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[QUOTE]Originally posted by dmwnc1959: [QB] Once the buses depart New Orleans for Houston with the 'refugees' I dont believe it makes any logistical sense to travel one-third or halfway from New Orleans to Houston to detour off the interstate and delay their arrival by having them, by the thousands, get off the buses then transfer them over to a train. This type of transfer could delay their arrival by many hours. And the fact too, that every time you had 4 or 5 buses show up you would have to have ANOTHER train ready to depart. This also would be totally impractical. How many trains would you need? Ten, twenty, going roundtrip? And the trains going back eastbound to pick up more passengers would be empty. And does Beaumont or Lafayette have the facilities to turn trains around and stage holding facilites for thousands upon ten-thousands of people? And for them to arrive in Houston at the very front door of the Astrodome via bus is a much better option than having thousands upons ten-thousands transfer from bus, to train, to lightrail (or walk blocks from any depot. It is imperative for the Red Cross to keep track of these refugees so that in case loved ones are trying to get ahold of them they can be accounted for. Letting them loose in Houston to walk blocks to the Astrodome (or multiple transportation transfers) only invites the opportunity for some of them to 'disappear' into the Houston/Lafayette/Beaumont population. Houston is going to have a hard enough time adding this unprecedented number to its population (now being estimated at over 35-40,000), feeding them, adding them to their school and medical rosters, and letting them contact next of kin. Using a bus, door-to-door, is the only logical way to transfer 35,000-40,000 people. FEMA has already allocated nearly 250 buses to accomodate this transfer with more on the way. The Mayor of NOL and Governor of LA had now indicated that New Orleans must be completely evacuated of ALL people. Every last soul must be evacuated. NO one is to be left behind in a city, that for all accounts and purposes, is dead. It will take 12-16 weeks to pump out the water and restore electricity, water, and clean this TOXIC mess up. This is going to be a stagerring relocation and clean up effort like our country has never seen before. And thats alot of people who we dont want to get 'lost' in the system. Once the city is brought back 'online' and has been deemed 'habitable', THEN they can take trains, Superliners by the hundreds, NONSTOP back home, and AMTRAK can step in and be a hero. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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