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

In article <fr1dnf$2qju$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Matthias Warkus <Warkus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The highest throughput achieved by any trans****tation system in
> the world on a single route is about 2.6 million travellers per
> day, if we want to believe Wikipedia (Mumbai Suburban Railway's
> Western line). This goes along well with theoretical estimates, as
> it means approx. one 1800-passenger train every minute over 24
> hours. An evacuation means that all passengers go in one direction
> and empty trains go back,

For a while.  The closer you get to impact time, the less
enthusiastic your train crews might be about making another trip
back _into_ the death zone.

-- 
William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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