To the Editor : Re '' Miles of Traffic as Texans Heed Order to Leave '' -LRB- front page , Sept. 23 -RRB- : As I watch bands of rain pass over my inland town less than a month after Katrina changed our way of life down here in Louisiana , I find it ironic that a crawling evacuation , including a burning bus filled with the elderly , can not dim the praise of Texas as it faces the monster , Rita .