Posted by Dinah on August 25, 2010, at 6:48:06
In reply to Chinas epic 60mile traffic jam-10days and counting, posted by Free on August 24, 2010, at 21:15:00
That is incredible. I've been in sixty mile traffic jams in evacuations and it's horrid. I'm still convinced the stress of evacuating for Ivan hastened my father's decline. I can only imagine what it would be like in one several days as long. Aren't the cars running out of gas or breaking down and causing more problems? You are always seeing abandoned cars in an evacuation.
It's impossible to build infrastructure that quickly of course. I can't help but think that in Louisiana there would be state troopers out instead of vendors, sending people back the way they came, opening contraflow, etc. Maybe there are a few good things about living in an impatient society.
But then, Louisiana is a relatively small state in population. I probably can't even begin to imagine the magnitude.
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