Can you believe what's happening in New Orleans? God certainly humbles every nations, the only super power included. New Orleans became the third world in one strike. The relief effort is not something you'd imagine from the most powerful nation on the planet. This does not bode well for George Bush.
I have pleasant memories of the Big Easy, the capital of the laid-back, the party town of the nation, the birth-place of Jazz.
Fats Domino you can't die, "Blueberry Hill" must live!
- Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/02/2005
真可怕。。。我有同学在那里。上帝保佑.如果有机会我也会捐款的。
不过LA本来就是秩序不好的地方把？ - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/02/2005
马慧元 wrote:
真可怕。。。我有同学在那里。上帝保佑.如果有机会我也会捐款的。
不过LA本来就是秩序不好的地方把？
I saw much less menacing look on the faces of New Orleans people than people of many parts of the country while I was there. My general impression was that they were easy people. - posted on 09/02/2005
It occurred in the mind of a few people that what was going on in New Orleans was because no one cared too much about black people. The situation is truly disturbing.
慧元：New Orleans was a beautiful place. I have been there a few times.
gadfly wrote:
马慧元 wrote:I saw much less menacing look on the faces of New Orleans people than people of many parts of the country while I was there. My general impression was that they were easy people.
真可怕。。。我有同学在那里。上帝保佑.如果有机会我也会捐款的。
不过LA本来就是秩序不好的地方把？ - posted on 09/02/2005
The government's handling of this disaster is a total disgrace. I can't believe this happens in the U.S. It seems like there is no procedure and no one in charge.
It only shows that the U.S. couldn't handle large-scale emergency evacuation. Why there is no shuttle bus? Why can't they borrow some from Greyhound? Everybody drives their own cars at a speed of a turtle, and those who don't have a car or can't drive ain't got a chance.
八十一子 wrote:
It occurred in the mind of a few people that what was going on in New Orleans was because no one cared too much about black people. The situation is truly disturbing. - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
poor people only have sad stories in their life in general, they always be left to the unvisible corner to struggle themself.
what we can say to our kids is do your best in your life if you would not like yourself to be a part of the left behind group. - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
