Re: New Orleans

In message <dff0l8$frc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster
<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>
>"Charles Francis" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:je7BjBklnvGDFwSZ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In message <dfe9bj$asb$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Webster
>> True, all this takes time. But possibly not as much time as was actually
>> taken. The questions no one is answering are a) "when did they start?"
>> and b) "what level of forward planning was available which could be put
>> into action at once?"
>
>Doesn't matter, driver safety etc will limit distance travelled, National
>Guardsmen have homes and jobs and familys, so need a degree of notice.

A purpose of emergency services is that they don't need notice.

>So if
>State governor begs immediately the trucks could perhaps start 24hrs
>afterwards.

I don't think so long.

>Drive to supply dump, collect supplies, drive to scene.

Certainly large distance may be involved.
> Then
>stop at the edge of the water hoping someone has a chopper etc

But if the journalists could get in.

>Remember a lot of the road driving will be tricky will traffic fleeing in
>opposite direction, roads blocked with junk etc, water, fallen trees

And how would they cope in a battlefield if they cannot cope with that?
>
>I'd say that you would do well to get stuff by truck there from other states
>(those not hit by the weather) within 72 hours of the governor asking for
>help
>
I think that is a little long, but assume the governor asked for help 24
hours into the storm. That is a response time of four days from start of
storm, and I wouldn't think it too unreasonable. What was the actual
response time?



Regards

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Charles Francis
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