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To: Sully- who wrote (14109)	9/12/2005 3:04:12 PM
From: Sully-	of 35834

How It’s Supposed To Work By Rob on Domestic Issues Say Anything This is why we’re talking about the Katrina catastrophe in Louisiana and not Mississippi and Louisiana. <<< The day before Hurricane Katrina came ashore in Mississippi on Aug. 29, the Mississippi National Guard had already been planning for the likelihood of a disaster. “During hurricane season our operations personnel are constantly monitoring storms in the Atlantic,” Mississippi Guard spokesman Lt. Col. Tim Powell said. “The Friday before the storm hit, we were tracking the storm. ” Two days before the storm hit, the Mississippi soldiers knew the storm’s path would take it through the state’s coastal communities and officials began alerting units, primarily military police and engineers, Powell said. Officials initially activated 750 people, and the Guard also activated its emergency operations center in Jackson, Miss. Members of the forward EOC, a team that moves into a disaster area and coordinates operations with other agencies, were also notified and reported for duty by noon the day before the storm landed. Less than a day after the storm slammed into the coast, military police and engineers from the Mississippi Army National Guard were moved to the state’s three coastal counties. “The military police were there to provide support to local law enforcement, and the engineers were used for search-and-recovery mission support and evacuation support,” Powell said. >>> See? When local officials do their jobs and prepare their communities for disasters and then follow those preparations when the disaster strikes there is no need to depend on federal response. Read the rest of the article (link below). There are some other interesting points made. Like about how Mississippi has plenty of National Guard troops and resources available despite those deployed in the war on terror. (via Q and O) feeds.feedburner.com defenselink.mil

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