For thos that were curious what happened.
http://onthescene.msnbc.com/hurricanes/2005/09/stranded_on_emp.html#below-foldSTRANDED ON EMPTYPosted: Saturday, September 24 at 04:50 pm CT by Bob Sullivan
Maybe you saw those pictures Wednesday of thousands of cars stuck in traffic fleeing Houston, trying to escape Hurricane Rita. Maybe you were wondering what happened to all those people we talked to on Route 59, whose cars were running out of gas and overheating.
Well, we found them. About one hour's drive north of Houston, we found thousands of them, stranded. They had made it as far as Livingston, and there, many simply ran out of gas. Now, 2,100 people are calling Livingston Junior High their home. Several hundred more, including dozens of frail elderly, are staying at the elementary school nearby. The schools just spontaneously turned into shelters Thursday, when people's cars began to cut out. Some had simply resorted to walking, abandoning their cars on the side of the road, not wanting to be stuck on a highway when the storm hit.
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