it took me 16 hours to travel the first 80 miles otherwise would not take much time. many took 24 hours between houston and dallas!
vehicles bumper to bumper on highway worse than any traffic at peak time anywhere. in worst region, it took about an hour to move one mile! kind of like in full enemy engagement in military invasion and fight to reach the targeted position, only this was the over heated and thus broken down cars and the out of gas cars stall the traffic.
almost 24 hours no sleep, no real food (all resturants/fast food chain are closed) but snacks brought...
all cell phones are down...
now that i am at another city, watching tv about the hurricane, it is totally different from when watched from houston.