Disneyland Set For Superstorm ?
Disneyland: What provisions are being made at Disneyland and neighbouring Parks for the super storm being forecast ?
From Rob P
Posted January 19, 2011 at 10:24 AM
There is news today of an impending superstorm on a scale not seen in California for over 100 years.
It is forecast that it could last for more than 40 days and produce 10 feet of rain and could be the most destructive storm ever to hit the West Coast.
What, if anything, will Disneyland and the other Parks do to restrict potential damage ? Will they need to close the Parks well in advance of the storms or will they simply wait and see ?
News source :
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/38/20110118/tsc-scientists-warn-of-superstorm-headin-98fda55.html
That Yahoo News piece has to be one of the worst-written stories I've read in a long time (and remember, I worked as a journalism professor - I've read some *really* bad stories!)
There is no forecast for such a storm. The report actually referred to a hypothetical worst-case scenario that's been put forth by climate scientists to encourage long-range planning and training.
That said, Disney has a strong weather evacuation and protection plan in place for hurricanes in Central Florida. There's no reason why it couldn't and shouldn't do the same for storms in SoCal.
But this one's not coming right now, and might not be for a very long time.
From Rob P
Posted January 20, 2011 at 3:19 AM
To be fair to Yahoo this story has been similarly presented by a whole host of news agencies lending some ( false) creedence to it.
Having read most of them I now concur with Robert Niles that this was merely tabloid over-inflation of a meteorological study discussing possible weather models.
Although , just to be safe , some scientists have decided to sit on the proverbial fence and elected to say that whilst it most probably wouldn't happen they could not rule it out entirely.
Confused ? I know I am. I'll take an umbrella just in case !
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