Uh, yeah, that's what I just said....we can respond to one disaster, barely. When asked if we currently have what we need, the answer is indeed "Yes". You can choose to ignore the rest of the answer, which goes like this: "...as long as nothing else happens."
We've had lots of flooding here the last few weeks. Fortunately people were prepared and it didn't get as bad as back in 1993, where whole towns were flooded out. If that had occurred, on the heals of the Greensburg disaster, we'd be whistling a whole different tune today. On 5/10/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > They're at 88% > > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,271070,00.html > > JENNIFER GRIFFIN, FOX NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice- > over): Strong words after the storm, words that appear to support the > arguments of those opposed to the war in Iraq, that the war is > stretching the country's National Guard to the point where it cannot > respond to the nation's natural disasters. After one of the most > powerful tornadoes in a decade struck Greensburg, Kansas, Democratic > Governor Kathleen Sebelius said the war in Iraq had left her National > Guard without enough equipment to respond to the devastation. > > GOV. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS (D), KANSAS: About 50 percent of our trucks are > gone. Our front loaders are gone. We are missing humvees that move > people in and out and we cannot borrow them from other states because > their equipment is gone. > > GRIFFIN: The White House was quick to counter, saying 88 percent of > Kansas's National Guardsmen are available to help with the cleanup and > only 566 of their guardsman are deployed to Iraq right now. The > Pentagon, citing National Guard statistics, said today the Kansas > guard is not facing any equipment shortage that would harm its rescue > efforts. It currently has 352 humvees, 72 dump trucks and more than > 320 other trucks. > > White House Spokesman Tony Snow said Homeland Security Chief Fran > Townsend called Governor Sebelius and asked if she needed more help > from FEMA or neighboring National Guard units. > > TONY SNOW, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN: And Fran again said, is there > anything you need to respond effectively to this disaster? The > governor said, no, we could not have asked for a faster response. > > GRIFFIN: A view echoed today by the head of the rescue effort in Kansas. > > DAVE STERBENZ, INCIDENT MANAGER: We have all the staff that we need > and can manage at this time. If we had more people right now, it would > just start being a cluster. > > GRIFFIN: Kansas Senator Sam Brownback added > > SEN. SAM BROWNBACK (R), KANSAS: I asked specifically yesterday, the > Kansas adjutant general, the head of the Kansas National Guard, do you > have enough equipment on the ground to take care of Greensburg? And he > said, yes, we have enough equipment. > > GRIFFIN: Following Brownback on the Senate floor came Democratic > leader Harry Reid, a staunch opponent of the war, who appeared to > ignore reports that the Kansas National Guard had what it needed. > > SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV), SENATE MAJORITY LEADER: The toll of the war in > Iraq crippled the ability of the National Guard to do the dangerous > and heroic jobs they're charged with doing. And the inability of the > Kansas National Guard to rescue and recover more quickly. > -- I knew the moment had arrived, for killing the past and coming back to life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:234401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
