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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (252533)9/23/2005 7:57:33 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1572160
 
Scratched teflon......................

Looks like when the armor starts to break down, it goes quick. A lot of the evacuees from Houston are incensed at how badly it has gone. The center of the blame is Bush and FEMA, although it isn't really their fault. I suppose it could be argued that FEMA should have planned for something like this, or mentioned to the state officials that they should have gamed this sort of event, but we know that they haven't seriously done anything like that since Witt got the boot.

The problems with this evacuation has more to do with it being done as a purely ad-hoc, seat of the pants sort of deal by the state. On the plus side, a lot of workable solutions are floating around and if the state officials are willing to learn from it, future events should go smoother. Contraflowing the Interstates should have been thought of and planned for a long time ago. Heck, we discussed that very issue during Alicia more than 20 years ago. Having tank trucks with gasoline to help those stalled from blocking traffic was a good idea, unfortunately implemented late in the game. Doing a staged mandatory evacuation, starting in Galveston and rolling up I45 needs to be done. A similar pattern for the other main areas like the Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange area along with Corpus Christi and Brownsville.
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