Subj : Hurricane Evacuation
To   : Frank
From : Newborn
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 23:49:00

  Re: Hurricane Evacuation
  By: Frank to Newborn on Sat Sep 03 2005 08:20 pm

 > 
 >   I was wondering, In Florida when a serious Hurricane is approaching and
 >   evacuation starts to look like a REAL GOOD IDEA. Does the state Request
 >   or recommended that the population evacuate or do they issue a requirement
 >   to evacuate.
 > 
     In certain areas evacuations are mandatory.  Unfortunately the police
     do not have the power to inforce the evacuation.  The governor CAN require
     the evaculation, but, he doesn't have the power to have people removed
     from their homes.

 >   I was just wondering, I don't live in an area where hurricanes are a big
 >   threat. My weather station only recorded about 1/2 inch of rain here as
 >   Katrina went by with 20 to 30 mph wind gusts.
 > 
 >   We got 40-50 mph gusts and a higher tide then normal, but nothing serious
     this time around.  Someone mentioned how Fl got help during last years
     Storms.  Well there are homes that STILL are awaiting repair in the
     heaviest hit areas (4 storms aren't easy to recover from).  But, then
     90,000 sq. miles of damage isn't a cake walk either.  I don't believe it
     will do any good to rebuild much of the damage from Katrina on site.
     Another storm will just cause the same damage.  NO is built on nothing
     but 'silt' and no levee will change that; especially ones that are built
     for level 3 hurricanes.

     As i write this we have 3 depressions in the Atlantic and 1 in the Gulf
     that are forming and it's still 3+ months left in the season.  

Newborn
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