Re: I'm back!

Cathy, we have hurricane evacuation maps given to us every year by everyone who wants to sell us insurance or a used car or something else. The maps are color coded by elevation and distance from the water's edge. It is, after all, storm surge that is the real killer, not wind and rain. Evacuations are suggested/ordered by those color codes. But when a hurricane, such as Charley last year, suddenly veers off course, it's a tad too late to change recommended to mandatory.

In Texas, not opening both sides of the interstate for exodus was stupid beyond belief. And, as Scottie pointed out, not providing fuel, water, and potty exits was equally dumb.

On Oct 4, 2005, at 12:47 PM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:

Am not familiar with the Houston area, but I did read that ordering a
total evacuation and not taking into account the topography was part
of the problem. There were sections of the city that were at little
risk due to location and elevation, but they were told to go along
with those at higher risk. I also read that people concerned about
belongings and pets (most understandably) evacuated in multiple
vehicles, so the congestion on the roads exceeded estimates. When I
lived in Hawai'i, the phone books had tsunami evacuation maps - when
there was a warning, you could tell exactly whether you should head
inland or not. While hurricanes are unpredictable, they are less so
than tornados, so I imagine similar maps could be developed for
hurricanes, based on location, elevation, and proximity to bodies of
water. But politicians overreact because people want guarantees.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Sep 28, 2005, at 7:49 AM, Donna wrote:


That is really so very sad. I can relate to natural
disasters causing loss of life, but my god, not an
evacuation!

Have they learned from this and designing a better way
for the next time?

Donna

---  Scottie Baugh <robbinsbaugh@earthlink.net> wrote:



On tonight's 10 pm news, the Harris County coroner
announced 31 deaths in
Harris County:  19 during the evacuation, 10 of
those from heat related
problems; and 12 after the storm, also from heat,
all in addition to the
people who died on the bus that exploded.  The bus,
incidentally, had an
expired registration (meaning safety issues), which
was waived last week by
Gov. Perry in an effort to get as many vehicles as
possible involved in the
hurricane evacuation, according to TDOT.

So that's 55 dead from Harris County, 43 because of
the evacuation.
Excluding any who may have died because of the storm
to the east of Harris
County or in Galveston County to the south.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm back!




Glad to hear everything was OK once you got home.


Said a prayer for your


fishies. Unfortunately, your evacuation experience


was typical. Been


hearing
many other horror stories this week. There had


never been such a massive


evacuation in Texas. What they should have done


was stagger the exodus in


stages instead of telling everyone to go at once.


I'm w/ you - I think I'd


stay put if there is a next time. Did you hear


about the bus of evacuees


from a Houston nursing home that caught fire? That


was hideous.



On 9/27/05, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


OMG that is awful Scottie. Glad you survived the
evacuation. Geesh.... Wonderful that you don't


have a


lot of damage at your home or boat!

I think it is pretty scary how these storms have


shown


us just how inefficient the escape plans are.


Time for


us all to figure out what is best for us so if


there


is a next time (hopefully not), at least we would


know


what to do!

Donna






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Southwest Florida
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Hardiness Zone 10
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Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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