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On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 00:05:04 -0700, wrcowan1@hal-pc.org
wrote:

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>Obwon wrote:
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>  "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?
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?

  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.

Obwon
>> 
>> When a tragedy or disaster occurs in Arizona, trained,
>> skilled people are allowed to help without Federal
>> Emergency Management Agency certification, he said.
>> "But when a national disaster is in effect, federal
>> rules take over and FEMA would have to approve it,"
>> said Dudelston.
>
>Once the storm has past, Federal agencies do get involved.  They do not 
>want everyone to rush down to give aid, it would create anarchy and 
>dangerous situations.  That is the same that applies with state agency 
>runned efforts.
>
>
>> 
>> "It's kind of sad people are being turned away, the
>> minute they go into a federal situation, they just
>> can't get in there," he said. "The problem is when
>> something like this happens - when an area is declared
>> a national disaster - you can't go in there. They don't
>> know them (trained volunteers) from Adam, so they can't
>> let them in," he said of federal officials.
>> 
>
>This statements is true of both Federal and State agencies.  To allow 
>everyone who wants to provide relief efforts in to a disaster zone 
>invites disaster and poses potential hazards for not only those being 
>helped but to those who are doing the helping.
>
>These agencies have to impose control over the area so that relief 
>efforts are coordinated and effective without putting the lives of those 
>helping in harms way.
>
>MRC

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