Sunday, September 25, 2005
Logistical Nightmare
What happens when 1.8 million people flee a city? Chaos. And that's exactly what happened in Houston last Thursday. Hearing the stories of 100 mile long traffic jams and what are normally 8 hour trips turning into 28 hours trips is astounding. Now these people must come back. Ouch! I'm sure the traffic jams will be just as bad. One thing was learned out of this evacuation, America has a long way to go in terms of having a perfect emergency response system. But, pretty good is not too bad. And I would say the emergency procedures were pretty good. After all, had Rita hit Houston, nearly all of the residents would have been safe. Good job!
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apparently they're going to attempt to stagger the return of evacuees to Houston, so while it will probably be bad, here's hoping it won't be as bad as getting out of the town was!
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