Sources close to the government like investigative journalist Wayne Madsen reported: "Plans are being put in place for the mandatory evacuation of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Mandeville, Hammond, Houma, Belle Chase, Chalmette, Slidell, Biloxi, Gulfport, Pensacola, Hattiesburg, Mobile, Bay Minette, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City, Crestview, and Pascagoula."
Given the current circumstances, these folks should consider thinking about Costa Rica.
Council on Foreign Relations member, Matt Simmons, was quoted on June 23rd in the Washington Post, "We're going to have to evacuate the gulf states. Can you imagine evacuating 20 million people? . . .
This story is 80 times worse than I thought."
And to add to the growing speculation that evacuations were being planned, Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen in a Gulf oil spill press conference on June 25th suggested that evacuation plans were underway. He even discussed some of the logistics: "We would designate essential and non-essential personnel, and non-essential personnel would basically take shelter. Ideally, we would not do this at the same time they are trying to do an evacuation of citizens, so there's a staging of this, and we actually would coordinate that with FEMA and the local governments."
If Katrina was any indication of how the U.S. government handles mass evacuations, then responsible residents should begin planning their move now before they are forced to leave. Remember military in the streets and "temporary" FEMA housing? It seems clearer by the day that mass evacuations may be inevitable as several imminent threats to human health are converging with no end in sight. Experts are sounding the alarm on many fronts:
Oil rain has been reported in multiple Gulf coast states.
Since these health risks do not carry the immediate shock effect of a powerful Category 5 hurricane, it may be difficult to convince residents to leave the area especially with the EPA's history of lying about air quality. Therefore, the authorities may have to use even harsher measures to get citizens to comply with evacuation orders. And where will those 20 million displaced Americans go?
Gulf Coasters who are planning to relocate should consider Costa Rica. I know it's somewhat shameless to utilize this crisis to pitch Costa Rica to you, but we love this great country and it should be considered as a top option if evacuations are ordered. Costa Rica is a safe peaceful democracy that has a similar pleasant year-round climate as the Gulf cities. The locals are warm and welcoming to Americans, and the cost of living is lower. Come see why Costa Rica is voted one of the happiest and greenest (and environmentally cleanest) countries in the world.
Written by Eric Blair who lives in Costa Rica.
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This event continues to be so huge that it defies the ability for the human mind to comprehend. This spill will devastate the entire region for at LEAST a decade. Appallingly, more of these deep-water wells may yet be drilled. Imagine that tens of thousands of citizens in Louisiana have signed petitions to lift the moratorium on deep water drilling! We appear to be a species bent on our own destruction.
My question: will this environmental Armageddon eventually reach the exquisite shores of Central America?
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