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To: Rande Is who wrote (302)	9/5/2005 2:40:44 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

"Those of you not keeping up with the fast pace of the news really need to spend time researching before making accusations and assumptions." I agree. For example, someone here began a post attacking FEMA for not knowing immediately that victims were gathering at the convention center with the following sentence: "FEMA instructed flood victims to seek safe refuge within the New Orleans Convention Center." Now this person claims that a NY Times quote in this post - Message 21674069 - makes the above statement true. It does not. Now, had this person said "people believed FEMA wanted them to go there", then the Times piece would support that statement. But then that wouldn't justify the original attack on FEMA, would it? People went there because they thought it was a designated shelter. Perhaps whoever told them it was should have told FEMA they had sent people there, doncha think? Or perhaps the N.O. police, who, according to the Times, had been there and had seen the crowds as early as Tuesday, should have alerted FEMA. Wouldn't that have been a good idea? But no, it's all FEMA's fault 'cause they were "in charge." Nonsense. PS: And Ted Koppel wants to know why the FEMA guys weren't sittting around watching TV? LOL. Maybe they have jobs to do, Ted?

To: Rande Is who wrote (302)	9/5/2005 6:09:01 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

3rd world nations do better than rich nations when it comes to hurricane preparedness>> —No one was reported killed when Ivan struck Cuba in 2004, its worst hurricane in 50 years and a storm that, after weakening, killed 25 people in the United States. Cuba's warning-evacuation system is minutely planned, even down to neighborhood workers keeping updated charts on which residents need help during evacuations. —Along Bangladesh's cyclone coast, 33,000 well-organized volunteers stand ready to shepherd neighbors to raised concrete shelters at the approach of one of the Bay of Bengal's vicious storms. —In 2002, Jamaica conducted a full-scale evacuation rehearsal in a low-lying suburb of coastal Kingston, and fine-tuned plans afterward. When Ivan's 20-foot surge destroyed hundreds of homes two years later, only eight people died. Ordinary Jamaicans also are taught search-and-rescue methods and towns at risk have trained flood-alert teams. Like many around the world, Barbara Carby, Jamaica's disaster coordinator, watched in disbelief as catastrophe unfolded on the U.S. Gulf Coast. "We always have resource constraints," she said. "That's not a problem the U.S. has. But because they have the resources, they may not pay enough attention to preparedness and awareness, and to educating the public how to help themselves."