[rintense]

Is anyone surprised?

[summer]

But what are 8 million New Yorkers going to do? Evacuate? Really? And go where? Not everyone can move to CT. The way I see it, New Yorkers still residing in the city are now sitting ducks, and will be for a very long time.

[summer]

But what are 8 million New Yorkers going to do? Evacuate? Really? And go where? Not everyone can move to CT. The way I see it, New Yorkers still residing in the city are now sitting ducks, and will be for a very long time.

[summer]

(Sorry for the double-post!)

[gridlock]

The first thing that happened after the planes hit on 9/11 was the bridges and tunnels leading to and from Manhattan were shut down. They were closed for the rest of the day, and did not open until the evening rush. Cutting off Manhattan is Item #1 in the NYC civil defense plan. There is no realistic plan to evacuate all of those people. The plan is to perform triage on a gargantuan scale, and not put a lot of time and effort into New York City. Advance warning works against the plan.

If you want to know what happens when the sh!t hits the fan, look at what happened in the first hours after 9/11.