Experience in what? Surely it's not experience in disaster planning, is it?
1. Everyone who has a car rushes to gas stations to fuel up their cars. Within 12 to 18 hours all gas stations run out of fuel.
The general public uses gas stations. State and local governments have prearranged plans to circumvent that little problem. Well, most of them do, but apparently not NOLA.
2. Everyone rushes to grocery stores for supplies. Shelves are empty within 4 hours. Many are unable to obtain food or water.
That's why designated shelters have already made other arrangements. Well, most of them have, but apparently not NOLA.
3. Everyone with cars locates their families and then gets on the highways headed out of town. The highways are jammed within 2 hours........4. Even if the local government manages to load all of those without cars into buses they will stuck in traffic jams. ...... 5. People who are stuck in their cars in traffic jams when the storm hits are at much higher risk of death and injury than those in homes or shelters.
Do you know the definition of contraflow? Did you see anyone stuck in their cars when the storm hit? Are you always this negative?
That is why you can't evacuate a large metropolitan area.
And this is why we can all thank our lucky stars you're not in charge of a Disaster Plan. Or are you?
Ray Nagin? Is that you?!
Living in Pensacola and being hit by 6 major hurricanes within the last 15 years. Including Ivan, Dennis, and Katrina in the last 12 months.