Re: New Orleans


"Charles Francis" <charles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.

Then we don't have emergency services. Certainly in the US the national
guard isn't one as these people have day jobs

>
> >So if
> >State governor begs immediately the trucks could perhaps start 24hrs
> >afterwards.
>
> I don't think so long.

Remember you have to find a unit in the right area, get the people in,
ensure that everyone has their kit, ensure that all the vehicles are working
(these vehicles tend to get cannibalised for spares due to budget problems)

>
> >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.

hey, if you want to get two or three people in with a camera no big deal. I
could organise that.


>
> >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?

Simple, you can shoot people

> >
> >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?
>

haven't a clue, was on holiday so never knew it was happening
Jim Webster


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