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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I don't think the word "evacuate" was in the dictionary back then. What I'm getting at is..........It was a totally different time and they did not have the technology we have today to track storms and warn the population who is in the path of the storm. Like comparing apples to oranges.
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Exactly. Not a valid comparison. In today's world, we have so much advance warning, and the ability to communicate to the public the need to evacuate. We have automobiles that move faster than horseback, and planes/trains, etc. to move people more quickly as well. At that time, it was probably all word of mouth, at the last minute, when it was too late.