RockStarJewelry's Blog

I have been watching all the coverage on the upcoming hurricane season since I have been in bed sick for the past few days. While watching the other night, I saw where there might be a problem when it comes to the evacuations from the Southern parts of Texas such as Brownsville. One of the big problems I thought was the more pressing of them all was the fact that all of the evacuees are going to have to head North through Immigration Check Points. This is going to be absolute chaos if there isn't a plan of attack. I think I might have one figured out thanks to some excellent charts graphs and maps I saw the other day depicting the low lying flood prone areas. I am going to try and sound intelligent while explaining something I believe might work so bear with me, I am doped up on cold medicine...
 
First of all, the professionals need to get the Texas map and color code it by the elevation (above and below sea level.) Then there needs to be some kind of mailer sent out to each household in each of the areas telling the individual what level risk they are when it comes to the flooding possibilities. Example: The red zone will be the coastline, the orange will be a little further inland, then the yellow, then the green, and so on. Kind of like the radar when it comes to the severity of the flooding but applied to the land. I hope that makes sense.. Anyway... The Storm develops, then there is the voluntary evacuation process. I think there should be Immigration check point "substations" at all major intersections leading up to the main checkpoint that we are hearing might become a problem. You have to check every person, so why not break it up into a grid formation and then when each person is checked, they will get a wrist band or something that they have to keep on themselves at all times until they return to their homes. Any substation along the evacuation route will be able to give the bands that will verify the persons immigration status and their living area. The driver passes a substation and waves this arm to show he/she has been checked which will be confirmed by some little paper thing placed on the dashboard or something This will also help identifying who belongs in what area when they return. The green wristband will not be allowed into the red zone. This protects from looting, or other crimes that usually follow. Earlier evacuations would use the roads closer to the coastline, to keep the traffic from building up to a complete standstill, then the closer the storm, the more roads being used and the more substations. It's kind of like when you go to the bank, if you have 50 people in line waiting to make a deposit and you only have 2 lanes open, it will take longer than if you have 10 lanes open. You know, this made sense in my head last night when I was trying to figure out how this problem could be solved, or at the least, subsided.This "plan" does not have to happen only in the event of an evacuation from Southern Texas, this kind of thing could apply to everyone in every hurricane prone area.. I hope I didn't sound like a complete idiot... Damn cold medicine~!

If any of this was confusing to you, please feel free to ask me questions. I really think this could work...