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In article <lDTSe.6743$L86.2028@bignews6.bellsouth.net>,
Ducks-R-US <bad@moon.rising> wrote:
>"Tim Campbell" <timcall@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>news:1125894045.886073.267790@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Bush Declares Evacuation Victory -- Cindy Sheehan has left Crawford
>>
>>
>> George W. Bush, who spent two days last week using military people as
>> backdrops for his photo-ops in his war against weepy mothers, won the
>> public relations battle that occupied him Tuesday and Wednesday. Cindy
>> Sheehan surrendered to the high-priority blitz staged by the president
>> who utilized triple the costs he had spent for saving New Orleans
>> drowning citizens on the same Tuesday and Wednesday. Soldiers and
>> sailors stood around on Tuesday-Wedneday instead of mobilizing to help
>> anybody other than Bush himself.
>>
>    It was a State's rights issue you Liberal Gull.  Feds couldn't come in
>until the Governor of LA asked for help.  Since the President had already
>declared all the Gulf States a disaster area two days before the Hurricane
>Struck, aid was immediately available.  LA Governor had 6,500 National Guard

And when Bush made the declaration FEMA trucks should have rolled from
all over the country to get there just after the storm passed. Below
is the text from the DHS web sites describing the proactive steps
the president s to take.  


Bush failed us before the hurricane, during the hurricane and after the hurricane.

Where is AWOL Bush?



[1] BBC News has learned that FEMA officials deliberately prevented
    major convoys of heavy lorries carrying water, food, medicine, and
    other supplies essential for the survival of victims, from
    reaching towns and cities suffering in the aftermath Hurricane
    Katrina. When the first FEMA lorries began to arrive today, BBC
    reporters said "this is the first time we've seen this sign,"
    pointing to the "FEMA" signs displayed on white A4 cards in the
    windscreens of the lorries.  "This lorry driver loaded his truck
    on Monday but his bosses prevented him from coming here to these
    people until today." (BBC News 24, Sat, 3 Sep 05, 12:41 GMT.)



[2]  http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/theme_home2.jsp

  Emergencies & Disasters
  Preparing America

  In the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other
  large-scale emergency, the Department of Homeland Security will
  assume primary responsibility on March 1st for ensuring that
  emergency response professionals are prepared for any
  situation. This will entail providing a coordinated, comprehensive
  federal response to any large-scale crisis and mounting a swift and
  effective recovery effort.  The new Department will also prioritize
  the important issue of citizen preparedness. Educating America's
  families on how best to prepare their homes for a disaster and tips
  for citizens on how to respond in a crisis will be given special
  attention at DHS.

[3] FEMA MASH Hospital trucks 

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050904/D8CDLUJO0.html             



[3] http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/NRPbaseplan.pdf

The National Response Plan was accepted and implemented by Bush
Administration in December 2004. According to the PREFACE, President
Bush, "directed the development of a new National Response Plan (NRP)
to align Federal coordination structures, capabilities, and resources
into a unified, all discipline, and all-hazards approach to domestic
incident management. . . .The end result is vastly improved
coordination among Federal, State, local, and tribal organizations to
help save lives and protect America's communities by increasing the
speed, effectiveness, and efficiency of incident management."

Efforts by Chertoff and other Administration spinmeisters to pin the
blame on the delayed response on State and local authorities does not
hold water. Although the NRP recognizes that State and local
authorities have a responsibility to ask for help, the NRP correctly
provides a provision to take proactive steps to deal with a threat. On
page 43 of the NRP the section is titled, "Proactive Federal Response
to Catastrophic Events" (which I have copied and pasted below:

The NRP establishes policies, procedures, and mechanisms for proactive
Federal response to catastrophic events. A catastrophic event is any
natural or manmade incident, including terrorism, that results in
extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption
severely affecting the population, infrastructure, environment,
economy, national morale, and/or government functions. A catastrophic
event could result in sustained national impacts over a prolonged
period of time; almost immediately exceeds resources normally
available to State, local, tribal, and private-sector authorities in
the impacted area; and significantly interrupts governmental
operations and emergency services to such an extent that national
security could be threatened. All catastrophic events are Incidents of
National Significance.

Implementation of Proactive Federal Response Protocols

Protocols for proactive Federal response are most likely to be
implemented for catastrophic events involving chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive weapons of mass
destruction, or large magnitude earthquakes or other natural or
technological disasters in or near heavily populated areas.

Guiding Principles for Proactive Federal Response Guiding principles
for proactive Federal response include the following: Y The primary
mission is to save lives; protect critical infrastructure, property,
and the environment; contain the event; and preserve national
security.  Y Standard procedures regarding requests for assistance may
be expedited or, under extreme circumstances, suspended in the
immediate aftermath of an event of catastrophic magnitude.  Y
Identified Federal response resources will deploy and begin necessary
operations as required to commence life-safety activities.  Y
Notification and full coordination with States will occur, but the
coordination process must not delay or impede the rapid deployment and
use of critical resources. States are urged to notify and coordinate
with local governments regarding a proactive Federal response.  Y
State and local governments are encouraged to conduct collaborative
planning with the Federal Government as a part of "steady-state"
preparedness for catastrophic incidents.

Implementation Mechanisms for Proactive Federal Response to
Catastrophic Events The NRP Catastrophic Incident Supplement
(described in the Catastrophic Incident Annex) addresses resource and
procedural implications of catastrophic events to ensure the rapid and
efficient delivery of resources and assets, including special teams,
equipment, and supplies that provide critical lifesaving support and
incident containment capabilities. These assets may be so specialized
or costly that they are either not available or are in insufficient
quantities in most localities.

The procedures outlined in the NRP Catastrophic Incident Supplement
are based on the following: Y The pre-identification of Federal assets
and capabilities; Y The strategic location of pre-identified assets
for rapid deployment; and Y The use of pre-scripted mission
assignments for Stafford Act declarations, or individual agency
authority and funding, to expedite deployment upon notification by DHS
(in accordance with procedures established in the NRP Catastrophic
Incident Supplement) of a potential catastrophic event.

Agencies responsible for these assets will keep DHS apprised, through
the HSOC, of their ongoing status and location until the JFO is
established. Upon arrival at the scene, Federal assets will coordinate
with the Unified Command, the SFLEO, and the JFO (or its forward
elements) when established. Demobilization processes, including full
coordination with the JFO Coordination Group, are initiated either
when the mission is completed or when it is determined the magnitude
of the event does not warrant continued use of the asset.

While the Bush Administration is to be commended for coming up with a
plan for dealing with terrorism and large scale disasters, it must be
condemned for its abject failure to implement the NRP. And, specific
heads must roll starting with Michael Chertoff and the head of FEMA.

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