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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (108178)9/6/2005 10:46:40 AM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
The buck always stops at the White House, and the President will have to take responsibility for for any failures in the federal response to the disaster. It will take a long time to sort it all out, and it is highly probable that local and state officials will be found at fault as well.

I think it is very unrealistic to believe that a rescue effort of this magnitude could have gone off smoothly and without breakdowns, no matter who was in the White House. There is always the possibility that an asteroid will strike earth, or that a devastating earthquake will break off part of California and sink it into the Pacific. These are known possibilities, along with an infinite number of others, but I don't think any government can have a huge ready response team standing by for such emergencies that can instantly spring into action and do everything right. We also need to remember that even after Katrina struck, local officials on the ground did not at first believe that the impact was that severe. Everyone was blindsided by the flooding that insidiously came later.

It is open season to castigate the President for all that went wrong, and you can have at it as you will. I think the more important thing is to learn from this event and try to improve procedures for the future. But I think it is safe to predict that the next catastrophe to strike our nation will bring a whole new set of unexpected crises and happenings, and that it will be equally chaotic no matter what plans are in place or who is in charge.

In the end we are still bound by our human frailty, no matter how well-intentioned.
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