takes weeks to position things like that...and you have to know where the hurricane will hit
<<<10 passenger trains of 10 coaches each. The main train station in New Orleans is LITERALLY right next door to the Superdome. Only problem: finding 100 passenger cars.
There's two ten car PLUS passenger trains that visit NO every day...the "City of New Orleans" (to Chicago) and the "Sunset Limited." (Jax to LA) There's 2o to 25 cars right there! However, it's not that easy, as Amtrak would have to drop off all the regular passengers, refund their money, put 'em in hotels...etc...so they could have empty trains for evac. (But if they used those 20 cars in an express shuttle service, to a location about 200 miles west of NO, it might be all they need...)
Also, if they had too, they could couple together those old streetcar/trollies they run up & down St. Charles Ave., and have a diesel pull them out of the station! The trollies use the same guage tracks as regular trains.
Not only could they save some people, they'd save the old trollies! I love those old NO street cars. Hope a few survive...
Also...off topic...does anyone outthere know what the fate of the animals at the Audobon Zoo will be? I doubt they have an evac plan for the animals. Only the gators will be able to rough this storm....