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World View Tipping Point; What I see as when the world changes it's smiley face
Topic Started: Aug 1 2015, 03:53 PM (351 Views)
corky

At some point in the next few years we will watch 7/24 on TV news the destruction and attempted evacuation of a major (2 million plus people) metropolitan area somewhere in the world! Katrina was kind of a warm-up/preview of something of this order happening and most people still haven't come to terms with the immediate and long-term consequences of this event.

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Just about had it in Japan with the runaway Nucs. It will be interesting in the SeaTac area when Mt Rainier blows or the New Madrid or San Andreas faults shake. Brrrrr!
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Yeah mt rainier going would be a big one. We are about 45 miles from Mt Baker as the crow flies, it is also active. This photo is a few blocks from my house.

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corky

The shear number of people in cities is making them immobile, in many new places cities are popping in questionable places.

It's becoming a statistical game and the rules are changing.


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campingken

With 7, soon to be 9, billion people on earth the loss of a 100 million won't even be noticed.

All one can to is plan and hope for the best. We now have a hand pump on one of our wells and keep at least 4 cords of wood stored in the barn.
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corky

Ken,
Having room around you is a BIG plus in some instances, but in some there will be now answer that works, just the pure size of the problem.

My eyes really got opened when I looked at the wildfire evacuation plan for my area. As a former police officer I sure you know about moving people and things in a crisis, I kind of was, but this beyond what I was expecting.

Logistics is a really under appreciated art form.

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campingken

In a major disaster big cities will be gridlocked within 2-3 hours. There really is no way to quickly move large number of people from cities. The only way that it is possible is if there is a long term warming, such as a hurricane. However we have seen that many stupid people wait too long to leave and become trapped.
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campingken
Aug 4 2015, 09:59 AM
In a major disaster big cities will be gridlocked within 2-3 hours. There really is no way to quickly move large number of people from cities. The only way that it is possible is if there is a long term warming, such as a hurricane. However we have seen that many stupid people wait too long to leave and become trapped.
Many poor people in those big cities have no way to leave. If they don't have a car or the money to hire somebody to take them away, how would they get out?
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campingken
Aug 4 2015, 09:59 AM
In a major disaster big cities will be gridlocked within 2-3 hours. There really is no way to quickly move large number of people from cities. The only way that it is possible is if there is a long term warming, such as a hurricane. However we have seen that many stupid people wait too long to leave and become trapped.
Most big metro areas are almost at gridlock now. It won't take 2 to 3 hours.
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campingken

If it happened at midnight on the weekend perhaps it would take 2-3 hours. My definition of total gridlock is that all roads leading out of the city would be completely blocked due to breakdowns, accidents, and shoot outs.
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One reaosn I live 50 miles out.
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campingken

Same here. However if you read the New Yorker magazine article on earthquakes we might as well not worry about it as we both live on ground zero...

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No car will be leaving the cities as all roads will almost immediately become impassible. Unless you can fly out the rich and the poor will all be in the same boat, stuck.
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Mountainrivers
Aug 4 2015, 10:04 AM
campingken
Aug 4 2015, 09:59 AM
In a major disaster big cities will be gridlocked within 2-3 hours. There really is no way to quickly move large number of people from cities. The only way that it is possible is if there is a long term warming, such as a hurricane. However we have seen that many stupid people wait too long to leave and become trapped.
Many poor people in those big cities have no way to leave. If they don't have a car or the money to hire somebody to take them away, how would they get out?
Survivalal of the fittest and those more prepared?
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Aug 5 2015, 08:14 AM
Mountainrivers
Aug 4 2015, 10:04 AM
campingken
Aug 4 2015, 09:59 AM
In a major disaster big cities will be gridlocked within 2-3 hours. There really is no way to quickly move large number of people from cities. The only way that it is possible is if there is a long term warming, such as a hurricane. However we have seen that many stupid people wait too long to leave and become trapped.
Many poor people in those big cities have no way to leave. If they don't have a car or the money to hire somebody to take them away, how would they get out?
Survivalal of the fittest and those more prepared?
Easy for you to say because you don't live in a ghetto where getting out of town with no place to go isn't a problem.
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I watched many from the St Louis ghetto move out into the North County area for better lives. But they worked for it.
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