Re: Comet impact in the Eastern United States - Feasibility of Evacuation

ilya2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> If McGuffin is in Boston, the heroes should get in and out by water.
> Or at least *out*. There will be plenty of abandoned boats.

If there's a mass evacuation of the North American continent I wouldn't 
expect to see any abandoned vehicles left behind (modulo fuel supplies). 
With a boat one could head down the coast and avoid all the frenzied 
traffic jams, or if it's big enough just strike out across the ocean 
directly.

Where's everyone going? Since land trans****t is being focused on I 
imagine everyone's funneling  down through Panama, seems to me like 
that'll be a major choke point. If the strike's been narrowed down to 
just somewhere in the United States, moving to Canada and Mexico will be 
easier but will place a rather high strain on local resources that won't 
be sustainable for long; we're going to need to diffuse the refugees out 
to the rest of the world as quickly as possible.

Cargo ****ps converted to passenger trans****t may be the best bet, since 
fuel may be in limited supply.