Send several cruise ships to the docks in New Orleans. Load the stranded people on these floating hotels and take them to Baton Rouge or other Gulf Ports. It is possible to do and quick.
You are asuming alot...like the waterways aren't strewn with debris...especially hidden debris...
"Send several cruise ships to the docks in New Orleans."
You're assuming, of course, that the docks are still there!
I like your idea of the cruise ships.
And I just happen to have one right h-- nevermind.
Great Idea except that during hurricane season there aren't any cruise ships around. Most head for Alaskan inside passage cruises.
4 big cruise ships holding 2500 passengers would take care of the 10,000 people. At an average cruise ticket costing $1500, that'd be a $15 million / week charter trip.
>> Send several cruise ships to the docks in New Orleans. Load the stranded people on these floating hotels and take them to Baton Rouge or other Gulf Ports. It is possible to do and quick.
No carrier would risk having his assets stripped to the frame, not to mention the likely rioting on board that would occur.
Other gulf ports would likely need to set up containment facilities, otherwise their communities will be plundered and burned.
This is as bad of a situation as I have seen in my life.
New Orleans may well be lost for ever.
did you see how they trashed the SuperDome last time? Walked away with everything in sight. I'm not sure a cruise ship would survive the onboard looting, but a brilliant solution, otherwise
Assuming the docks are still there, how do you get the people to the docks? If you can get them there, you can probably get them to higher ground not too far away.
I think Marine Amtraks to haul them to more or less dry ground, with regular trucks, semi's with trailers if need be, to haul them from there, while the Amtracks go back for another load.
