I just shook my head when I saw a Texas official on TV saying he can't make people leave cities in Rita's pathway. Of course they can. They can go door to door and take people out. |
In every hurricane I studied, some portion of the population refused to evacuate. People, for whatever reason, often stay and ride it out. |
We find the best kind of evacuations are the ones where officials go door to door, give residents the information face to face and get it to really hit home. |