Bus evacuation

County	Departing point	Estimated # evacuees	Estimated # buses (50/bus)	Recommended shelter city

Chambers	Anahuac	100	2	Texarkana
Chambers	Beach City	25	1	Texarkana
Chambers	Mont Belvieu	25	1	Texarkana
Chambers	Old River-Winfree	15	1	Texarkana
Hardin	Lumberton	150	3	Texarkana
Hardin	Rose Hill Acres	50	1	Texarkana
Jefferson	Beaumont	2,400	48	Tyler
Jefferson	Bevil Oaks	50	1	Mineola
Jefferson	Groves	100	2	Mineola
Jefferson	Nederland	60	1	Mineola
Jefferson	Port Neches	50	1	Mineola
Jefferson	Port Arthur	1,500	30	Tyler
Liberty	Dayton	700	14	Longview
Liberty	Dayton Lakes	200	4	Longview
Liberty	Kenefick	200	4	Longview
Liberty	Liberty	700	14	Longview
Newton	Deweyville	100	2	Atlanta
Orange	Bridge City	100	2	Jacksonville
Orange	West Orange	250	5	Jacksonville
Orange	Pinehurst	250	5	Jacksonville
Orange	Vidor	100	2	Jacksonville
Orange	Orange	2,000	40	Henderson (700) & Carthage (1300)

New plan may ease woes of bus evacuees

In the past, mass transit buses carried hurricane evacuees to an assembly point in the Lufkin and Nacogdoches area, then were routed to shelters elsewhere. That created a logjam during the Hurricane Rita evacuation, Jefferson County Emergency Management Coordinator John Cascio said.

Now, a “sister city” system has been set up. When a resident boards a bus in their community, they know where they’ll wind up, Cascio said.

Below is the bus evacuation plan for Southeast Texas.