{"id":3660,"date":"2013-05-16T10:09:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T14:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com\/blog\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2025-02-27T05:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T10:34:47","slug":"global-warming-evacuation-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartsign.com/blog\/global-warming-evacuation-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"New York to Louisiana: How global warming affects evacuation routes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who could forget Kanye West\u2019s statement, \u201cGeorge Bush doesn\u2019t care about black people\u201d? Many others, like the rapper, raised an outcry after the havoc wreaked by 2005\u2019s Hurricane Katrina. People pointed fingers at the government for not providing sufficient refuge routes or evacuation strategies.<\/p>\n

The problem persists, but now it has another cause. In 2013, diminishing shelter routes and evacuation methods could be due to a culprit no one can control: Mother Nature.<\/p>\n

\"Louisiana<\/a>

Louisiana vs. New York evacuation routes<\/p><\/div>\n

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Let\u2019s take Louisiana. If you look at a picture of The Pelican State, it looks like a shoe stepping into the Gulf of Mexico. However, over the 21st<\/sup> century, the sea level has been significantly overtaking the land portion. This process is known as land subsidence, or the lowering of the land surface. The following are startling facts about diminishing Louisiana land<\/a>:<\/p>\n