well, the last call thing was what I remember being told - but, either way
Gino was real, he received orders and we acted on them - that simple
now ---------- let's get real -
''btw I fully agree with you on the effects of a cat 4 on the Gold Coast.''
good - we agree - because I tell you what - there is a LOT of ignorance and denial going around as to the situation we are in right now - and I believe that both you and I can have valuable input to dispel that ignorance -
I'll give you just a small example -------------
numbers, who lives on the GC on a canal - we had a discussion yesterday - and I asked him where he expected to accommodate IF a major cyclone crossed the coast near him and made his house uninhabitable
now he did come back with what was his plan -
and his plan was to move into his caravan.
Now - both you and I know what the reality would be if a Cat 4 or 5 crossed the coast and destroyed or damaged badly a residence -
and on the driveway of that residence sits a caravan -
numbers seems to thoughtlessly think that he can move into the caravan -
you and I both know that the caravan will probably be scattered over many hundreds of metres - possibly even a suburb away - in 10,000 bits
and we know that the reality is that there will be 10's minimum, possibly hundreds of thousands of people needing emergency accommodation -
roads will be totally blocked, no power, no water, no shelter
Darwin wasn't prepared for Cyclone Tracy - but, in Oz there was accommodation available -
Presently - Australia is guts up in a housing crisis ------- many people seem totally ignorant that if we have a major natural disaster atm -------- and we need to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people
there's a problem -------------- and the problem is ---------------------- where to?
