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Originally posted by AnonAlumna
I've been reading all kinds of 'discussions' about this, and decided to post some thoughts and stuff here. First, there is a major difference between those that were unable to evacuate and those that CHOSE not to evacuate. Personally, if someone tells me "You've got 24 hours to get out of here, or your toast."...and I don't have a mode of reliable transportation, I'm lacing up my most comfortable shoes and taking off!
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There's a problem with the walking strategy. 1) most people left are one or more of the following : poor, sick, old, young. 2) Walking even 5 miles, let alone 20 or 60 miles to higher ground in 100 degree heat requires EXTENSIVE nutrition and hydration...and that's without carrying anything (now strap a kid to your back and pull a wagon behind you). 3) Walking those 20,30 60 miles takes a WHILE. Even the fastest, fittest athletes need time to RUN those distances without the encombersome things that people needed to carry (food,water, kids). Some people would have been caught in the open when the hurricane made landfall...the deaths from debris would have been devistating.
I'm just wondering why public transportation wasn't activated? get all the metro busses, Greyhounds, sports busses, access vans and put people on them, send them to Baton Rouge or north to anywhere, or west to anywhere, just send them somewhere...
then again, hindsight is 20/20...all we can do now is hunker down and help the best we can.