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To: MichaelSkyy who wrote (422)	9/6/2005 12:48:15 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

Despite that, 80% of the population managed to escape before the hurricane hit, the largest number of evacuees in the history of New Orleans, 1/3 larger than any previous evacuation.

To: MichaelSkyy who wrote (422)	9/6/2005 1:32:37 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

I repeat, where would the busses have transported those people? Just dropped them on the side of the road somewhere? In retrospect, maybe the Department of Defense could have opened up the padlocked, mothballed military bases. Or FEMA, Homeland Security, Civil Defense, whoever, could have set up emergency shelters far from the storm's path. The plans didn't exist in advance. That's sad. But once the catastrophe was unfolding, those busses were already underwater.