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Re:Category 5 Hurricane Irma Brings 180-MPH Winds to Bear on... by astrodust on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:15PM (#15179184)
Some kind of classification system where people and/or households could be grouped together by urgency or sensitivity to calamities (e.g. diabetic, disabled, elderly) would make this process a lot more straightforward. If you're in group X you go at time Y, etc.

Not that this would ever fly in Texas where if the government tells you to do something it's just them interfering in your life.

Cuba has this down to a science. America has no clue what it's doing. The contrast is astounding.

Re:Category 5 Hurricane Irma Brings 180-MPH Winds to Bear on... by Godel_unicode on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @05:55PM (#15179438)
Hn: privacy is the most important thing, the government is making lists and out to get you.

Also Hn: let's make a detailed enough list of the exact medical condition of every household in the country that we can evacuate everyone more than X vulnerable in a few days.

Unrelated: you're aware Cuba has roughly the population of NYC, right?

Re:Category 5 Hurricane Irma Brings 180-MPH Winds to Bear on... by astrodust on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @06:39PM (#15179678)
HN is an odd mix of politics, that's for sure.

Cuba has a fairly large population and very limited resources which makes their system all the more impressive. Their system is worth studying, as if Cuba of all countries can do it, surely the US can: http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-lesson-for-the-us-cubas-respo...

> Cuba’s intersectoral preparedness and response to hurricanes, which include education, drilling and how the country’s relatively small civil defense force is deployed at provincial, municipal and local community levels when a storm is first detected.

The US response seems to be ignoring the experts, blaming the victims, and trying to profit from the resulting mess.

Though of course "can" in a technical sense and "can" in a political sense are worlds apart.