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Re: Old article on rail security-and still valid
Author: Marin Refugee
Date: 01-15-2015 - 18:01

BOB2 Wrote:
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>
> I watched, after Katrina, much of the emphasis go
> from core security or transit to the "fad" of mass
> evacuation of our urban centers. ...
>
>...
>
> Not only can't we mass evacuate 3-10 million
> people, but where we would send them, how would we
> feed them, and what happens when we put them all
> on the road, and they all run out of gas (as
> happened in Houston)?
>
Mass evacuation plans sure bring back memories - I guess the people who think a mass evacuation makes sense forgot about all the plans for evacuation of cities in case of a nuclear bomber attack.

I grew up in Mill Valley, and remember the plan - US 101 was reserved for people evacuating San Francisco, and all of us west of 101 were to evacuate over Mt. Tamalpais or via Highway 1 to reach the evacuation destination in Hicks Valley. It would only have taken two breakdowns or accidents to mess up those plans!

Fortunately (I guess), the development of ICBMs reduced the advanced warning to the point that such evacuations were useless...

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  Michelle Malkin on Rail Security SPKid 01-14-2015 - 06:03
  Re: Michelle Malkin on Rail Security? BOB2 01-14-2015 - 09:08
  Re: Michelle Malkin on Rail Security? Max Wyss 01-14-2015 - 10:55
  Re: Michelle Malkin on Rail Security? A Transit Planner Speaks 01-14-2015 - 17:19
  Re: Michelle Malkin on Rail Security? Joe Magruder 01-14-2015 - 19:01
  Old article on rail security Ernest H. Robl 01-15-2015 - 06:27
  Re: Old article on rail security Max Wyss 01-15-2015 - 08:02
  Re: Old article on rail security-and still valid BOB2 01-15-2015 - 10:59
  To Bob2 & Ernest A Transit Planner Speaks 01-15-2015 - 16:40
  Re: Old article on rail security-and still valid Marin Refugee 01-15-2015 - 18:01


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