Subj : Re: Hurricane Evacuation
To   : Newborn
From : Finnigann
Date : Wed Sep 07 2005 01:27:00

-=> Newborn wrote to Frank <=-

 Ne>   Re: Hurricane Evacuation
 Ne>   By: Frank to Newborn on
 Ne> 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.
 >
 Ne>      In certain areas evacuations are mandatory.  Unfortunately the
 Ne> police
 Ne>      do not have the power to inforce the evacuation.  The governor CAN
 Ne> require
 Ne>      the evaculation, but, he doesn't have the power to have people
 Ne> removed
 Ne>      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
 Ne>      this time around.  Someone mentioned how Fl got help during last
 Ne> years
 Ne>      Storms.  Well there are homes that STILL are awaiting repair in
 Ne> the
 Ne>      heaviest hit areas (4 storms aren't easy to recover from).  But,
 Ne> then
 Ne>      90,000 sq. miles of damage isn't a cake walk either.  I don't
 Ne> believe it
 Ne>      will do any good to rebuild much of the damage from Katrina on
 Ne> site.
 Ne>      Another storm will just cause the same damage.  NO is built on
 Ne> nothing
 Ne>      but 'silt' and no levee will change that; especially ones that are
 Ne> built
 Ne>      for level 3 hurricanes.

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



Well assuming that the citizens of Florida want to live as much as the citizens
of LA... Wouldn't it be a low risk assumption that the death toll should be
nearly the same. (with simialr storms)

We don't have alot of huricanes to compare statistics over. But if large
numbers of LA folks were killed, (as compared to similar storms in FLA) it
would be time to start looking into the why's of disaster actions. (I am trying
to stay away from assigning causes here. we have little in the way of facts)

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