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Barbara Boxer: “It is. When I asked--and I am going to give everybody an extra 2 minutes because I have gone over--when I asked the…”

On the recordMarch 14, 2012
It is. When I asked--and I am going to give everybody an extra 2 minutes because I have gone over--when I asked the sheriff near my San Onofre plant what she thought, I said, how do you get people out of here? She said, well, if it were to happen, an earthquake were to happen during rush hour, this is the road. And you can't even move on that road.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Discussing evacuation challenges during a potential disaster at the San Onofre plant.

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