Why did help take so long to arrive?
'The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of
being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it
failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural
disaster.
After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for
victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of
which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs
such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called
them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's
what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561909,00.html
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| User: "Woodswun" |
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| Title: Re: Why did help take so long to arrive? |
05 Sep 2005 07:55:41 AM |
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wrote:
Why did help take so long to arrive?
'The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of
being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it
failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural
disaster.
After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for
victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of
which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs
such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called
them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's
what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.'
Their book needs a little footnote that says "Don't bother if you can't
distribute it within 6 days". Symptoms start to appear on day 7...
http://www.safetycentral.com/anandcipfreq.html
Woods
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561909,00.html
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Why did help take so long to arrive? |
05 Sep 2005 11:07:04 AM |
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On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 12:55:41 GMT, Woodswun <woodswun@tepidmail.com>
wrote:
Zak@DaarkSyde.org wrote:
Why did help take so long to arrive?
'The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of
being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it
failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural
disaster.
After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for
victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of
which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs
such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called
them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's
what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.'
Their book needs a little footnote that says "Don't bother if you can't
distribute it within 6 days". Symptoms start to appear on day 7...
http://www.safetycentral.com/anandcipfreq.html
Woods
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561909,00.html
LOL
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| User: "Steven Malecek" |
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| Title: Re: Why did help take so long to arrive? |
06 Sep 2005 09:04:51 AM |
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the other major problem is that FEMA has no inherent infrastructure and uses
existing infrastructures in the disaster areas. so when a disaster like
this happens which wipes out any existing infrastructure, FEMA is at a lost
and have to adjust and compensate to respond from elsewhere which then slows
things down. as for the military, what took so long is the way our country
is setup, by law, to maintain sovereigncy of states, federal troops cannot
move in without authorization from the state. due to what we saw it may be
time to adjust these regulations to compensate but also would allow federal
to intervene with states if federl government does not agree or approve of
the states action, may be an extreme way to look at it but is the facts
<Zak@DaarkSyde.org> wrote in message
news:rf8oh1hdfipfujlkb2sasj91p4uo2q9utc@4ax.com...
Why did help take so long to arrive?
'The Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) has been accused of
being so concerned about the possibility of a terrorist attack that it
failed to prepare properly for a much more inevitable natural
disaster.
After the authorities in Baton Rouge had prepared a field hospital for
victims of the storm, Fema sent its first batch of supplies, all of
which were designed for use against chemical attack, including drugs
such as Cipro, which is designed for use against anthrax. "We called
them up and asked them: 'Why did you send that, and they said that's
what it says in the book'," said a Baton Rouge official.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1561909,00.html
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