It looks like a normal 4 a.m. out there now. No traffic. Guess everyone’s out who plans to get out. My wild-ass guess is that somewhere around half of zones A and B did not evacuate. Probably more B than A stayed, of course, but traffic out of the southern side of the city was too light yesterday. I really hope this doesn’t turn out to be as bad as it might. On the other hand, if Ike fizzles, the death toll from the next hurricane to actually deliver on it’s threat to Houston will be enormous, because too many people will say “the hell with it.”

And on that note, I’m going back to bed.