🚀 go-pugleaf

Lawrence Glickman wrote:

> On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 23:05:43 -0400, Rick <gilrick@alltel.net> wrote:
>
> >{STP} wrote:
> >
> >> In article <v4t8c091iir0nhsljraj238giliinf26lj@4ax.com>,
> >>  Scott in Aztl?n <slothkills@THEyahooOBVIOUS.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Indeed - the freeways are already close to useless, and anyone who
> >> > has tried to leave town for a holiday weekend getaway can attest.
> >>
> >> In the case of a truly serious disaster, however, they'd double their
> >> outbound capacities and they'd be one-way roads.
> >>
> >> {STP}
> >
> >Did that when they evacuated Savannah, Georgia a couple of years ago when
> >the Hurricane was *supposed* to hit.
> > Major F*** up! Price gouging on the evacuation route., and that's with
> >the gas stations that stayed open. A lot of them bugged out too. People
> >simply ran out of gas. And had to stay where they were. Some didn't even
> >make it out of the "danger" area because of sitting in traffic *trying*
> >to leave and running out of gas..
> > No, best to be out of there WAY before. Only, how do you know WHEN?
>
> Follow the radar weather images on the internet.
> You can make a good prediction, based on speed and direction of the
> storm, when to move out of the way.

Problem with that, Lawrence, is "WOLF!"...
Happens in Florida all the time. People tend to get complacent about it.

It so happens that I attended the  Georgia Governor's "Hurricane Preparedness"
Council back in the mid 80's. In Savannah.  <g>
 Our "assignment" after the council was to prepare for the evacuation of
Savannah in the event of a major hurricane.

It was a total cluster F***.  No one seemed to comprehend that it just
wouldn't work. Didn't think it was going to work then, and saw it didn't work
a few years back. But there were "wiser" heads than mine who prevailed in
their way of thinking.
*Don't* trust the government to be prepared. Trust yourself to get out when
you can.