🚀 go-pugleaf

JeffM wrote:
> >"Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo told officials[...]"
> >. . .
> >Perhaps FEMA could learn something from this?
> > bearclaw @cruller.invalid
>
> The first step of mirroring the events in the Philippines
> would be to get an individual at the top of the chain of command
> who isn't an idiot.

Nope.  The idiots are at the bottom of the chain.
They should have gotten out of there before the storm hit.
They should have demanded that the state/local governments be prepard.
The feds can't be everywhere for everyone.
They should have had water/food to last for a period of time.
The mayor should have had dirvers for the busses; not that there were
enough of them.
They should have known that I10 in baoth directions wasn't enough, and
that the bridge over Ponchartrain was vulnerable.
The governor should have requested aid sooner.
The canals should have been segmented decades ago, but the locals
decided that wasn't a high priority.
The folks who settled there in the 1700s should have known better.

Look folks, the locals MUST be able to take care of themselves for up
to a week, regardless of where you live.  Massive aid from a higher
level takes longer to coordinate.  The bigger the disaster, the longer
it takes the appropriate level to get involved.  The feds can't have
that much emergency stuff EVERYWHERE.  The local governments have
responsibility for small, and/or immediate, needs.  Jeez, some people
are STILL demanding federal help for living expenses, and it's been
nearly a year.

How many of the readers here have taken the basic steps toward
emergency preparedness?  Do you have a week's worth of water and food?
Some emergency energy source if necessary?  Do you have a plan to
evacuate in the event of some forseeable disaster?  Or is everyone else
responsible for your situation?  If you think someone else is
responsible, you deserve what you get.