八爷的话说到点子上了—请看看电视上那些灾民吧，有几个是白人？布什、切尼的心比KKK还黑！ - posted on 09/03/2005
尚能反 wrote:
八爷的话说到点子上了—请看看电视上那些灾民吧，有几个是白人？布什、切尼的心比KKK还黑！
可是你注意到了吗，那些大规模抢劫的也同样是黑人。他们要是从商店里抢一包食品或饮料也还有情可原。可是他们抢的是电视机，音响，枪支，高级首饰。
911发生以后，纽约有三千多人死于涂炭，另外数千人受伤，纽约的DOWNTOWN成了废墟。可是那个时候有这样的抢劫发生吗？今天同样在密西西比的一些白人社区还有许多小TOWN泡在水中。那里有抢劫吗？美国很多年前的大萧条，人们失去了一切，那个年代有这样的大规模抢劫吗？
我不想说不利于种族和谐的话。我也有黑人朋友。可是，现实就摆在那里，无论如何你也怪不了别人。有的种族群体，无论你如何去帮它，它还是要把一切错过都怪罪到别人，而从来不反省自己。也许我们自己的种族也有一些问题。眼前的事情，怪不了布什、切尼，虽然我绝对不喜欢他们。
- posted on 09/03/2005
底特律就有很大一部分是第三世界。我开车去看过两三次，每次都觉得是在一个战争中的城市－－到处是烧毁的房子，穷困潦倒的黑人面无表情地坐在空屋前，不少地区没有水没有电.... 谁也不会相信这是美国的地方。然而隔临的街区就是白人的豪华别墅。贫富悬殊之景令人心寒！
所以这次看到 New Orleans 的恐怖，已经见怪不怪了。新闻照片中，夹杂着美国总统西装笔挺的笑嘻嘻的在玩吉它，简直是罪恶。
四年前有幸去过 New Orleans，遇到了现在的老板，拿到现在的工作，所以对那里有非常的感情。记得那里的色彩，那里的温热，那里的慵懒，那里的悠闲。有天晚上我从热闹的街上回旅馆，为了省钱，决定自己穿街走巷。已经半夜了，大马路上却有不少人也在走，都是大步大步的。一个黑人从马路对面见到我，穿过来跟我搭讪。我向他问路，他说可以送我一程。走了二十多分钟，一路走一路聊，还很开心呢。问他怎么街上这么多人在走。他说 New Orleans 的人晚上开心就出来逛。到了旅馆门口，他才问能不能给他些钱，告诉我他是露宿者 (homeless)。我才意识到街上那些黑人都是无家可归的，心里一下子起了大疙瘩。不记得有没有给他钱，但看到他往回走的背影，心很沉。旅馆人叮嘱我下次要小心，不要随便跟街上人走。
每次想到 New Orleans，就想到那天夜里的那个在街上逛的黑人。
- posted on 09/03/2005
尚能反 wrote:
八爷的话说到点子上了—请看看电视上那些灾民吧，有几个是白人？布什、切尼的心比KKK还黑！
可是你注意到了吗，那些大规模抢劫的也同样是黑人。他们要是从商店里抢一包食品或饮料也还有情可原。可是他们抢的是电视机，音响，枪支，高级首饰。
911发生以后，纽约有三千多人死于涂炭，另外数千人受伤，纽约的DOWNTOWN成了废墟。可是那个时候有这样的抢劫发生吗？今天同样在密西西比的一些白人社区还有许多小TOWN泡在水中。那里有抢劫吗？美国很多年前的大萧条，人们失去了一切，那个年代有这样的大规模抢劫吗？
我不想说不利于种族和谐的话。我也有黑人朋友。可是，现实就摆在那里，无论如何你也怪不了别人。有的种族群体，无论你如何去帮它，它还是要把一切错过都怪罪到别人，而从来不反省自己。也许我们自己的种族也有一些问题。眼前的事情，怪不了布什、切尼，虽然我绝对不喜欢他们。
- posted on 09/03/2005
难道这就给共和党右派政权对广大无辜灾民的见死不救找到了借口吗？正因为本人来美二十多年见得太多了，才会发此议论。长此下去，有一天，共和党右派把华裔美国人送进集中营时，他们会用你所陈述的逻辑，决不会把你作为优秀华裔来赦免的。
KC wrote:
尚能反 wrote:可是你注意到了吗，那些大规模抢劫的也同样是黑人。他们要是从商店里抢一包食品或饮料也还有情可原。可是他们抢的是电视机，音响，枪支，高级首饰。
八爷的话说到点子上了—请看看电视上那些灾民吧，有几个是白人？布什、切尼的心比KKK还黑！
911发生以后，纽约有三千多人死于涂炭，另外数千人受伤，纽约的DOWNTOWN成了废墟。可是那个时候有这样的抢劫发生吗？今天同样在密西西比的一些白人社区还有许多小TOWN泡在水中。那里有抢劫吗？美国很多年前的大萧条，人们失去了一切，那个年代有这样的大规模抢劫吗？
我不想说不利于种族和谐的话。我也有黑人朋友。可是，现实就摆在那里，无论如何你也怪不了别人。有的种族群体，无论你如何去帮它，它还是要把一切错过都怪罪到别人，而从来不反省自己。也许我们自己的种族也有一些问题。眼前的事情，怪不了布什、切尼，虽然我绝对不喜欢他们。
- Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
No civilized people ever abandon their weak and poor.
And if the weak and poor are left alone, the law of jungle takes over. - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
洞若观火,掷地有声!
八十一子 wrote:
No civilized people ever abandon their weak and poor.
