Timeline for What would be the logistics behind evacuating the Western United States?
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| Apr 6, 2021 at 5:58 | comment | added | bukwyrm | @Ash Do you have any links for descriptions of where those millions of people went? I interpret the number as '3 million left heir home but might have travelled only 10 miles to the next shelter' - clearing a 10-mile coastal zone would be very much different from clearing a 1000 mile coastal zone as the effects of the linear-square law come to bear (people inhabit area, while egress is only along the border of said area) - As long as Godzilla did not send an rsvp months ahead of arrival, i think there will just be a lot of dying, no plan. | |
| Mar 30, 2021 at 15:09 | comment | added | workerjoe | The United States is over 1000miles in cross section. If Godzilla was marching from the west to the east, 99.9% of the West would not be within a mile of its path. It would not be sensible to clog the highways trying to escape east. In fact, that seems like about the best way to lure the monster in to eat you. Better to wait if it gets near, and only those directly in its path should evacuate. | |
| Mar 30, 2021 at 14:43 | answer | added | A Writer | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Mar 12, 2021 at 20:43 | comment | added | jamesqf | @PcMan: The "West Coast" and the "American West" are two very different areas. The West Coast is the area between the Pacific Ocean and either the Coast Ranges or Sierra Nevada/Cascade ranges (depending on who you ask). The "America West" lies between the West Coast and the Rocky Mountains. The West is large, and most of it is dry and sparsely populated. Godzilla is going to have to do a LOT of travelling to manage any serious devastation. | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 18:06 | comment | added | user11111111111 | To start such a large-scale evacuation, you would need trillions of dollars in money, resources, and preparation. Not to mention the cost of displacing 50+ million people and dropping them in the midwest which would not be prepared for such a housing boom. Which is not a real solution to the Godzilla problem because who says Godzilla won't just follow everybody? It would be far more practical to devote all that time, money, and resources to kill Godzilla. | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 15:21 | comment | added | Cadence | If you've already survived Godzilla, what point is there in evacuating now? Sure, there's no infrastructure, but there's no adequate infrastructure in the Midwest either. | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 7:11 | comment | added | PcMan | "Godzilla rampaged the West Coast in to a fine powder "..now you want to evacuate the "fine powder"? Just how many people in those regions will have survived Godzilla? How many will have survive the riots, looting , arson, chaos and mayhem that followed? It is almost impossible to evacuate a population after a disaster, as the people resist and the transport infrastructure is gone. You ave to evacuate them before it strikes. | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 5:05 | comment | added | Ash | Scale up the Rita evacuation. 15 times the people, but ~15 times the highways and other resources available. It takes 10 hours to setup contraflow lane reversal if you have a plan, and you'll note that none of those states have a plan. | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 4:48 | comment | added | nzaman | @jamesqf: Most would stay and fight...against the gubmint trying' to steal our laand. This giant lizard is FAKE NEWS | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 4:04 | comment | added | jamesqf | You don't know westerners very well. Most would stay and fight. | |
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| Mar 12, 2021 at 1:45 | comment | added | user21726 | The Department of Homeland Security has published some material related to mass evacuations. The National Governor's Association has also published Governor's Guide to Mass Evacuation (PDF). Maybe this will be useful? | |
| Mar 12, 2021 at 0:49 | history | asked | user69268 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |