Posted by Par35
And the even bigger problem - where are you going to move them to? Anyplace within 150 miles is likely going to need its own shelters for local needs before this is over. (And the nearest non- coastal cities within easy range (Jackson and Baton Rouge) are both under 250,000 population. No way either of them could handle another 50,000 folks - both are packed with folks that got themselves that far. The nearest big cities are Houston, Dallas, Memphis and Birmingham.
I am going to concentrate on news of the hurricane, and cease prolonging this argument. It isn't productive, and since we will not ever come to agreement, we are simply wasting bandwidth.
As I stated in another thread, LSU for starters. Could also be a transfer point for evac shuttles to other cities, as resources permitted. The main issue is to get people out of the storm surge. 50 dying in the collapse of a the roof of a less than perfect shelter is bad, but not nearly as much as 5,000 (or 50,000) drowning in the NO area, or heaven forbid a lost roof on the superdome (which I do NOT expect will happen.) Why haven't new campus buildings been designed as emergency shelters?