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MineralMan

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38. I have no idea, of course, how many want to leave.

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:06 PM

Sep 2017

If it were my decision, evacuations would begin with sick people who need hospital care or who rely on electrically-powered medical devices.

Then, I'd move to potentially vulnerable people who were are high risk from the situation.

And so on...It's called triage.

Or, I suppose, no effort at all could be made and the entire problem could be ignored. Which do you think would be a better course of action?

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i'm sorry, but i will say it again- we should be evacuating as many people [View all] mopinko Sep 2017 OP

Don't be sorry for saying it again. MontanaMama Sep 2017 #1

Big ideas come with annoying details. For example, fly them WHERE? Florida?! WinkyDink Sep 2017 #2

i suspect that most who want to get out have family elsewhere in the us. mopinko Sep 2017 #5

You want to provide door to door transportation for milliions of people over thousands of miles? gilbert sullivan Sep 2017 #37

fine. that does not negate the need to do what we can, for who we can. mopinko Sep 2017 #42

We used to be able to pull off the Berlin Air Drops and save people from dying. DK504 Sep 2017 #54

I agree TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #3

This. Yes. Weekend Warrior Sep 2017 #4

It's not possible localroger Sep 2017 #6

Informative post. Thanks. bluepen Sep 2017 #7

ffs. just like the post i put up before the storm hit- no, you cant evacuate 3.5M. mopinko Sep 2017 #8

Well, you can evacuate the hospitals and nursing homes. Got to start somewhere. Ninsianna Sep 2017 #13

and- for everyone who stays mopinko Sep 2017 #9

Sigh, you really have no clue to the difficulty of what you want Lurks Often Sep 2017 #17

the navy transports the marines. mopinko Sep 2017 #18

It's not controversial, its just a really poorly thought out knee-jerk idea. FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #22

So how many people do you think want to leave PR? Lurks Often Sep 2017 #27

if they are bringing supplies in, presumably they are going back empty. mopinko Sep 2017 #41

As always you have no real plan Lurks Often Sep 2017 #46

i have to have a plan? i'm just calling for all available resources to help mopinko Sep 2017 #50

See post #48 for ANOTHER explanation of why what you want isn't realistic Lurks Often Sep 2017 #51

The C-40 is basically a Boeing 737. MineralMan Sep 2017 #21

So how many people do you think want to leave PR? Lurks Often Sep 2017 #34

I have no idea, of course, how many want to leave. MineralMan Sep 2017 #38

From an article dated 9/23/17 "Aid begins to flow to hurricane-hit Puerto Rico" Lurks Often Sep 2017 #40

from your link- mopinko Sep 2017 #43

Get back to me when you can supply a plan that addresses all the issues Lurks Often Sep 2017 #47

so all available c-17s should be there. mopinko Sep 2017 #36

Im sorry but that idea is simply batshit nuts. gilbert sullivan Sep 2017 #39

A navy ship can probably pull 40 or 50 barges, how many people per a barge? snooper2 Sep 2017 #23

Maybe we would deploy a fleet of blimps Orrex Sep 2017 #24

thanks you saved from pulling out my calculator... Locrian Sep 2017 #16

+1 FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #19

No more and no less than their "expert" critics. LanternWaste Sep 2017 #25

Post one good example FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #29

katrina mopinko Sep 2017 #44

That's a storm name FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #45

Just for discussion - pangaia Sep 2017 #53

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Until Trump tries to put a travel ban on refugees from Puerto Rico. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #14

i have to wonder if that is not the whole problem. mopinko Sep 2017 #15

Not necessarily against, but take them where? Adrahil Sep 2017 #20

Drop them off at a cruise ship dock in Miami apparently jberryhill Sep 2017 #28

where ever the hell they want to go. they are americans, not refugees. mopinko Sep 2017 #31

I have seen requests for private planes to help evacuate seriously ill patients from the hospitals. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #26

just not right. mopinko Sep 2017 #33

Absolutely, if this were Houston it would be. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #35

Well, it's not like the odds are good... yallerdawg Sep 2017 #30

and i reckon that price just went way the fuck up. mopinko Sep 2017 #32

I've actually done military logistics Lee-Lee Sep 2017 #48

Good post FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #49

dang du. who woulda thunk that aiding americans in distress could mopinko Sep 2017 #52

gee mopinko Sep 2017 #55

Stage 1 would be setting up the dreaded FEMA camp for 2 million people and arranging to process them Not Ruth Sep 2017 #56

much easier to do here than in pr. mopinko Sep 2017 #57

Of course they need sponsors Not Ruth Sep 2017 #58

it would be nice but these are americans. mopinko Sep 2017 #59