And if the weak and poor are left alone, the law of jungle takes over. - posted on 09/03/2005
要说见死不救未必太夸张了。要知道，美国虽然科技高度发达，但仍然无法准确预报飓风的轨迹。这次飓风本来预报是要路过新奥尔良东部较远的地方。只到事发前24小时，才预报出她要路过紧靠新奥尔良东部市郊的区域。那个时候，人们得到了撤离的命令，可是已经晚了。所有的公路上挤满了各种车辆。即使想逃生，也无路可逃了。说句难听的话，当时即使徒步走出城外，也比乘车快，也完全来得及。问题是美国是一个车轮子上的民族。除了纽约等少数大城市的居民能走路，其他所有居民只会开车。新奥尔良市的黑人就没有想到过走出城外。很多人困守家中。由于整个城市被大水围困，各种供应很难及时运进城，也无法迅速疏散城内居民，所以才出现了这几天的悲惨局面。你说“见死不救”完全不是那样。首先要能够“见”才能“救。”当地警察绝大多数是黑人。他们该不会歧视自己兄弟姐妹吧。可是大多数当地警察自我解散了，干脆不去“见”老百姓了，怪谁？州政府也调兵遣将了，可是兵在很远的地方，开进城内，也要时间。联邦政府这方面主要机构是FEMA，FEMA就没有预测到这场悲剧，谁之过？他们也是人，和你和我一样平凡，并不“能掐，会算”。 况且，FEMA的这一类职能多办是由局长处长一类低阶非政治官员具体操办的，跟哪个党执政无关。911还不是死了那么多的人？援救工作在那个四面环水的洼地十分困难。军舰已经临近了，可是货物往哪里卸？怎么卸？卸下怎么运进城？飞机场也受灾。直升飞机倒是有不少，可是容量有限。你看看那些RESCUE WORKER基本上是老白。他们有一点歧视的样子吗？我正在某研究生院业余教一门“风险管理”（Risk Management)课程。昨晚和学生们一直在讨论这个问题。他们仔细分析了所有已知的信息，并没有怪罪联邦政府和州政府。我们人类要彻底战胜 MOTHER NATURE 还有很长一段路要走。文化人吟诗作画欣赏音乐，发起牢骚来很痛快淋漓。救灾抢险不是你想的那么简单。我一直在公开批评共和党右派政权。但这件事情很难怪到联邦政府。布什是个糊涂蛋，但下面的具体办事的并不完全糊涂。不能把什么事情都上纲上线政治化。如果共和党右派把华裔美国人送进集中营，那也首先送我进去，因为我有诸多的反“共”言论。
尚能反 wrote:
难道这就给共和党右派政权对广大无辜灾民的见死不救找到了借口吗？正因为本人来美二十多年见得太多了，才会发此议论。长此下去，有一天，共和党右派把华裔美国人送进集中营时，他们会用你所陈述的逻辑，决不会把你作为优秀华裔来赦免的。
- Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
大家都以反“共”自居。。。看来还是老毛说的，“左”比右革命，光荣。
美国国内问题，多半会扯到种族问题。
杰克逊牧师这样的人，未必会给普通黑人民众带来幸福未来。
美国媒体将救灾的黑暗面暴露给大众，给联邦政府施加巨大压力，我倒是佩服。 - posted on 09/03/2005
Bush says results of hurricane response 'not acceptable'
The president's visit comes amidst fierce criticism
MOBILE, Alabama (AP) -- Facing sharp criticism, President Bush toured the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast on Friday and vowed the government will restore order in lawless New Orleans. He said the $10.5 billion approved by Congress was just a small down payment for disaster relief.
"It's worse than imaginable," the president said after walking through a battered neighborhood in Biloxi, Mississippi. He warned of gasoline supply problems this weekend because of damaged refineries and pipelines.
"I'm not looking forward to this trip," Bush said as he set out for a firsthand look at the destruction in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.
"It's as if the entire Gulf Coast were obliterated by the worst kind of weapon you can imagine," the president said. (See video of Bush's comments in Mobile, Alabama -- 5:06)
Bush opened the day at the White House where he expressed unhappiness with the efforts so far to provide food and water to hurricane victims and to stop looting and lawlessness in New Orleans. "The results are not acceptable," said Bush, who rarely admits failure. (See video of Bush's White House comments -- 2:32 | Transcript)
The president's comments came after New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at federal officials, telling a local radio station "they don't have a clue what's going on down here."
Even Republicans were criticizing Bush and his administration for the sluggish relief effort. "I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?" said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
He urged Bush to name former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani as the White House point person for relief efforts. "We need to get the job done now, and I don't think anybody is better prepared to do that psychologically and otherwise than Rudy Giuliani," Gingrich told The Associated Press.
