yep....and then, if all is 'moderately' ok afterwards, all those people will want/need to come BACK to Houston...that's, lessee..several million MORE auto trips at slow, tedious speeds, using MORE fuel. Some of these people may hardly get OUT of their vehicles for a week. 5 million is a lot of bodies to put anywhere,...even for a few days.

It is not a pretty picture. .....and New Orleans may well get enough rain and storm surge to undo a lot of the progress...and flooding up as far as Dallas as this thing dumps gulf water way inland.