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Part of the issue with Hurricanes is that they hit a huge area. If you just need to evacuate a single city, it would be a lot easier. Especially with the added

Part of the issue with Hurricanes is that they hit a huge area. If you just need to evacuate a single city, it would be a lot easier. Especially with the added urgency of an asteroid. Hurricanes happen all the time and usually, it's not the end of the world. The Democratic Republic of Congo, a near-failed state, managed to evacuate 300,000 people in three days from a Volcano. I'm pretty sure suburban Texas can handle it.

abathur 7y ago
But they all know where the volcano is. Let's say a forecaster projected the impact location and area of mortal danger, and you found out your house is 100 feet outside of the projection. How confident would the forecaster need to be for you to be comfortable staying home for the event?
magduf 7y ago
I doubt it. DRC could do it because they can just get everyone to start walking, and 300k people walking as a huge group isn't that hard to do. Texas can't do it because everyone will try to load up their giant SUV and drive out on roads never designed for that much traffic, and they'll be stuck in gridlock where they'll die when the storm or asteroid hits.
post_break 7y ago
Look up Pasadena Texas on google maps and see how big houston is. If Pasadena is about to get rocked, so would every single city "in" Houston. You're talking about over 2 million people all trying to drive out at the same time.
ClumsyPilot 7y ago
t around 10 am on August 28, Mayor Ray Nagin declared a mandatory evacuation of the city, after Hurricane Katrina was updated to a Category 5, the strongest possible hurricane. By the time the hurricane hit, at around 7 AM on August 29, later studies revealed that around 90% of the New Orleans population left. That’s around one million people within 21 hours..