#3 Buses -- it's all about buses. Dallas sent 200 school buses to San Antonio on Saturday.
I commute IH-35 from about 30 south of Austin. This morning, going south was first, probably about 30 charter buses, then about 25-35 Austin school buses.... then I looked up, sorta on a hilly portion, and there must have been another 75 Austin school buses in the center lane, headed south. Awesome sight!
Buses from the city, state, and military were on standby for possible evacuations, including a fleet of 700 sent by the governor's office. Another 600 buses were on standby in San Antonio.(or, at least heading to San Antonio)
This is what they are preparing for -- San Antonio is ready for 40,000 already.
In Washington, R. David Paulison, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said up to 100,000 people might have to be evacuated from the state's southeastern coast and its immigrant shantytowns near the Mexican border. The storm is on course for northern Mexico, but could shift and hit the region around Brownsville, Texas, Paulison said. |