In Biloxi, Bush encountered two weeping women on a street where a house had collapsed and towering trees were stripped of their branches. "My son needs clothes," said Bronwynne Bassier, 23, clutching several trash bags. "I don't have anything."
"I understand that," Bush said. He kissed both women on their heads and walked with his arms around them, telling them they could get help from the Salvation Army. "Hang in there," he said.
Bush got a warm reception in Mobile from Govs. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Bob Riley of Alabama. Both praised the federal government's response. Still, Barbour said, "We've suffered a grievous blow that we won't recover from for a long while."
Standing with the governors in an airplane hangar, Bush said, "We have a responsibility to clean up this mess."
"What is not working right, we're going to make it right," Bush said. Referring to rampant looting and crime in New Orleans, Bush said, "We are going to restore order in the city of New Orleans."
"We'll get on top of this situation," Bush said, "and we're going to help the people that need help."
Bush was accompanied by Homeland Security Department secretary Michael Chertoff. The department, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has been accused of responding sluggishly to the deadly hurricane. On the plane ride to Alabama, Bush was briefed on plans for housing the tens of thousands of people displaced by the hurricane.
"There's a lot of aid surging toward those who've been affected. Millions of gallons of water. Millions of tons of food. We're making progress about pulling people out of the Superdome," the president said.
For the first time, however, he stopped defending his administration's response and criticized it. "A lot of people are working hard to help those who've been affected. The results are not acceptable," he said. "I'm heading down there right now."
Bush hoped that his tour of the hurricane-ravaged states would boost the spirits of increasingly desperate storm victims and their tired rescuers, and his visit was aimed at tamping down the ever-angrier criticism that he has engineered a too-little, too-late response.
Four days after Katrina made landfall in southeastern Louisiana, Bush was to get a second, closer look at the devastation wrought by the storm's 145 mph winds and 25-foot storm surge in an area stretching from just west of New Orleans to Pensacola, Florida. In all, there are 90,000 square miles under federal disaster declaration.
Friday's trip follows a 35-minute flyover of the region he took Wednesday aboard Air Force One as he headed back to Washington from his Texas ranch.
While the president was working his way along the coast, his wife, Laura, was scheduled to be nearby in Lafayette, La. Mrs. Bush was to visit the Cajundome arena to console people who took shelter there.
Amid the lowest approval ratings of his presidency, Bush has other problems besides the hurricane: Gasoline prices have soared past $3 a gallon in some places, and support is ebbing for the war in Iraq.
So Bush has tried to respond to Katrina in a way that evokes the national goodwill he cultivated after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks -- and that does not recall the criticism his father, former President Bush, endured after Hurricane Andrew slammed Florida in 1992.
But he began facing questions about his leadership in the crisis almost immediately. New Orleans officials, in particular, were enraged about what they said was a slow federal response.
- Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
五十年后，如果这个城市遭遇同样的灾情，如果您业余教授的学生们任职于联邦政府和州政府的话，在他们还在做Risk Management分析的时候，恐怕这个城市早已成为废墟了。
KC wrote:..............
我正在某研究生院业余教一门“风险管理”（Risk Management)课程。昨晚和学生们一直在讨论这个问题。他们仔细分析了所有已知的信息，并没有怪罪联邦政府和州政府。............... - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
联邦政府这方面主要机构是FEMA，FEMA就没有预测到这场悲剧，
根据今天的纽约时报，FEMA在2001年9/11之前开列的有可能发生的严重灾害中，前三项是：
1，纽约市遭受恐怖主义者袭击。
2，旧金山大地震。
3，新奥尔良台风决堤。 - posted on 09/03/2005
ohoh, the next will be SF.
KC, don't you really believe it would not make any difference if the majority left there were all WHITE, rich WHITE especially?
