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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by beat on Thursday September 13, 2018 @10:46AM (#17979000)
The point is, "100 miles inland" isn't an answer. It's a separate issue from the problem of impoverished people living in low-lying coastal areas who can't afford cars or other means of leaving at all (there are hundreds of thousands in the path of Florence).

If you're gonna leave the North Carolina coast for the hurricane and you can afford to leave at all, there's little financial difference to whether it's winding up in inland rural areas, or simply heading to a major city anywhere else in the country. Drive to Nashville, or fly to Chicago.

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Re:The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Pro... by learc83 on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:42AM (#17979480)
>If you're gonna leave the North Carolina coast for the hurricane and you can afford to leave at all, there's little financial difference to whether it's winding up in inland rural areas, or simply heading to a major city anywhere else in the country. Drive to Nashville, or fly to Chicago.

I don't understand what you're trying to say here?

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