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"PhilD" wrote:

"Richard Byett" wrote in message
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Hey guys,
I am working on the CMI Australia section and would like to ask if any of
you know where I can get evacuation maps for Australian towns and cities,
especially those in Queensland, Northern Territory, and Western Australia.
Please reply either to this post or to rbyettATcyclomaxDOTcoDOTuk.

Are you kidding? Evacuation for what purposes, and before or afterwards?

Much of the cyclone prone area that we're in doesn't have an all weather
road out, so most people settle for their nearest cyclone shelter which in
most cases is our home.

Some towns (the tourist ghetto of Cairns springs to mind) do have
"evacuation plans" of sorts. Not necessarily fleeing the coast
totally, but certainly to evacuate the lower areas most likely flooded
in a storm surge. (Mind you, there are plenty of advocates for better
roads to facilitate evacuation from the whole place. ;-)

At lesser levels there are evacuation plans for dam failure and such
too. But these never seem to reach the light of day -- presumably
because of likely effects on property values of development sites
owned by local councillors. (Down, cynic, down!)


Cheers, Phred.

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