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[Jeff Harkins]

I am just curious Andreas, what, exactly would you have done?

Now remember, the storm veered east just before 
landfall and had dropped from a Cat 5 to a Cat 4; 
the news reports noted high winds, heavy rain in 
and around NO, but no "catastrophic damage."  As 
I recall, the state officials had recommended 
evacuation, but it was not mandatory........ it 
wasn't until the next day that "mandatory evac" was ordered..........

Power was lost (total darkness), and no landline 
communications and most cell phones were out (no 
towers).  There was no evidence of a breach in 
the levee ,,,,,,,,,,, the media was reporting 
that the worst appeared to be over 
.........  media attention shifted to Biloxi and 
the coastal regions east .......

The next morning, NO is beginning to flood, roads 
are completely blocked ..............

SO please, explain what, exactly, would you have done?

I did hear that so far, the "official" death 
count is 59, but it is expected to go higher.  We 
can all hope that it does not increase at all.

At 09:13 PM 9/4/2005, you wrote:

>To all --
>
>Please excuse this, my first violation (I 
>believe) of the three-post-per-day rule, but I 
>have an inflamed bile duct caused (I'm told) by 
>the deaths of thousands of fellow Americans. 
>This is page 43 from the National Response Plan, 
>the set of protocols distributed to local, 
>state, and federal emergency response agencies 
>that instruct them about who takes 
>responsibility in the event of a catastrophe, 
>like, for instance, a giant hurricane hitting 
>New Orleans. It should make quite clear to Jeff 
>and Pat with whom the buck should stop:
>
>Quote begins:
>
>"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 include the following:"
>
>[...]
>
>"Standard procedures regarding requests for 
>assistance may be expedited or, under extreme 
>circumstances, suspended in the immediate 
>aftermath of an event of catastrophic magnitude."
>
>"Identified Federal response resources will 
>deploy and begin necessary operations as 
>required to commence life-safety activities."
>
>"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."
>In other words, FEMA has not only agreed to take 
>primary responsibility for emergency management, 
>but communicated to state and local agencies 
>that it will indeed coordinate emergency 
>response. Much to their surprise, the crippled 
>feds apparently couldn't coordinate their way out of a paper bag.
>
>-- ACS
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