[Uncle Fud]

Remember the hundreds of thousands who were stuck in their cars during the evacuation for Hurricane Floyd?

Now remember that a hurricane warning gives 24-36 hours notice, and usually is somewhat more localized than a tsunami warning would be.

Trying to evacuate a whole chunk of the eastern seaboard on a couple hours' notice could result in more collateral deaths than would the wave itself.

[digger48]

Trying to evacuate a whole chunk of the eastern seaboard on a couple hours' notice could result in more collateral deaths than would the wave

My thoughts exactly.