NEW Banjo's Mini-Poll -- the Rita evacuation

Laurence Simon declares Hoffy in the Houston daily "nails it," meaning that Houston TV weather people got everyone worked up over Hurricane Rita for nothing.

During our 16-hour evacuation to the Hill Country, I privately concluded at least half of the motorists on the highway didn't need to be turning tail, reasoning that the people from west, north and much of central Harris County who left would have been better off (and a heck of a lot more comfortable) staying home.

Easy to say now, I know.

We're happy we left, but we live 10 or so miles from the Gulf. It was the most miserable road trip I've ever experienced, a 4-hour journey under normal conditions that took 16 hours, but the fear of death is a powerful motivator, especially when predictions for a while said the storm has taken dead aim on our Brazosport homestead.

So what do YOU think? Did TV weather forecasters hype Rita TOO MUCH?

Please vote only once.

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Here are the results of our last poll, which asked which company should get "naming rights" to the moon in order to help fund the USA's trip back to the lunar surface:

Hooters: 43%
Mountain Dew 14%
Google 14%
Cialis 10%
Budweister 10%
The Simpsons 5%
Outback Steakhouse 2%
Nike 2%
McDonalds 0
Dow Chemical Co. 0

Total votes cast: 42