To: Mr. K
Think of the panic it would have caused if they had announced it. I have seen what happens when a small part of the coast is evacuated for a hurricane, gridlock. Imagine if they announced that it was going to hit in a populated area. What a nightmare. If I can't get out of the way in time, don't even tell me about it.
36 posted on
02/24/2004 12:36:43 PM PST by
Ditter
To: Ditter
Think of the panic it would have caused if they had announced it. I have seen what happens when a small part of the coast is evacuated for a hurricane, gridlock. Imagine if they announced that it was going to hit in a populated area. What a nightmare. If I can't get out of the way in time, don't even tell me about it.Thanks to Hollywood and pop science, we can now look forward to mass hysteria and possibly un-needed deaths everytime something comes "close" to earth.
39 posted on
02/24/2004 12:45:46 PM PST by
randog
(Everything works great 'til the current flows.)
To: Ditter
"
If I can't get out of the way in time, don't even tell me about it."
You can't. They won't.
Now unload your SUV ;)
42 posted on
02/24/2004 12:55:28 PM PST by
G.Mason
(The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected -- Will Rogers)
To: Ditter
I guess my point is that the one that hits us is the hardest to detect early.
People need to know more on that point because if one DOES hit they will ask "What did W know and when did he know it?" - you know what I mean?
45 posted on
02/24/2004 1:00:20 PM PST by
Mr. K
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