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To: Jack Russell who wrote (531)	9/7/2005 9:50:18 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

Agreed, how was it that Mississippi and Alabama with a much wider area of devastation immediately went to work on the rescue of the people who stayed?

To: Jack Russell who wrote (531)	9/8/2005 12:01:57 AM
From: aladin	Respond to of 1118

Jack, I agree totally that the LA locals could have done better, but we are seeing that the normal 4 to 9 day federal response no longer seems adequate. Remember Andrew? That took 9 days to get under control and a lot of reform occurred and now we see this one at 4 days. Local governments (outside of Florida and NC which have LOTS of practice) are not up to this - and yes I agree that MS did handle things better. My issue is that you can not depend on local Mayors, County Exec's and State officials to do this when they see something like this once a generation. I would probably base the entire process on what works in Florida - just putting it in writing so that each level of Government knows what it is responsible for and when. On the issue of the big dangerous storms - I am suggesting we change procedure to get some proactive response going. The NG General in charge of such a response could easily still be under the local Governor if everyone agreed, but would have authority to call in Federal assistance under a previously agreed framework. We don't need to be negotiating separation of powers during a crisis. John