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ORIGINAL: MusicalBoredom

Where are you getting your facts?  Most craft on the Mississippi are for recreation?

As far as the comparison to New York goes, the comparison is about how to you move a city's population.  I was there living in Manhattan for the last emergency.  I was there when all exit routes were closed for 9/11.  I was one of the people that was trapped on the island with no means of escape.  I was also in Louisiana for Katrina and Rita.  I saw both of these things first hand with my own eyes.  No major city in the US is prepared for mass evacuation.  We are much better now than we were and get better all the time but still not ready.

As far as unemplyment statistics I'd like a source for that as well.  Percentages by age are the only relavant stat.  40,000 out of one million wouldn't mean much while 40,000 out of 100,000 would be significant.  Also, unemplyed children don't really count for much either. 

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

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ORIGINAL: MusicalBoredom

Where are you getting your facts?  Most craft on the Mississippi are for recreation?

As far as the comparison to New York goes, the comparison is about how to you move a city's population.  I was there living in Manhattan for the last emergency.  I was there when all exit routes were closed for 9/11.  I was one of the people that was trapped on the island with no means of escape.  I was also in Louisiana for Katrina and Rita.  I saw both of these things first hand with my own eyes.  No major city in the US is prepared for mass evacuation.  We are much better now than we were and get better all the time but still not ready.

As far as unemplyment statistics I'd like a source for that as well.  Percentages by age are the only relavant stat.  40,000 out of one million wouldn't mean much while 40,000 out of 100,000 would be significant.  Also, unemplyed children don't really count for much either. 

Musical, jasus, don't come to Myrtle Beach!