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Obwon wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:05:04 -0700, wrcowan1@hal-pc.org
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>>Obwon wrote:
>>
>> "They won't let
>>
>>>anyone in there. You have to be FEMA-certified and I am
>>>not," he said.
>>
>>Do you have a clue why you need to be certified by FEMA?  It is so that 
>>your actions are coordinated with others and that you understand the 
>>scope of tasks being dealt with.
>>
> 
>   Do you have any clue as to what it means to be dying
> of dehydration in 100+ degree heat?  Do you think the
> Grim Reaper cares about your puny rules and
> regulations?  Do you think that death is reversible?

That is nothing but emotionalism not reality.  People can survive 
without water for a period of time.  No one said it is a fun time.  But 
you have to think as to why are there rules and regulations.  Sure allow 
people to rush in and you will have more victims.  IF you do not have 
coordination then supplies are lost and misdirected.  If you do not have 
those rules and regulations then you will have more deaths than you prevent.

> What of that Naval ship just off the coast?  Do you
> think that they might have been terrorists?  Trying to
> get in to do mayhem?  You're only saying that you'd
> rather die than get a cool lifesaving drink of water
> from someone not FEMA certified!  I'm sure you only
> feel that way about this issue,  just as long as it
> isn't yourself who is about to die.  Whatever happened
> to those Compassionate Conservatives?

Gee where would you put the ship? Can not dock because the shipping 
lanes have not been cleared.  So now you have a ship proceed in and hit 
an obstruction and it sinks.  Now you have a major problem since now the 
crew needs to be rescued and you have blocked the waterways that will 
take longer to clear and restore water traffic.  Sure I want them to get 
help but at the same token I do not want to have a situation created 
that gets more people in trouble or even dead.

> 
>   It's pretty cruel to let elderly and young people die
> of thirst while you hold up lifesaving help to get
> paperwork done.  If that's compassionate conservatism,
> then it's clearly something this nation can do without,
> post haste.
> 

It is not paperwork that was the problem.  IT was local and state 
officals that held things up.  They failed to follow the emergency plans 
that had written.  If they had followed them as they are required to do, 
then the situation would have been better.  What would have been crueler 
is having supplies going to a location that does not need them while 
those who needed them did not get them since there was no one organizing 
the efforts.

MRC