Has there ever been a successful large scale evac?
The more time you have before an event, the greater the number of lives that can be saved assuming of course the authorities are competent and the evacuation carried out in an ordered fashion. Clear, concise and truthful information has to passed to the intended evacuees, no matter how dire that information is as even minutes or seconds warning can contribute to saving some lives that would otherwise be lost.
Of course knowing how to naturally form an orderly queue is more of a cultural issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo#Evacuationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Haicheng_earthquake I agree whole heartedly. When there is time for a warning (hurricane for example), there is no excuse for anything but a safe evacuation.
If you have an hour or less like the bad old days, time to kiss the wife and kiddies goodbye.
One must remember that the Interstate highways are properly called The National Defense Interstate Highway System, as established by then President Eisenhower. As they are such vital arteries of national defense and the I-40/I-35 interchange is located 2 miles from one of the USAF's largest logistics and repair bases that also is HQ for all AWACS, I really had nowhere to run.
Now then, being prepared as my family currently is (and more so each day), if there was a chemical accident we could be gone within an hour from DFW area. That hour includes getting kids from school and getting the 5th wheel trailer hooked up to the truck.
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