How Hurricane Rita anxiety led to the worst gridlock in Houston history
Hurricane Katrina had devastated the U.S. only a few weeks earlier. And with Hurricane...
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In the Houston area, the muddled flight from the city killed almost as many people as Rita did. an estimated 2.5 million people hit the road ahead of the storm’s arrival, creating some of the most insane gridlock in U.S. history. More than 100 evacuees died in the exodus. Drivers waited in traffic for 20-plus hours, and heat stroke impaired or killed dozens. Fights broke out on the highway. A bus carrying nursing home evacuees caught fire, and 24 died.
Good thing the cars all ran on gasoline.