(09-29-2017 08:30 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 05:26 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 04:27 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 03:43 PM)swagsurfer11 Wrote:  

(09-29-2017 03:08 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Do you have any idea what it would take to evacuate 3.5 million people from that island? Ships and planes? ROFLMAO!!

Now lets suspend reality and say you were able to get them off the island. Where are you going to put an extra 3.5 million people?

Something tells me you really haven't thought this one out.

Yes, I realize that it is a difficult task. They would go wherever they could in the lower 48. Family, friends, volunteers, and available housing. There are 2 options, 1.) evacuate them or 2.) try to bring supplies to them on the island while rebuilding the infrastructure and supply chain. Option 1 is much easier than option 2. Bottomline, they need ****. We can either bring the people to the **** or we can slowly bring the **** to the people while they suffer.

LOL Yeah, you haven't thought this out.

You don't evacuate without a plan for what to do with the evacuees. Family, friends, etc. isn't a plan. And exactly how many volunteers are you expecting to house total strangers for months?

You can't scatter them to the wind once you get them here because you have to be able to provide for their every need. They'll have no jobs thus will need assistance for food, shelter, clothes, medicines, etc. They'll require transportation because they'll have no vehicles.

It's far easier to move goods than people because for the most part you don't have to worry about life support for goods.

Dude, they are going to need all of this anyway. The problem is getting it to them. You can put people on life support on medical ships. The vehicles can't get to them. Nobody has thought this out yet because it is a developing problem. At least once they are on the ships and planes, they can be fed and will have A/C. Finding housing for them in the states will be easier than trying to house them in PR. Not to mention the pending health problem due to unsanitary conditions.

As I stated above, it's far easier to move goods than people. The life support isn't a medical term....it's pressurized cabins in aircraft, air conditioning, food, water, sanitary facilities, etc. You can pack goods in land/sea containers and lash them to the deck of a freighter. People not so much.

Not to mention the fact that we don't have anywhere near the sea and airlift capability to evacuate 3.5 million residents 1000 miles to the closest harbor/airport.

You can't move goods if you don't have roads, gas or power. Evacuation will take time but better than leaving them stranded.