Escape From Chicago: How Long Would It Take to Evacuate?

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

Society & Culture, Education, Public, Chicago, Arts, City, Radio, Curious, Investigation

4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The city’s cagey on estimates, but suggests you bring your best walking shoes.

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0:00.0	When we're the...
0:03.7	What school's up?
0:06.1	Who decides what the next...
0:07.8	Where's that story?
0:09.3	Why they keep the look?
0:11.2	What is this?
0:13.6	It's a curious city.
0:15.0	Where WBEZ answers your questions about Chicago, the region, and its people.
0:20.2	This is John Fasiel, and I have a weird confession to make.
0:24.2	Sometimes when I'm lying awake at night and hear the L in the distance, I think,
0:28.4	what if the roar from the train is actually the roar from an atomic bomb?
0:34.7	And if I'm not incinerated on my couch, where do I go?
0:38.6	What do I do?
0:39.6	Will I be able to get out of Chicago or what's left of Chicago?
0:43.1	Hey, I'm not paranoid.
0:45.0	I'm practical.
0:46.5	Lots of people think about this stuff.
0:48.5	Take Q Kaiser.
0:49.6	For him, it all started on 9-11.
0:52.3	That morning, like many Chicagoans,
0:55.6	Q was sent home from work.
0:58.2	And the drive was pretty mellow going home,
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