Jud McCranie wrote:
At 12:33 AM 9/17/2005, dasimov@earthlink.net, math-fun wrote:
A front-page Sat., Sept. 17 story on the NY Times website, found at http://snipurl.com/hqxi, claims that FEMA has delivered 177 million tons of ice to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.
Is 177 million tons a credible amount?
Seems very unlikely to me, but I'd like to know what others think.
Impossible, as stated. The limit a semi can carry is on the order of 30,000-50,000 pounds. Over 7 million truckloads?
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You can do better with trains and boats, but that only gets the ice to the station/port. The real problem is, who could use it? There are only about 10 million people in the area... and 17 tons is a LOT of ice. On the other hand, they probably do have bills for that much ice... :-(