HoustonChronicle.com - Most vulnerable would not likely survive (Houston Chronicle, Feb. 19, 2005)
"Some tenants of Galveston's public housing projects are among thousands who could face being stranded on the island and risk losing their lives should a major hurricane strike."
"The tenants are among those identified by local and state officials as the region's most vulnerable residents who could be killed in a hurricane because local evacuation plans virtually ignore those without cars, in group-care homes or with no family to see to their safety."
"Nearly all state, regional and local officials -- including many of those responsible for overseeing evacuations -- acknowledge that their current plans rely so heavily on self-evacuation that the poor, the old and the sick may have little chance of escaping a deadly storm."
Sound familiar? Let no one hear our leadership say "I don't think anybody anticipated these folks being stranded without transportation."
Thanks for this link to: SciGuy: Five things I've learned from Katrina
Posted by dougsimpson at September 5, 2005 09:56 AM