Without getting political...I'm not sure government is the right vehicle for this sort of job...no matter who is running the show.
Jeff -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:00 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tornado Mark, Thanks for your report. I'm sorry that FEMA does not seem to be focused on meeting the real needs that people have. On the other hand, I'm sure that the FEMA lockdown did a good job of keeping Al Quida terrorists from potentially entering the disaster area to cause trouble. I hope that our new President (whoever that may be) will prove to be a more compassionate leader who will be able to motivates FEMA (and for that mattter, our whole government) to once again focus on meeting the real human needs that people have. jack Mark Williams wrote: > Myself and many others responded to Adkins, Arkansas yesterday... > > There was a great outpouring of volunteers, equipment, and supplies. > Quite literally dump trucks, tractor trailers, and many more pickups > w/ trailers hauling in various dozers, back hoes, materials, food / > water etc. for clean up and disaster assistance. > > The FEMA administrators had the place in TOTAL lock down. They would > NOT allow assistance efforts to happen. > A phrase was coined ... that "the government is more focused on > protecting its rights to be government, than it is on assisting the > coordination of REAL assistance and aid." > > Frankly, that statement sums up the debacle that is FEMA response. > They completely HALTED a 100% volunteer relief effort! > > Then they requested that what was REALLY needed was CAMPING GEAR. > I nearly lost it. > > For those who are not familiar, in Mena / Hope Arkansas there are > literally HUNDREDS OF SQUARE ACRES of FEMA trailers and RVs parked and > rotting to pieces thanks to FEMA's lame ass efforts to aid Katrina > victims. Logically, if they needed housing, it would have been as easy > as requesting the volunteers on hand to organize a convoy of trucks to > drive to Mena / Hope and pickup the trailers and deliver them to > Adkins / Clinton, etc. BUT ALAS, FEMA is not logical in their > response. > > I came away from the experience feeling REALLY good about the American > Spirit, it is clearly alive and well with in our people, but VERY > clearly not alive in our gov't. > > The long term effects of such high handedness by FEMA will be > disastrous, those who would typically respond will become complacent > and apathetic and will no longer respond, because after all the Govt > will handle it right? Sad times America, sad times. > > Something needs to be done about this... > > God Bless those whom are in dire need and I pray that things change > rapidly. Unfortunately the media crews that were on location had no > interest in pointing out the FEMA blockade AGAINST relief efforts. > > -Mark Williams > > > On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 09:30 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: > > >> Sorry to reply to my own post, but we service the Macon County Tennessee area that was hardest hit. We have a POP there for dial-up, but have not entered that market with our wireless yet. >> >> Lots of destruction. The tornado set down and traveled 25 miles or more without ever lifting. Base ranged from 100 to 400 yards. Rated at an F2 this morning by whoever rates them. Most power and telephones had been restored as of late last night. >> >> Of little importance, none of our equipment was damaged. My heart and prayers to the folks that lost homes and loved ones. I know this type of tornadoes hit the mid west all the time, but we were not prepared to see it hit as hard as it did in Tennessee. 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