Dan Minette wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: Olbermann > > >> Dave Land wrote: >>> >>> These are leaders who defined national security in terms of 9/11. >>> The question is whether we will insist that the blighters we put >>> in >>> their places can think in terms of 8/29, too. >>> >> I feel sorry for the victims, but wasn´t here an alarm, calling >> for evacuation from the city _3 days_ before Katrina hit? > > Going to the National Hurricane Center Archives, we see that that, 3 > days before it hit, it was a minimal hurricane (75 mph winds) that > was suppose to curve soon and hit the Florida Panhandle. It was > forcast to have only 100-105 mph winds at that time, making it a > modest cat 2 hurricane. The probability of being within ~125 km of > New Orleans when it hit land was estimated at only 8%. If New > Orleans were to be evacuated under those conditions, it would > probably need evacuation once or twice a year. >
That touches on an issue brought up on WWL-AM during the evacuation. According to the correspondents every highway leading out of New Orleans is a 2 lane highway. This is why you hear about people taking 15 hours to get to a safe refuge. It is also likely another reason why some people didn't leave. It is difficult to expect people to leave when there is no infrastructur to support such a mass evacuation. We have the same problem for Galveston and many of our coastal towns. It is far to easy to clog our arteries of escape. xponent Road Dogs Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
