Sometimes the Red Cross is not much better.....
On Feb 7, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Jeff Broadwick wrote: > Without getting political...I'm not sure government is the right > vehicle for > this sort of job...no matter who is running the show. > > Jeff > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wireless- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Jack Unger > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2008 3:00 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tornado > > Mark, > > Thanks for your report. I'm sorry that FEMA does not seem to be > focused on > meeting the real needs that people have. On the other hand, I'm > sure that > the FEMA lockdown did a good job of keeping Al Quida terrorists from > potentially entering the disaster area to cause trouble. > > I hope that our new President (whoever that may be) will prove to > be a more > compassionate leader who will be able to motivates FEMA (and for that > mattter, our whole government) to once again focus on meeting the > real human > needs that people have. > > jack > > > Mark Williams wrote: >> Myself and many others responded to Adkins, Arkansas yesterday... >> >> There was a great outpouring of volunteers, equipment, and supplies. >> Quite literally dump trucks, tractor trailers, and many more pickups >> w/ trailers hauling in various dozers, back hoes, materials, food / >> water etc. for clean up and disaster assistance. >> >> The FEMA administrators had the place in TOTAL lock down. They would >> NOT allow assistance efforts to happen. >> A phrase was coined ... that "the government is more focused on >> protecting its rights to be government, than it is on assisting the >> coordination of REAL assistance and aid." >> >> Frankly, that statement sums up the debacle that is FEMA response. >> They completely HALTED a 100% volunteer relief effort! >> >> Then they requested that what was REALLY needed was CAMPING GEAR. >> I nearly lost it. >> >> For those who are not familiar, in Mena / Hope Arkansas there are >> literally HUNDREDS OF SQUARE ACRES of FEMA trailers and RVs parked >> and >> rotting to pieces thanks to FEMA's lame ass efforts to aid Katrina >> victims. Logically, if they needed housing, it would have been as >> easy >> as requesting the volunteers on hand to organize a convoy of >> trucks to >> drive to Mena / Hope and pickup the trailers and deliver them to >> Adkins / Clinton, etc. BUT ALAS, FEMA is not logical in their >> response. >> >> I came away from the experience feeling REALLY good about the >> American >> Spirit, it is clearly alive and well with in our people, but VERY >> clearly not alive in our gov't. >> >> The long term effects of such high handedness by FEMA will be >> disastrous, those who would typically respond will become complacent >> and apathetic and will no longer respond, because after all the Govt >> will handle it right? Sad times America, sad times. >> >> Something needs to be done about this... >> >> God Bless those whom are in dire need and I pray that things change >> rapidly. Unfortunately the media crews that were on location had no >> interest in pointing out the FEMA blockade AGAINST relief efforts. >> >> -Mark Williams >> >> >> On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 09:30 -0600, Scottie Arnett wrote: >> >> >>> Sorry to reply to my own post, but we service the Macon County >>> Tennessee > area that was hardest hit. We have a POP there for dial-up, but > have not > entered that market with our wireless yet. >>> >>> Lots of destruction. The tornado set down and traveled 25 miles >>> or more > without ever lifting. Base ranged from 100 to 400 yards. Rated at > an F2 this > morning by whoever rates them. Most power and telephones had been > restored > as of late last night. >>> >>> Of little importance, none of our equipment was damaged. My heart >>> and > prayers to the folks that lost homes and loved ones. I know this > type of > tornadoes hit the mid west all the time, but we were not prepared > to see it > hit as hard as it did in Tennessee. 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