Comments on: The Washington Monthly http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/32?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-washington-monthly Where my thoughts and your eyes (and now ears!) collide Mon, 14 May 2012 20:59:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Myanmar or New Orleans? Let’s learn the RIGHT lessons from Katrina http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/32/comment-page-1#comment-9709 Myanmar or New Orleans? Let’s learn the RIGHT lessons from Katrina Tue, 13 May 2008 00:49:47 +0000 http://sctoday.net/ProfessorNotes/wordpress/?p=32#comment-9709 [...] Myanmar or New Orleans? Let’s learn the RIGHT lessons from Katrina [...] [...] Myanmar or New Orleans? Let’s learn the RIGHT lessons from Katrina [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://theprofessornotes.com/archives/32/comment-page-1#comment-32 Anonymous Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:19:00 +0000 http://sctoday.net/ProfessorNotes/wordpress/?p=32#comment-32 As a firefighter, I know firsthand the importance of pre-plannig for emergencies. From what I have heard, FEMA dropped the ball big time in planning for disasters on the Gulf Coast. It seems that the military saw it coming and was making preparations, but that they had to await civilian FEMA's lead. I am also distressed to learn of the lack of Emergency Management experience in Michael Brown, head of FEMA. President Clinton's head of FEMA, James Witt, was the former Arkansas head of Emergency Management. Surely President Bush could have found a Republican with similar professional Emergency Management experience, rather than some lawyer! An emergency is no place for on the job training! As a firefighter, I know firsthand the importance of pre-plannig for emergencies.

From what I have heard, FEMA dropped the ball big time in planning for disasters on the Gulf Coast. It seems that the military saw it coming and was making preparations, but that they had to await civilian FEMA’s lead.

I am also distressed to learn of the lack of Emergency Management experience in Michael Brown, head of FEMA. President Clinton’s head of FEMA, James Witt, was the former Arkansas head of Emergency Management. Surely President Bush could have found a Republican with similar professional Emergency Management experience, rather than some lawyer!

An emergency is no place for on the job training!

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