Hilary's arrival will mark the first hurricane or tropical storm landfall in Southern California since 1939, according to AP. Weather forecasters expect the storm's impacts to be significant, with heavy rainfall across the southwestern United States and a subsequent risk of flash floods from San Diego to Las Vegas.
Removing the former MKT line between Katy and downtown Houston to widen the Katy Freeway (I-10) was a grave mistake. The segment would have relieved some of the rail traffic neandering through southwest Houston and Sugar Land on the Sunset Route. Without the former MKT line there is no direct western rail outlet without going south before turning west.