Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A note about evacuation


The ever thoughtful local refineries have been kind enough to create an evacuation route for Mossville residents in case of a major disaster. This road starts out roughly paved and after several hundred yards turns into a narrow gravel path with deep ditches on either side. Driving down this road the other day we were unable to go faster than about 5 mph due to the large number of car eating potholes. Trying to imagine the 700 some odd residents of Mossville all trying to escape via this road at one time hammers home the reality of the situation. We had enough trouble making it down the road in the middle of the day in our minivan. Trying to get down it at night or in bad weather or in a smaller car seems like it would be nearly impossible.
-Beja

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