八十一子 wrote:
根据今天的纽约时报，FEMA在2001年9/11之前开列的有可能发生的严重灾害中，前三项是：联邦政府这方面主要机构是FEMA，FEMA就没有预测到这场悲剧，
1，纽约市遭受恐怖主义者袭击。
2，旧金山大地震。
3，新奥尔良台风决堤。 - Re: The battle of New Orleansposted on 09/03/2005
Every time a natural catastrophe strikes, I have a chilly feeling of how fragile human existence is, and how stupid for us to dinimish this existence more in war and in all kinds of violence out of hate and ignorance. - posted on 09/03/2005
haha wrote:
ohoh, the next will be SF.
KC, don't you really believe it would not make any difference if the majority left there were all WHITE, rich WHITE especially?
Oh yes! There would be big difference. If the majority left there were mostly white, pretty much like those left in the twin towers on 9/11/2001, then there would not be such large scale criminal activities throughout the New Orleans city. People would help each other instead. Women and children would be given water and food first no matter they are white or black. There could be a few criminal activities going on, but would not disrupt the public safety in such a big way. Remember about a year or two ago there was a power down in NYC? Most people who worked in NYC walked back home (anywhere from 3-30 miles) together. Neighbors shared food and water with each other. Only a few criminal activities were reported. There was no government's help. People were on their own for the first 2 days. Such widespread disciplane, cooperation, self control, order, mutual respect, and love could not be found in NEW ORLEANS on day 1, day 2, day 3......after the disaster. Who's fault? Most city officials there are black, including the mayer. You just can't say it is white's fault.
No matter the people left there are black or white, the major federal assistance will not start to arrive within 48 hours. So day 1 and day 2 are most critical - the city is basically on their own waiting for uncle Sam to show up. They just have to hold on and help themselves for the the first 2 days. This nation is the richest nation on earth. But, it still takes time to get stuff loaded and shipped to the disaster area. It also takes time to unload the stuff and distribute to needed places.
There are tons of agencies or organizations or individuals you can blame. You can say that the whole nation is not ready for major disasters. I agree. However,don't play the race card. If we do, we would be the loser finally. O.J. played race card, did blacks really win? If you really want to help blacks, find a job in a big city's City Hall. Then you will end up sharing the same view of mine. - posted on 09/03/2005
- posted on 09/03/2005
June wrote:
五十年后，如果这个城市遭遇同样的灾情，如果您业余教授的学生们任职于联邦政府和州政府的话，在他们还在做Risk Management分析的时候，恐怕这个城市早已成为废墟了。
这话终于说到点子上了! 和教科书上讲的几乎一字不差。遭遇灾情再搞Risk Management，那还不是白搞，太晚了。
还有，Risk Management 就是要提早研究如何在废墟上生存。要是废墟不会产生的话，这门学问就白费了。老美从来就是认定废墟一定要产生的。你真聪明，我费了半天劲弄明白的事，你居然一下子就搞通了。 - posted on 09/03/2005
I guess if I were a black person living in the south (or Detroit*), I would not probably not trust that the government would come soon and help us out. The government did not really care about the blacks because they are poor and uneducated and they don't vote. It is a vicious cycle. To me, it's easier to understand the behavoir of the black people, and a lot harder to agree with the way the government was handling the crisis. Because we are all people and if we put ourselves in other people's shoes, we usually can understand. On the other hand, government is not people. (There is no bad people, but only bad government.)
Let's all show some more sympathy and understanding to the people, while stay vigilant towards the government, especially those who represent the government.
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*During the blackout of 2003, Michigan was greatly affected. If I remembered correctly, the power of the inner city of Detroit (83% black population) was among the last to turn back on. Many black people in Detroit had no jobs, so they would not need to walk home together (15% unemployment). They were probaly used to live without electricity and clean water. Detroit tops in nations poverty census with 33.6% population below poverty level (http://www.freep.com/news/locway/poor31e_20050831.htm)
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I don't need New Orleans to remind me of the inequality in this country. My heart bleeds when I think about these poor poor people who has so little trust, so many fears, so much anger, and so few hopes...
- posted on 09/03/2005
Highlights:
"The scenario of a major hurricane hitting New Orleans was well anticipated, predicted and drilled around," said Clare Rubin, an emergency management consultant who also teaches at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management at George Washington University.
