Yeah, but the conditions were perfect for significant intensification (90 degree water temperature), and ALL of the computer models were in total agreement on the track. If it was you and your family on the line, would you prefer a few unnecessary trips out of the area to drowning in a flood (or worse)? Once a year? No way.
With only the busses in this photo, We can work these number 2 differant ways.
1) Assuming the driver of each bus does 55 Miles Per Hour, yields the following:
8,800 people would be able to get 2,640 miles away from New Orleans in 48 hours of driving.
2) Assuming Al Sharpton drives each bus @ 110 Miles Per Hour, yields the following:
8,800 people would be able to get 5,280 miles away from New Orleans in 48 hours of driving.
Can I ask My fellow beloved Freepers to use these 2 numbers, 2,640 miles, and 5,280 miles, and use them to find interesting destinations in the USA they could have reached ?