Re Evacuation: the simplest, best solution right up front

Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Sat Sep-24-05 08:22 PM
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Re Evacuation: the simplest, best solution right up front

What does everyone need to know:

Who has evacuated and
Who hasn't

Why doesn't every city and town set up a toll free number with an answering device which could say :

Press 1 if you are evacuating: recording will allow you to say who is with you and where you are headed with a contact number

Press 2 if you are staying: your address and the names of the people staying with you.

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Castilleja

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Sat Sep-24-05 08:33 PM
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1. You know, that could be a good idea. n/t

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Spinzonner

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Sat Sep-24-05 08:39 PM
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2. If done on a per-town basis it wouldn't need to be a toll-free

I don't know of anywhere that is so large it has a cross-towm toll call, though I suppose New York might possibly.

However, there could be an issue of calling from pay phones - to the extent there are many left.

I think an x11 type number would be better, though I don't know how many such x's are left these days.

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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Sat Sep-24-05 08:48 PM
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3. My only concern was that local officials would KNOW which houses

were vacant and where the residents had gone and which houses needed to be checked on for survivors. I think this is a very simple system and it could work for the use I have outlined. Also, obviously, it would make the town a conduit for information about residents.

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