How Hurricane Rita anxiety led to the worst gridlock in Houston ... - Chron
WEBSep 22, 2015 · State and local officials have taken a beating for waiting until millions of Hurricane Rita evacuees had been trapped in gridlock for more than 24 hours before they opened Houston's major...
Hurricane Rita evacuation - Wikipedia
WEBNorthbound traffic on Interstate 45 heading outbound from Galveston, Texas, on September 21, 2005. The approach of Hurricane Rita towards the United States Gulf Coast in September 2005 triggered one of the largest mass evacuations in U.S. history. Between 2.5 and 3.7 million people evacuated from the Gulf …
Why Didn't Officials Order The Evacuation Of Houston? - NPR
WEBAug 28, 2017 · Dozens of people died on the road — in a horrific bus fire, in traffic accidents, of heat stroke. After all that, Rita changed course and dealt Houston only a glancing blow.
11 years ago, one of the worst traffic jams in Texas history ... - mySA
WEBSep 21, 2016 · State and local officials have taken a beating for waiting until millions of Hurricane Rita evacuees had been trapped in gridlock for more than 24 hours before they opened Houston's major...
Miles of Traffic as Texans Heed Order to Leave
WEBSep 23, 2005 · HOUSTON, Sept. 22 - Heeding days of dire warnings about Hurricane Rita, as many as 2.5 million people jammed evacuation routes on Thursday, creating colossal 100-mile-long traffic jams that...
Hurricane Rita - Wikipedia
WEBHurricane Rita as a Category 2 hurricane crossing the Florida Straits. On September 18, when Rita was declared a tropical storm, phased evacuations began in the Florida Keys. All tourists were told to evacuate the Lower Keys immediately and residents in mobile homes were told to prepare to evacuate. [27]
Science and steely nerves spared Houston from a nightmare hurricane ...
WEBSep 1, 2020 · Houston experienced the nation's worst hurricane evacuation 15 years ago, when a storm named Rita menaced the state in late September. In some ways, this was the perfect storm to terrify a city...
Hurricane Rita Made Landfall 10 Years Ago On September 24
WEBSep 24, 2015 · Rita struck as a Category 3 hurricane with 120-mile-per-hour winds and a storm surge reaching as high as 20 feet, swamping small towns across southwest Louisiana and ravaging southeast Texas.
Hurricane Rita Weakens Slightly; Bus of Evacuees Catches Fire
WEBSep 23, 2005 · Hurricane Rita bore down on Texas and southwestern Louisiana with 135 mph winds Friday, creating widespread traffic jams as hundreds of thousands of residents raced to safer ground and...
Remembering Rita: Evacuation proved deadlier than storm
WEBSep 24, 2015 · Where most hurricanes that have hit the area live in our memory through stories of how high the water got or how bad the wind damage was, ten years ago today the Baytown area was hit by a storm remembered not …