Comments on: FEMA Leadership http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/fema-leadership Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:52:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Diana Lindstrom http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/fema-leadership/comment-page-1#comment-15 Diana Lindstrom Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/?p=12#comment-15 Right on! You're going directly to some root problems within the system. The evacuation plan for NOLA indicated that about 100,000 people would not be able to evacuate themselves - in case of emergency. Why wasn't there a plan in place to evacuate them? And if there was, why wasn't it implemented?<BR/><BR/>These are questions that the new leadership will need to address. And soon.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comment. Right on! You’re going directly to some root problems within the system. The evacuation plan for NOLA indicated that about 100,000 people would not be able to evacuate themselves - in case of emergency. Why wasn’t there a plan in place to evacuate them? And if there was, why wasn’t it implemented?

These are questions that the new leadership will need to address. And soon.

Thank you for your comment.

]]> By: Erin Banister http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/blog/fema-leadership/comment-page-1#comment-16 Erin Banister Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.shipwreckedproject.com/?p=12#comment-16 What good does new leadership in FEMA do if there's no change in the beaurocratic system? <BR/><BR/>The morning following the hurricane, when NOLA flooded, the responsibility of local government was to tell the State Government of the issues and ask for assistance. Then, the state is supposed to ask FEMA for assistance. <BR/><BR/>With no electricity in NOLA, how was the city supposed to alarm the state when it began flooding?<BR/><BR/>Sure, we all saw the newscasts and the internet reports & blogs - but I don't think this is considered a viable source for FEMA to make such a decision with.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I'm just as upset with the whole shebang as anyone else - but the system was broken before the hurricane.<BR/><BR/>Maybe, just maybe, if Natural Disasters and Terrorism weren't lumped under one group, FEMA, we would have had a better response. What good does new leadership in FEMA do if there’s no change in the beaurocratic system?

The morning following the hurricane, when NOLA flooded, the responsibility of local government was to tell the State Government of the issues and ask for assistance. Then, the state is supposed to ask FEMA for assistance.

With no electricity in NOLA, how was the city supposed to alarm the state when it began flooding?

Sure, we all saw the newscasts and the internet reports & blogs - but I don’t think this is considered a viable source for FEMA to make such a decision with.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m just as upset with the whole shebang as anyone else - but the system was broken before the hurricane.

Maybe, just maybe, if Natural Disasters and Terrorism weren’t lumped under one group, FEMA, we would have had a better response.

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