Re:Houston’s Mayor Was Right to Not Evacuate
by iamnotlarry on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @01:09AM
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The assumption was that you have 800 train cars and that you would load roughly 33 cars every 10 minutes.
But let's take your numbers: 415K passengers per day. Let's keep the same three day evacuation period. That's ~1.2 million people. Leaving 5 million in Houston.
Here's the point: Evacuating millions of people over a weekend is a gargantuan task. Magic words like "train", "plane", or "automobile" don't instantly solve the problem.
But let's take your numbers: 415K passengers per day. Let's keep the same three day evacuation period. That's ~1.2 million people. Leaving 5 million in Houston.
Here's the point: Evacuating millions of people over a weekend is a gargantuan task. Magic words like "train", "plane", or "automobile" don't instantly solve the problem.