Storm Area 51

[Wagtail]

Copied from another website (so, apologies to the reference to the population of Nevada )

"Nevada has a population of about 50 people, give or take. There's no infrastructure for a million people in the desert, or a way for them to get there.

Capacity of a single lane on a highway is about 30 cars per mile, which means for a million people to pass or arrive at a given point, it would take about 18 days at 75 mph.

And once there, what would they do for food, water, and shelter until they could get back to civilization?

It's physically impossible for anywhere near a million people to get there on a certain day and not die.

It would be quantitatively 20 burning man festivals at once."

 

[CobyRupert]

Copied from another website (so, apologies to the reference to the population of Nevada )

"Nevada has a population of about 50 people, give or take. There's no infrastructure for a million people in the desert, or a way for them to get there.

Capacity of a single lane on a highway is about 30 cars per mile, which means for a million people to pass or arrive at a given point, it would take about 18 days at 75 mph.

And once there, what would they do for food, water, and shelter until they could get back to civilization?

It's physically impossible for anywhere near a million people to get there on a certain day and not die.

It would be quantitatively 20 burning man festivals at once."

Now now, were do you get off bringing reality to this "look how stupid those people are / how superior I am" circle jerk?

 

[Motorboatin]

Copied from another website (so, apologies to the reference to the population of Nevada )

"Nevada has a population of about 50 people, give or take. There's no infrastructure for a million people in the desert, or a way for them to get there.

Capacity of a single lane on a highway is about 30 cars per mile, which means for a million people to pass or arrive at a given point, it would take about 18 days at 75 mph.

And once there, what would they do for food, water, and shelter until they could get back to civilization?

It's physically impossible for anywhere near a million people to get there on a certain day and not die.

It would be quantitatively 20 burning man festivals at once."

LOL

Whoever the original author was must have been trying to stir the pot

Off google: Roadway capacity per lane
Here is how traffic works. First, we know from empirical studies that drivers tend to maintain a minimum following distance, measured in seconds. It varies per driver, but typically it is somewhere between 1.5 and 2 seconds. That works out to a maximum theoretical flow rate of between 1,800 and 2,400 vehicles per lane per hour passing by a given point on the highway. Studies of actual highway traffic have measured flow rates as high as 2,000 vehicles per lane per hour, which works out to a following distance of 1.8 seconds.

 

[Egon]

Good prospect for renting “Johnny on the Spot” !

 

[jjp8182]

LOL

Whoever the original author was must have been trying to stir the pot

Off google: Roadway capacity per lane
Here is how traffic works. First, we know from empirical studies that drivers tend to maintain a minimum following distance, measured in seconds. It varies per driver, but typically it is somewhere between 1.5 and 2 seconds. That works out to a maximum theoretical flow rate of between 1,800 and 2,400 vehicles per lane per hour passing by a given point on the highway. Studies of actual highway traffic have measured flow rates as high as 2,000 vehicles per lane per hour, which works out to a following distance of 1.8 seconds.

I'd love to know where those sort of following distances are still happening seeing as at 70mph (~102fps) 1.8 seconds should equate to following distance of roughly 184ft. .... and I've driven a fair number of highways and interstates where the spacing between vehicles traveling at 70mph (and higher) has been less than a compact car length.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Why are you guys talking about cars and roads anyway? That's not how they'll arrive.

 

[crashz]

Just another Woodstock 99 or Wall Street Camp out. Just bunch of Millennials and Gen Xer's who want a pilgrimage to get high and act irresponsible. I think there will be a bunch of people showing up and they will be completely un-prepared and expecting someone to provide free water, port-o potties, tents and Iphone charging stations.

When its all said and done, some whining pip-squeak will be on the news lamenting how the Federal Government has treated them like animals and how tragic it was to lose so many wonderful, caring fellow protesters. He'll gloss over the fact that they were high on peyote and died of exposure.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just as long as they don't have to drink from toilets.

 

[Alan W.]

Never underestimate the stupidity of people. They can and will exceed your expectations on any given day.
I saw on the news the other night that they are now doing flash mob robberies.

 

[Industrial Toys]

How is that stupid? It doesn't take much to defeat our illusion of security.

I was thinking about the storming of Area 51. Toilets may not be an issue, since I'm thinking most will show up in motor homes.