You both hit the nail on the head. The major help the Feds can provide is to send in the military, and they didn't know whether they had the legal authority to do that. It looks like they got caught in reaction mode, thinking inside the box about how to react to another 9/11 instead of thinking outside the box in terms of all the bad things that could happen- like having a cat4/5 hurricane devastate an entire region of the country.
I thought they had done all sorts of disaster scenario planning, but apparently they overlooked this fundamental question. In all fairness, it is a very sticky constitutional issue, but the feds should have been thinking about it for decades instead of getting caught without an answer in the middle of a huge disaster. > > Ian wrote: > > Well to be a bit more generous. the plans considered highly > devastating, but localized events > > Yeah, true, but I guess what I was getting at is how there was no > agreed upon command and control center. From the article it sounds > as > if Blanco asked for the help, but the Feds didn't know what they > could > provide. That is, as you point out, they hadn't considered how to > coordinate a regional diaster response. > > So even though you had the Gov asking for help, the feds couldn't > provide it due to confusion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173710 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
