Re: Hurricanses in Hawaii?


On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, John W. Bienko wrote:

Plans for hurricane and/or earthquake disasters that
include the transportation of tens of thousands into
one location are a doomed for failure. Centralizing
that degree of humanity in one place creates a very
unhealthy envenvironment.. any incipient form of
disease will quickly spread through the crowd by
close contact. The transportation load will overwhelm
the bus system and the road network. The better
solution is to have multiple local safety centres
easily accessible to neighbouring communities..
managed by local people accountable to the people.


I agree. But there are only about 300 schools in the
state and we have about a million people. If we expect
to be prepared for that same kind of hurricane that
struck NO, then we we really need to commandeer all
public and private office buildings and structures that
could withstand such strong winds.

And in the future, govt should encourage concrete
homes, so at least one member of a large family could
shelter every other member of the family in his/her
home. Homes now in the $600,000 range might have some
tax incentives to the developer if it is concrete, or
at least a significant portion is concrete. Bags of
cement and recycled glass sand could be provided free
or at low cost for people who remodel-- so at least a
wall or two of concrete would provide some shelter to
high winds.

--alvin

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