Classic, even traffic reports invite dissenters:

Mr. Goldberg,
I live 100 miles North of Houston on Hwy 6. At 3:15 this morning I had to take my dog out and traffic from Houston was streaming by my farm in unbelievable numbers. They WERE moving at around 55 mph. I drove into Bryan (10 mi. S.) and filled my car, went back to the farm, got my dog and suitcase, and headed for Dallas. Traffic on 6 was steady but busy. I detoured onto lesser roads and passed under I-45 at Buffalo where lines to buy fuel (at 4:45 am) were 15 cars deep. I-45 was very busy but moving. More backroads got me to Dallas in about an hour longer than usual. Your reader complaining of Houston’s faults in evacuation must be a former Louisiana resident – instead of planning way ahead and getting out in a timely manner, your reader’s parents chose a lazy hour to leave. NOT HOUSTON’S FAULT – IT SERVES NO PURPOSE FOR YOU TO PUBLISH LETTERS OF COMPLAINERS WHO EXPECT GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE BLAME FOR ALL LIFE’S LITTLE SPEARS AND ARROWS!

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Jonah:
I saw your post in which one of your readers in Houston blames the local and
state officials for the horrific traffic on the highways leading out of the
city. With all due respect to him, I think there isn’t much public
officials (in Houston at least) could do about it.
One of the big problems in this current situation is that for days the local
media has been going into complete hysterics about the storm, and have been
making it sound like the entire Houston area is on the verge of turning into
New Orleans. A simple look at the map will show you that isn’t the case (we
aren’t a city located in a bowl surrounded by a lake, the Gulf and a rickety
levee system), and this has really created an atmosphere of panic for many
people.
I’m riding out the storm here in Houston. This isn’t the first hurricane
I’ve lived through, and I hope to God everything will turn out okay this
time. I will say this, however. The Mayor of Houston and the County Judge
of Harris County (a Democrat and a Republican, respectively), will be
remembered for doing a great job in all this, because they’ve made things
that are under their control work well and they have kept calm when others
have lost their heads. I don’t think the news media and the Texas
Department of Transportation (they are the guys that run the highways) will
get good ratings for their performance, however.