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To: Rambi who wrote (59)	9/12/2005 12:09:43 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2253

This isn't an either/or proposition; it's a failure of an entire system for many reasons on a lot of levels and over a long period of time. It should be examined holistically, looking for where the connections and relationships collapsed and not start by concentrating on only one branch. There are 50 state governments and perhaps 200 local governments that can react to major disaster. It may not be entirely clear as to how far these state and local authorities can be effective in major disasters. For some rarely used capabilities, it would be silly to duplicate those resources. There are definite roles that state and local authorities can fulfill. And there is a definite role that Federal government can and has to fulfill. It seems that without a doubt that the federal authorities should be charged with the task of coordinating activities with local officials. Ideally there should be some plan in place to coordinate activities with local authorities before disaster strikes. We are all Americans. We all speak the same language (most of us anyway). There is no reason to treat each other as if we were from different tribes. We don't have to say to each other, "my way or the highway". To suggest privitizing or outsourcing of these responsibilities would also be ridiculous (are they really training emergency management officials in Bangalore <ggggg>). Emergency management for large scale disasters is not beyond our abilities. It is not rocket science. Lets not play the blame game. That is blame eveybody in the world. We have to blame the people that were responsible.