Hi CR....Brought in a new plate of chocolate chip cookies, grabbed a cuppa, and found a nice comfortable chair...Thanks. I often agree with Krauthammer, and find this time, not much exception to that. I wondered outloud on another thread this morning if people, just the average citizen in this country, will now stop and think about States Rights, and the separation of State and Federal Government.
IF the State of LA alone was handling this mega-tragedy, how many more people would have died?
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How many more could have been saved if the Gov of LA would have let the Feds in right away without having "to think about for 24 hours".....
I also wonder that because all electric power was down, cells and phone lines were down, megaparts of the city were flooded the day after the hurricane (when of course, nothing could move on any of the streets without being blown away)...AND only one freeway was open, AND both airports were closed....
What equipment/supplies/food and water, could have been brought in by the Feds or anyone else for that matter, any sooner?
It makes me wonder what would happen in our own communities if a similar occurrence happened...say in Seattle's case, a major earthquake worse than the LA big one, and a tsunami at the same time.... or heaven forbid, a large attack on our ports by a bomb....
Even if they wanted to help, how could they?
I've said so many times before, we NEED to educate each person in our community on what to do in case of a true disaster, as Katrina nd the floods that follow were....
I think there is plenty of blame to go around, BUT rather than blame, we need to identify the PROBLEMS that occurred, list them, and the people/Departments now who are (or were to have done so)...and then see where we are to change things. |
