How Can We Improve Evacuations?

How can evacuations be less traumatic? What could be done in the future, either by public policy or by corporate ingenuity and enterprise to ease the flow of traffic?

There needs to be an "idea clearinghouse"somewhere whereby a massive suggestion box be accessible to any and everyone. I'm sure those involved in the evacuation would have some things to suggest if they knew where to do it..

I have a couple of ideas that may ease tensions along evacuations routes:

1. Gas Tankers could be outfitted with hoses and nozzles to gas up automobiles along the road to alleviate gas lines at gas stations which may run out of gas. These tankers could be spaced every 10 miles or so. As it is, now, those tankers aren't equipped with nozzles to accommodate cars and trucks. These could be emergency tankers, military tankers, or private. The people stranded on I-45 wouldn't have cared who was distributing gas, but the added supply would have eased the way for everyone.

2. Portapotties could have been mass distributed along the way. Half a dozen potties could have been put along side the road every 5 or 10 miles. That could have been done a couple of days before the massive evacuation. Counties, municipalities, civic or religious groups could be responsible for organizing the distribution.

Those are just two ideas that seem pretty practical to me. Sure there are costs and logistical problems, but there are costs and logistical problems to everything; even moreso when things go wrong, or systems break down. Gas availability and potties en route are essential services that ease everyone on down the line with much less stress.