In comments on Thursday, President George W. Bush said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."
Most of those trapped by the floods in the city of some 500,000 people are the poor who had little chance to leave.
"It's well known that communications go down in disasters but people on the frontlines still don't invest in them." Craig Marks who runs Blue Horizons Consulting, an emergency management training company in North Carolina, said the authorities had mishandled the evacuation, neglecting to help those without transportation to leave the city.
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Models predicted New Orleans disaster, experts say
By Alan Elsner Fri Sep 2,11:54 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Virtually everything that has happened in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina struck was predicted by experts and in computer models, so emergency management specialists wonder why authorities were so unprepared.
"The scenario of a major hurricane hitting New Orleans was well anticipated, predicted and drilled around," said Clare Rubin, an emergency management consultant who also teaches at the Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management at George Washington University.
Computer models developed at Louisiana State University and other institutions made detailed projections of what would happen if water flowed over the levees protecting the city or if they failed.
In July 2004, more than 40 federal, state, local and volunteer organizations practiced this very scenario in a five-day simulation code-named "Hurricane Pam," where they had to deal with an imaginary storm that destroyed over half a million buildings in New Orleans and forced the evacuation of a million residents.
At the end of the exercise Ron Castleman, regional director for the Federal Emergency Management Agency declared: "We made great progress this week in our preparedness efforts.
"Disaster response teams developed action plans in critical areas such as search and rescue, medical care, sheltering, temporary housing, school restoration and debris management. These plans are essential for quick response to a hurricane but will also help in other emergencies," he said.
In light of that, said disaster expert Bill Waugh of Georgia State University, "It's inexplicable how unprepared for the flooding they were." He said a slow decline over several years in funding for emergency management was partly to blame.
In comments on Thursday, President George W. Bush said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."
But Louisiana State University engineer Joseph Suhayda and others have warned for years that defenses could fail. In 2002, the New Orleans Times Picayune published a five-part series on "The Big One" examining what might happen if they did.
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It predicted that 200,000 people or more would be unwilling or unable to heed evacuation orders and thousands would die, that people would be housed in the Superdome, that aid workers would find it difficult to gain access to the city as roads became impassable, as well as many other of the consequences that actually unfolded after Katrina hit this week.
Craig Marks who runs Blue Horizons Consulting, an emergency management training company in North Carolina, said the authorities had mishandled the evacuation, neglecting to help those without transportation to leave the city.
"They could have packed people on trains or buses and gotten them out before the hurricane struck. They had enough time and access to federal funds. And now, we find we do not have a proper emergency communications infrastructure so aid workers get out into the field and they can't talk to one another," he said.
Most of those trapped by the floods in the city of some 500,000 people are the poor who had little chance to leave.
Ernest Sternberg, a professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo, said law enforcement agencies were often more eager to invest in high tech "toys" than basic communications.
"It's well known that communications go down in disasters but people on the frontlines still don't invest in them. A lot of the investments that have been made in homeland security have been misspent," he said.
Several experts also believe the decision to make FEMA a part of the Department of
Homeland Security, created after the September 11, 2001 attacks, was a major mistake. Rubin said FEMA functioned well in the 1990s as a small, independent agency.
"Under DHS, it was downgraded, buried in a couple of layers of bureaucracy, and terrorism prevention got all the attention and most of the funds," she said.
Former FEMA director James Lee Witt testified to Congress in March 2004: "I am extremely concerned that the ability of our nation to prepare for and respond to disasters has been sharply eroded.
"I hear from emergency managers, local and state leaders, and first responders nearly every day that the FEMA they knew and worked well with has now disappeared. In fact one state emergency manager told me, 'It is like a stake has been driven into the heart of emergency management,"' he said.
Underlying the situation has been the general reluctance of government at any level to invest in infrastructure or emergency management, said David McEntire, who teaches emergency management at the University of North Texas.
"No-one cares about disasters until they happen. That is a political fact of life," he said.
"Emergency management is woefully underfunded in this nation. That covers not only first responders but also warning, evacuation, damage assessment, volunteer management, donation management and recovery and mitigation issues," he said.
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