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highplainsdem

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11. Any plan to evacuate Houston on short notice would require statewide cooperation and state/federal

Reply to femmedem (Reply #2)

Sun Aug 27, 2017, 12:46 PM

Aug 2017

resources, available on just hours' notice.

The mayor and city government alone can't manage an evacuation of millions of people. And if they initiate it, without detailed plans and guarantees of that state and federal help, they'll just compound the disaster by clogging the highways and roads.

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Watching the mayor of Houston give a press briefing [View all] Phoenix61 Aug 2017 OP

He's a good guy. Former state representative. cloudbase Aug 2017 #1

Unfortunately he discouraged people from evacuating several days ago. femmedem Aug 2017 #2

Because he knew that tens of thousands of them would wind up TheDebbieDee Aug 2017 #3

Ah. thanks. Yes, the worst is being trapped in your vehicle. n/t femmedem Aug 2017 #4

It was the 2005 Hurricane Rita evacuation tammywammy Aug 2017 #5

It was probably the longest parking lot in the world dalton99a Aug 2017 #16

It would be better if they all waited for the flooding? WinkyDink Aug 2017 #6

RIGHT !!! uponit7771 Aug 2017 #9

Better than what? I don't understand what you are asking. LisaL Aug 2017 #10

They would be easier to find they would have drowned in ther cars. jbond56 Aug 2017 #20

Yep, that's about it. LisaL Aug 2017 #8

Because you can't really evacuate Houston in that short period of time. LisaL Aug 2017 #7

Any plan to evacuate Houston on short notice would require statewide cooperation and state/federal highplainsdem Aug 2017 #11

And probably wouldn't work anyway. Too many people, too few roads leading out. LisaL Aug 2017 #12

True. Especially given the distance most would have to drive. highplainsdem Aug 2017 #14

They'd be stuck on freeways/highways, and at least some freeways appear to be flooding. LisaL Aug 2017 #15

And many would simply run out of gas. highplainsdem Aug 2017 #17

Even coordinating evacuations at that scale is problematic if you've only a few days. haele Aug 2017 #13

"Ignore unsourced weather predictions that have needlessly frightened" bluepen Aug 2017 #22

I thought the original forecast was to hit Corpus Christi MiniMe Aug 2017 #18

It did hit north of Corpus Christi TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #19

That makes sense, thanks MiniMe Aug 2017 #21

It didn't change course. It didn't directly hit Houston. LisaL Aug 2017 #23