http://news.yahoo.com/..._orleans_evacuations
Looks like the typical sort of government response- not a really improved plan, just a knee-jerk response to specific problems from the past.
Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters. "There will be no shelter of last resort," Nagin declared.
That sounds smart.
The new plan also touches on a heart-wrenching decision evacuees faced ahead of Katrina: To board the buses, they had to leave their pets, and some refused to go without them. In the future, evacuees will be allowed to bring pets with them as long as they have some type of cage to safely put them in.
Genius.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."
Looks like the typical sort of government response- not a really improved plan, just a knee-jerk response to specific problems from the past.
Mayor Ray Nagin unveiled a new evacuation strategy for New Orleans on Tuesday that relies more on buses and trains and eliminates the Superdome and Convention Center as shelters. "There will be no shelter of last resort," Nagin declared.
That sounds smart.
The new plan also touches on a heart-wrenching decision evacuees faced ahead of Katrina: To board the buses, they had to leave their pets, and some refused to go without them. In the future, evacuees will be allowed to bring pets with them as long as they have some type of cage to safely put them in.
Genius.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."