"If you think the situation right now is bad, you give an order to evacuate, you are creating a nightmare." "You issue an evacuation order and put everyone on the highway," Turner said, "you are really asking for a major calamity." So there is absolutely no reason to evacuate from Houston or the greater Houston area." On Sunday, CNN meteorologist Chad Myers agreed with officials' decision to not issue an evacuation order. Abbott whether there had been a breakdown in communications when he said people should evacuate, but local officials contradicted him.

Source: CNN August 27, 2017 19:31 UTC