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To: combjelly who wrote (249540)	9/5/2005 12:53:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1573959

>>> Obviously it was, ummm, insufficient. I think this is where you and I disagree. I do not find that FEMA's response was in any way insufficient. The fact that some people lived in horrible conditions for a few days simply isn't an appropriate metric -- and that is the metric that is being used by the media, by the victims, by the state and local officials, and by even some Republicans. It simply isn't the appropriate measuring stick. You have to consider the scope of the disaster before you can rationally and analytically determine how good or bad the federal response was. But I'm not going to start criticizing until I can point to something fundamental that LOOKS like it is the fault of the federal government. To date, I haven't seen anything like that. The responsibility for this mess falls on the Mayor's shoulders, squarely. The city KNEW that in any disaster they would have 100K or more who couldn't evacuate -- yet, they made no plan to deal with these people whatsoever. When the history of this event is written, the failure of communications infrastructure will be THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON this disaster was so bad. The city had no ability to run its police department which led to looting and gang violence. This is the city's responsibility and frankly, there is little excuse for it. It is difficult for me to believe that the city didn't have a hardened communications infrastructure that could operate for an extended period on generator power, etc. Seems insane to me.