Houston Chronicle, Sept. 25, 2005
"Too many people and no way out"
Feldstein and Stiles

"Hurricane planners have a little ditty that goes: "run from the water, hide from he wind."
It means evacuate if you are in a coastal surge area, but hunker down if you are in an area that will get hurricane-force winds and rain only.
In addition to wondering why there wasn't a contraflow traffic plan, the reporters note that people evacuating wind and rain only areas blocked those trying to escape the dangerous coastal surge areas.
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