>>Reality check: aren't these pretty much regular at any major sport show or rock concert? I've seen them in places where far fewer people were gathering for just a day.
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>But that is Concert Planning. This was Government Planning. See the difference? <g>

Could it really be true that each nation has the government it deserves? http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/19/typhoon.haitang/ - note the "evacuated one million" part.