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To: paret who wrote (518)	9/7/2005 4:26:39 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (3) of 1118

Paret, I agree that lives were lost due to incompetence, but since when do you expect that from Politicians at any level? :-) We need methods and procedures put in place with National Guard (or other agreed upon agency leadership) kicking into place with civilian oversight. Once an emergency is declared you want professionals handling the situation - not gated by political hacks of any party. When to declare? That to can be decided ahead of time - Cat 1/2's can be handled similar to the past (ie reactive). Cat 3 and up should probably require declarations before landfall and specific procedural steps to be taken. For these killer storms - resources could be put in motion faster. For example - if the law allowed it an the NG General in charge had requested 82nd Airborne help on Sunday when major damage was expected - he would have had these resources 2-3 days earlier. The politicians should actually love this - they can work funding, use oversight to critique and appear for photo ops. John

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