Worst. Traffic. Ever.
Finally got out of there. Shoved everything as far away from the windows as possible, packed up my computers and documents and put them in the car. It took me over 4 1/2 hours to drive from my apartment (about 3 miles south of I-10) to Spring. That trip normally takes me 40-45 minutes. And the only reason I made it here so quickly was that I avoided the freeways as much as I could, choosing instead to take a longer route (Eldridge to Jones Road). It took us 2 hours to travel 3 miles! I don’t think I would have survived this trip if not for a couple of old heavy metal CDs (Skillet, East West) cranking out all the way at 140dB. Hungry and totally sleep-deprived. As I sit here I barely have enough strength left to even type.
We plan to head out of here very early tomorrow morning. Destination is someplace north of Dallas, near the Oklahoma border. The governor has just issued an order to reverse the southbound lanes of I-45 (and I-10/Highway 290 as well I believe), so hopefully all this traffic should thin out soon. Whenever there’s a pipe, there will be blogging.
