Yesterday I drove to Arlington, TX, the next large town over from Fort Worth. On the way home we must have passed at least a half-dozen lighted signs telling Gustav evacuees how to get to the shelter set up for people travelling on I-20. I presume they chose the shelter they did because it was the easiest to direct people to with simple signs like this.

Smart bureaucrats and social service suppliers will know this wasn't just people escaping a potentially bad storm, this was a way to test the readiness of a lot of folks along the way. Though some will grumble they shouldn't have left after all, many people benefited from the practical exercise to see if the evacuation plan works.

No rain here yet, but it has moved over east Texas.

SRS