Re: [OT] Disasters Waiting to Happen

2005-09-01 Thread Wesley Bruce
Terry Blanton wrote: This report was issued late last year. It's an accessment of what would have happened to NOLA had hurricane Ivan hit. Shirley hit it right on and made recommendations. She also forecast 40 to 60,000 dead. Now they are admitting that thousands could be dead. Whispers

Re: [OT] Disasters Waiting to Happen

2005-08-31 Thread Steven Krivit
Fascinating, informative report..thanks Terry. Contraflow, that's what they called it. Good term. I'm glad they eventually used it. The photo of NO I saw with 99.9 percent outbound traffic seemed to beg for its implementation. I have seen this work quite well in the Malibu fires a few years