- Roads still packed, lines still long, Rita still a bitch\r\nSeptember 22nd, 2005 3:59 am\r\n\r\nYes, it is 4:00am CDT and I am blogging. It\'s truly a sickness.\r\nHere\'s the 4:00am update of this cam shot. I wonder how many from the earlier shot are still sitting there for this one.\r\nNews2Houston is just reporting that the impact track seems to have moved north along the coast. This means that instead of Galveston and the bay being on the \"dirty side\" of the storm, the eye may just pass directly over it. In fact, some tracks are now modeling into eastern Louisiana. Not that I wish ill on anyone, but from a purely selfish point of view, I\'d rather this storm go anywhere else but here.\r\nI am about 60 miles inland and they\'re predicting 120 mph winds here. Building codes only require the homes be built for 75 mph winds.\r\nIt\'s pretty disheartening to wonder what I may return home to (or not return to) after the weekend. We\'re heading out in about an hour for a trek which I\'m hearing could last 12-14 hours (a drive that normally takes 3.5 - 4 hours). Of course, my luck, the storm tracks right over Dallas and appears to remain a Category 1 damn near right into Dallas.\r\nI wanted to thank everyone for the kind emails, comments and prayers. They mean more to us than you know. It\'s a weird feeling taking pictures off your walls in case the walls aren\'t there after the storm. It\'s not a feeling I want to experience again.\r\n\r\nHere\'s a picture I took with the phone cam while stuck in traffic heading home from the office. Note the temperature gauge was showing 111 degrees. Thank God for A/C.\r\nReports are coming in that it\'s taking some people 12 - 15 hours to get from the south side of Houston to the north.\r\nThey\'re starting to reverse the inbound lanes of I-10, I-45, HWY 290, HWY 59 to facilitate the exodus.\r\nBut gas stations are running out of gas quickly. The good news, however, that you may not have heard from our liberal media is that gas prices are down 10 - 15% from their highs of a few weeks ago.\r\n\r\n\r\nOriginally posted:\r\nhttp://www.texasrainmaker.com/2005/09/22/112738052547240005/\r\n