly, I was offered a trade today for an original release High Society > one sheet. It wasn't folded and had no NSS number. Other than that all the > printing on the bottom was correct for that poster. > > It was 27x40 1/2. It was obviously trimmed on the bottom as the trim was > not as sharp as the other three sides. There was nothing indicating it was a > reprint. > > I explained to him that I felt it was a reprint but he insisted that he > worked at MGM and has had this poster since the mid-sixties and that it came > from the president's office. He also claimed to have sold another > exactly like it, unfolded. Another red flag I thought. Following all that > the paper didn't feel right either. > > Anyone know of early reprints on this title or run across anything like > this on this title before? I'd like to be honest with the guy and tell him > exactly what he has. > > I would appreciate any comments. > > Many thanks, > > Glenn T. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
