Morning Roundup: Maximum mileage edition

Good morning, Houston. In these days of near-$3 gas, there's one group of drivers who aren't so worried: hypermilers, who use certain techniques to squeeze every possible M out of their MPG. Hypermiling involves a few pretty simple changes in the way you drive, including coasting, accelerating slowly from stops and the skillful use of cruise control. Used correctly, hypermiling can increase your car's fuel efficiency by 30 percent or more — so why not check into it?

>> CPS: Baby Moses doesn't cover abandoned baby: Whoever left a baby outside the Westlake Volunteer Fire Department in west Harris County this weekend didn't comply with the state's Baby Moses Law, Child Protective Services officials said yesterday. Under the law, babies up to 30 days old may legally be left at emergency care providers like fire stations, but they must be left in a way that doesn't harm them or expose them to harm. The baby found this weekend was left exposed to the elements near an air-conditioning unit in an area where firefighters don't normally go; he was left exposed to the elements and ants had already gathered around his body, CPS spokeswoman Estella Olguin told the Chronicle. "Leaving it outside by some bushes or by the air-conditioning unit where the child may not be found is not covered under the Baby Moses Law," she said. "It was just luck and chance that this child was found." The boy remains in the custody of CPS, and Olguin said he'll probably remain in a Katy hospital for another week.

>> How's Houston fixed for a nuclear attack?: American Medical Association researchers looked at what would happen if a 550-kiloton atomic weapon exploded in downtown Houston — and the outlook isn't too good. Downtown itself would be wiped off the map in such an explosion, and there would be more than 257,000 burn victims, only 59,000 of whom would be expected to survive. But what's really worrisome is that the city's two Level 1 trauma centers are located right next to each other in the Texas Medical Center, where there would also be heavy damage and severe burns. If the Med Center were to be heavily damaged, LBJ Hospital on the North Loop would take over, but Richard Bradley, the medical director at the hospital's emergency center, said LBJ could only take in 100 or 200 extra patients — not the thousands it would need to handle. A 550-kiloton bomb is about 28 times more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, but it's a type of weapon commonly found in the former Soviet arsenal (and therefore most likely to fall into terrorist hands).

>> Today's weather: Looks like we could be starting the day with fog in some areas of town, but that should burn off this morning, leaving us with a partly cloudy day with a chance of afternoon showers. Look for a high of 84 and a low tonight in the upper 60s.

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