On 9/2/05 2:17 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In a message dated 9/2/05 9:15:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Fed response to disasters is always the last to arrive. Why the NOLAVaj you have a very good perspective, intellectual, not emotional perspective of the situation. NOLA and LA. are supposed to plans ready for these kinds of events and the Feds aid those plans. There is a terrible lack of communication on everybody's part which makes the whole thing even more frustrating. The feds have given the governor everything she has asked for and more. Obviously it's the feds that are having to come in and clean up the lack of preparedness of the local governments. things could have been further along had the Governor grown some balls and declared martial law with a shoot to kill policy a couple of days ago.
officials don't have an effective mechanism in place and channel of
communication with FEMA, et al is beyond me. Apparently they didn't even let
the Feds know where they were telling people to gather!
It's a horrible situation but ultimately those who decided to stay, for
whatever reason, must bear some responsibility for their own outcome. I
realize you feel the Feds should be there at our beck and call, but anyone
who is realistic will know better.
It's easy to micromanage the situation from your perspective in front of
your TV screen but armchair observations are of little help--even if they do
sell papers and boost TV ratings.
In emergency response situations there are some people who will find the energy very focusing and it fills you with almost unlimited energy and clarity—there are others who it will do something else to: some will get so wrapped up in emotions they can’t function, others will be in shock or just numb etc. And these are the responders! You learn to recognize ‘who’s who’ if you’re the former because they will be the only ones you can rely on to get work done by energizing and organizing the others.
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