Subj : Re: Hurricane recovery
To   : Angus McLeod
From : richardw
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 10:56 am

  Re: Re: Hurricane recovery
  By: Angus McLeod to Richardw on Mon Sep 12 2005 07:52 pm

 >  >  > Like the WTC and Katrina are similar?
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Besides they have to plan a national response which is no small task.
 >  >
 >  > Yes.  They are both disasters.  The difference being, in the WTC, there w
 >  > survivors to be rescued.
 > 
 > The mistake here was jumping on the GWB "Terror!  Terror!  Terror!" band-
 > waggon.  FEMA was folded into Homeland Security, and re-tasked to respond
 > to terrorist attacks.  Pretty obviously, it wasn't prepared to deal with
 > hurricane/flood.  What would happen if there were an earthquake or a
 > volcano erupted?  They'd probably send in the Marines with instructions to
 > SHOOT it.

Actually, FEMA's response was as good or better that it's ever been.  But 
everyone likes playing the blame game now, so they decided that what used 
to be par for the course is no longer acceptable.

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