C'mon man.Been over a week they would be hit by Ida, days ago it was forecasted it would be a Cat 4.
And no time to reverse roads out of the city 30 hours before landfall????
Democrat leadership on display.
Hurricane Ida: New Orleans prepares; FEMA briefs Biden
Federal Emergency Management Agency briefed President Joe Biden on preparations ahead of Hurricane Ida's expected landfall on the Louisiana coast Saturday.www.upi.com
Anyone with a lick of sense would run to get vaccinated against a deadly virus.
It was not days ago. You made up that part. The problem is that they cannot order mandatory evacuation, because they cant set up and enforce all the traffic flow on all the main roads and highways.Been over a week they would be hit by Ida, days ago it was forecasted it would be a Cat 4.
And no time to reverse roads out of the city 30 hours before landfall????
Democrat leadership on display.
Hurricane Ida: New Orleans prepares; FEMA briefs Biden
Federal Emergency Management Agency briefed President Joe Biden on preparations ahead of Hurricane Ida's expected landfall on the Louisiana coast Saturday.
Why? They should have a plan to have the majority of roadways designated as exits from the city. That should be something they can put into place in a short amount of time. Hurricanes don't pop up like tornadoes, FF...they're seen coming a LONG way off!
They do, of course. But implementing it and actually getting the people off the road takes time. If the made it mandatory right now, they fear 10s of 1000s would end up stuck on the road when the hurricane hits. So they cant order it as mandatory, they can only recommend evacuation.
Oh yeah? So when a cat 1 hurricane comes ypur way, you bail?
Yes, but the forecast for this one changed in a matter of a couple of hours yesterday (re: anticipated intensity when it makes landfall). That's the wild card here.
Feds don't have jurisdiction until they are REQUESTED.
Don't worry, Biden is on top of this crisis.Been over a week they would be hit by Ida, days ago it was forecasted it would be a Cat 4.
And no time to reverse roads out of the city 30 hours before landfall????
Democrat leadership on display.
Hurricane Ida: New Orleans prepares; FEMA briefs Biden
Federal Emergency Management Agency briefed President Joe Biden on preparations ahead of Hurricane Ida's expected landfall on the Louisiana coast Saturday.
Dude, I live in Florida. Places like this have plans for things like hurricanes. In a state of emergency they turn all the lanes on highways into exit roadways. My point was why didn't that happen in New Orleans? Leadership seems to be an issue here. The city has a long history of riding out storms by going to higher ground...not evacuation. It's part of the reason so many people didn't leave before Katrina and probably won't leave now.
Because the hurricane forecast changed in a matter of hours. They arent going to order mandatory evacuation for every cat 1 or 2 hurricane, or likely any of them.
Which is why you have plans in place to turn highways into exit only routes! Which is why as a citizen living in New Orleans you're ready to go if a storm looks ominous. Did the Mayor have buses and drivers ready to evacuate those with no vehicles? If not...why not? You need to learn from what happened in a storm like Katrina so the same things don't happen again.
Which they do have. They just dont have time to implement it in under 36 hours, because people will be stuck on the road when the hurricane hits. They were caught offguard with little time, when the forecast changed in a couple hours.
