--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > In a message dated 9/5/05 9:00:49 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > I've seen only one such story. The guy was arrested > > > > and charged with theft. > > > > > > > > I've heard of a couple others as well. But doesn't change the > > > > fact that almost anybody can drive a school bus. > > > > > > INCLUDING little old ladies...who, by the way, seem to be the > > > drivers of the school buses I usually see on the streets. > > > > > > In the days leading up to the hurricane when everyone was told > to > > > evaculate, there is simply NO REASON why there wasn't a plan in > > > place to "deputize" citizens on every block to be the designated > > > school bus drivers for all those buses in the photo sitting > there > > > doing nothing. > > > > And how would you enforce this "deputization" if > > those so designated decided they weren't going to > > take the risk, or they couldn't be found, when push > > came to shove? > > In a perfect world, Judy, you aren't going to find ALL of those who > you plan to have as drivers.
Shemp, it's just not practical. As I pointed out to MDixon, it's *vanishingly* unlikely that any of us here could come up with a better solution than the city had already. They know what their resources are and what would be involved in implementing this or that solution. > > > And how in hell the responsibility for such a plan could be on > > > the Feds and NOT on the local administration I do not know. > > > > It's written into the administration's own plan for > > dealing with disasters, as I outlined in a recent > > post. > > Was the "plan" a guidebook for the appropriate level of government > to work from or was it a plan JUST for federal authorities to work > from? Check it out yourself. http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRPbaseplan.pdf It's an overall plan designating the various levels of responsibility from the feds on down. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
