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[edit] Moved from article

I moved this from the article because it was unsourced, was too long and didn't fit in the article very well. Also needs a good copyedit. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 19:11, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

The state having resisted at first were forced to open all freeway lanes outbound after Texas Governor Rick Perry was awaken at 3 a.m. as local officials called him for help. Gridlock roads in all directions out of Houston had even country dirt roads filled as the people fled. Many surrended and returned home, but 2.5 million pushed on fearing the repeat of New Orlean's devastation. Many stuck in gridlock would runout of Gas. The State stepped up at the time running fuel trucks and police cars to give out 5 gallons free per car out of gas. The storm would turn in it's final hours before landfall leaving little damage to the Houston area, but devastating the Beaumont and Louisiana border area. Sadly more people died in the evacuation of Houston then from the storm after several died of heat stroke and a deadly bus fire filled with nursing home patients whose oxygen tanks helped fuel the fire. The return trip was made easier by government asking those returning to return over several days stagard by dividing the area into sections. With 2.5 million leaving as they all filled thier gas tanks they left the Oil Capital of the world with little to no gasoline left. The return required fuel trucks sent from around the state to refill gas stations in the Houston Area, but also along the Interstates and Highways leading back to Houston. The Leasons learned lead to removalable barriers to open all freeway lanes for future evacuation and the stagging of fuel along evacuation routes including tankers at rest areas and mandating higher amount of fuel stored at gas stations in the days before a storm is predicted to hit.

[edit] Images

I swapped the placement of the first two images back to their original placement when the article became a FA. The text appears (to me) to flow around the images a little better this way. Postoak (talk) 23:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Celebities sec

Not only is this newly added section trivia and formated as a list (both of which are discouraged), the list is significantly incomplete. It will be a magnet for additions and, most likely, prove to be unmanageable. I suggest removing it. Perhaps a seperate list/article would be possible. --Evb-wiki (talk) 14:53, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, I noticed that it's already covered by adding the celebritie's articles to Category:People_from_Houston,_Texas --Enric Naval (talk) 15:07, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Airport information in the infobox

This information is not found in the inforbox on any major city articles. NYC, LA and Chicago have multiple aiports but they are not listed in the infobox. It is nonstandard. Primary and Secondary based on what criteria? Popularity? Passengers? What about EFD? It was recently added to Dallas by the same editor who keeps adding it here. I don't feel it belongs. Also, why just airports? Why not also list the primary port of Houston, the train stations and the bus stations in the infobox? Because it is irrelevant information in the infobox. Postoak (talk) 03:59, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox image

The image of the city in the infobox was changed because the editor felt it was "more appropriate". However, several of the buildings are obscured by trees. I reverted to the previous image because the older image provided a better view of the skyline /buildings. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 20:14, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


I second thatSgvalenti (talk) 15:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Seven Meadows

An IP user in AFC has suggested an article on Seven Meadows, which is considered a suburb of Houston. I don't know if Seven Meadows is already mentioned here or not, but I still am not sure whether it really merits an individual page or not. Could someone please look at it here, and give their opinion? Thanks! The ''Gorgeous Girl''!!! (talk) 03:55, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it was already speedy deleted. Postoak (talk) 04:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, that was a link to AFC, and I guess I got the name wrong. I don't think the article itself has ever existed. The ''Gorgeous Girl''!!! (talk) 04:20, 28 May 2008 (UTC)