@erikelmgren @jmp_nyc @NateSilver538 6 million people with ~ three highways inland that wouldn’t take people toward other coastal area. I don’t know, but not this timetable.

@jmp_nyc @NateSilver538 Right. Their planned saved lives vs having gridlocked highways that are now 17 feet underwater in places.

@jmp_nyc @NateSilver538 4 days ago, it was tropical storm hitting Corpus with completely unknown landfall path. Evac would have to start before that 4 impacted area

@jmp_nyc @NateSilver538 There is a plan. But literally not enough time to execute it by the time it was known that Houston would be impacted like this.

@jmp_nyc @NateSilver538 There was no way to do it. 5m people in 48 hours and the rapid intensification. More people died in Houston Rita evac than storm itself.

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