WFOR 11 p.m. news - 2005-09-22
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[0:03] Now live, this is CBS4 News at 11.
[0:09] >> First at 11, a sea of lights on Texas
[0:12] highways. A mass evacuation moving at a
[0:14] slow crawl with the clock ticking and
[0:16] Hurricane Rita closing in on the Gulf
[0:18] Coast.
[0:18] >> The powerful category 4 storm is now
[0:20] packing winds of 140 mph. It could make
[0:24] landfall early Saturday morning.
[0:25] >> Cities in its projected path look like
[0:27] ghost towns tonight. CBS4's Brian
[0:30] Andrews, Carrie Cod, and Mike Kersher
[0:32] there. Our team coverage begins with
[0:34] Brian in Galveastston. Brian,
[0:36] >> Hurricane Reena is closing in, taking
[0:39] aim at the Texas Gulf Coast, which is
[0:41] home to the majority of this country's
[0:44] oil refining industry. There are dozens
[0:46] of refineries tonight that are closed.
[0:48] But instead about talking about gas, let
[0:50] me show you what's happening with people
[0:52] who are trying to hit the gas pedal
[0:53] tonight to get out of harm's way. It is
[0:55] a sea of brake lights for more than 30
[0:58] miles heading up Interstate 45 from the
[1:01] coastal communities towards Houston and
[1:03] to points further north. This
[1:04] counterflow not only extends to
[1:06] Interstate 45, but also to Interstate
[1:08] 10. And there are a lot of people even
[1:10] at this late hour who are still going
[1:12] nowhere.
[1:17] As Rita turns her way closer to the
[1:19] Texas coast, the waves are crashing
[1:21] ashore on Galveastston Beach. Coastal
[1:24] residents continue heading out of the
[1:25] potential strike zone, but all across
[1:27] the Houston area, the major roadways are
[1:30] jammed.
[1:30] >> Like nothing we've ever seen before,
[1:32] >> and so are the airports.
[1:33] >> It's like a mad house out there.
[1:35] >> Along