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Originally Posted by Lee3691
I live in Houston, and started getting information about the storm on Tuesday - I have 2 small children, so I might be out of it, but I am not sure anyone knew about it weeks.
The damage to Houston, and to the cities east of Houston is not from the hurricane "hitting" the city, but the super storm attached to it.
But, again, evacuating a city that size isn't a snap of the fingers thing. Some people don't have the money, some people don't have the transportation, and some people have other things that would prevent evacuation. Obviously, for those that got hit the hardest, I am sure they would evacuate if they could go back in time (about 25 to 30% of city had severe flooding), but it's not this magical thing that could just empty the city.
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How did you fare? Which part of Houston do you live in?
I was all over over the week- Addick, Bellaire, Humble, Downtown, Buffalo Bayou Park, Tranquility Park, Beaumont, the chemical Plant, both big convention centers, etc.
It was amazing how fast the water rose, and amazing how fast it dropped, west to east.
On sunday morning driving to my hotel from the airport, (I couldnt get to my original hotel which was up near medical center on main street), i actually had a few moments of full on fear of not being able to get off the 610. was pretty bad and only got worse over the next day.