Guess I was lucky. Thu 8:20-9:20 am when I was in IAH, everything was very orderly. Lot of refugees came to SJC. First class was 1/2 kids and 20-somethings. My $29 TPA-SJC flight was selling for $2,300-4,100 and some may have purchased those tickets. There was a lot of shuffling seats in FC.

One lady had tried Chicago and Las Vegas, but first open flight she could get was to San Jose. Her husband refused to leave Houston, but she was heading to an Indian casino to relax. As I exited the SJC terminal, there were many people asking for directions to San Francisco from Houston, trying the bus for the first time.

My brother in Los Angeles has a friend from Houston staying for 5 days.

The IAH airport hotel was oversold Wednesday night...even at $260/pop.

Wed 4:30-4:45 pm we caught some of the edge of hurricane winds in Tampa. I was taking a shower on the beach...and the water was flying horizontal. I heard 3 in of rain in 15 min. Tried to return to the airport early and catch the 6:50 pm TPA-IAH flight, but traffic was packed solid, and it took 2 hrs to get gas and return to the TPA airport.

...nothing like the Houston traffic though. We were doing about 10-15 mph.