jim_flanegin wrote: > And I am not politically naive, I am just tired of the > stonewalling, the excuses, and the appalling job Bush is doing > as President. > All right Jim, let's compare President Bush's response with the response of the New Orleans police:
First, you need to make critical infrastructure survivable. One of the key failures was the collapse of the New Orleans Police Department's radio system. Apparently the police department's citywide 800 MHz radio system functioned well during and immediately after the hurricane hit New Orleans, but since then natural gas service to the prime downtown transmitter site was disrupted and the generator was out. Transmitter sites for the police radio system "are also underwater with the rising water and are now disabled. Owners of the sites that housed police radio transmitters would not allow installation of liquefied petroleum gas tanks as a backup to piped gas, meaning generators did not have any fuel when the main lines were cut, Tusa said. Radio repair technicians attempting to enter the city were turned away by the state police, even though they had letters from the city police authorizing their access. This is absurd, and I'm pretty sure it's the major factor leading to the disintegration of the New Orleans Police Department. That sort of gear should be survivable -- and there should also be a backup plan for how to get messages back and forth if the radios go out anyway: Messengers, broadcasts on commercial radio, etc. and, there should be a separate post-disaster communications plan for survivors, too -- so that they can locate relatives and let people know they're alive. Other crucial infrastructure should be hardened as much as possible, too. There's only so much you should do, but disaster survivability should be considered at every stage of design, procurement, and construction. > No joy in it, whatsoever. > So do you agree that the New Orleans police failed to protect the survivors? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
