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We discovered on Sept. 11 that the DC plan was useless. They closed public transportation out of the city at some point. They failed to use the mergency alert system. Fortunately, I had my car that day and also fortunate I was within 6 blocks of aaron's day care then.

So far all I've found are lots-of-syllables-but-no-content "aren't you glad we claim to have a plan?" press releases, and a map showing that the evacuation route for folks with the resources to drive themselves are, for the most part, the obvious routes out of the city in all directions. (It does look like they won't want me to take the fastest path from my house to I-95 South, but my supposed route passes within a couple blocks of the shortest route. It looks like they want me to go out US 1 instead. Whether that's useful depends on the direction from which the danger is coming, and what refuge I'm headed for.) Other than "Look, we put up signs! And here's a map!", I've found nothing about getting non-motorists out. But my Google-foo is not the best, and perhaps someone else can find more. If there actually is any more.

I don't recall ever seeing those signs, but now that I know what they look like, I'll keep my eyes open. One page hinted (but did not state) that they may have been temporary, just for the 2002 Fourth Of July celebration.