Poll Question

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Do you think Hampton Roads could be safely evacuated in the event of a major hurricane?

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming...

Submitted by mikedlong on Fri, 04/18/2008 at 12:29 am.

You take what you get when you choose to live in an area that is exposed. Here, if you are not prepaired to take care of yourself please don't come crying to me about the Government not doing anything. I have what I need. And I will do what needs to be done to protect my family and ride out the storm if needed. And in the rare event that we have to evacuate then I've already made a plan for that as well that would not put me at 15 hours in a traffic jam.

This is truly the sad thing. The sky is always falling. The trick is to be prepaired if it does. Not end up at Lowes an hour before d-day and the grocery store 30 minutes before you loose power. This is the asnine thing about this area.

But a part of me is counting on that man made flood wall on the beach ;-)

Aagh! But nothing new.

Submitted by michaels96132 on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 11:42 pm.

This is something we have known for awhile. But I don't feel any better by saying it. We only have two major evacuation routes (that's 58 and 64 for the cheap seats) out of a metropolis housing at least 1.2 million people. That's a bottleneck! Geography is against us. Perhaps some engineers should be looking at this. Once again, this is not a new assessment! This is something we have been living with for a long time.

Evacuate Hampton Roads?

Submitted by NPD on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 9:27 pm.

God Help Us!

Evacuation plans

Submitted by mmactor on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 2:46 pm.

The very thought of it taking 15 hours to get out of town, is very un-nerving to say the least. I can agree with some of the posters regarding just how bad some of our drivers are, and compiled with just how bad traffic may be...it's a recipe for disaster. And I agree that the HRBT and MM could be closed down if things got really bad. We might think about building an Ark.

Evacuation

Submitted by Seawolf on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 7:55 am.

Leave by boat!

better start planning now

Submitted by kiminva on Thu, 04/17/2008 at 7:30 am.

I have been ready to leave in case of a hurricane since I have moved here but that doesn't mean every one else has. I know if something were to come this place would just go INSANE with the bad driving and people not paying attention to what the authorities are telling them on how to and how not to get out. I am not sure people understand that once a the winds hit a certain MPH that the HRBT and MM close... It's never to early to plan.