Comments on: Shoulda coulda http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/24/shoulda-coulda/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: D. Sorrell http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/24/shoulda-coulda/#comment-700 Wed, 25 Jan 2006 04:18:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/24/shoulda-coulda/#comment-700 They knew. There's no way they couldn't. There can't be a potiential danger like that approaching the U.S. and there not be plenty of knowledge about it. The Hurricane Pam study is the main reason I felt the burden of the early response needed to be coordinated locally. What were the chances that the federal government would stage resources for a response that may not have been necessary (if there had not been a break)? Who even read the info sent to D.C.? The federal officials' response was poor, but the local and state government should have had some "what if the feds don't come" plans, since it is the lives of their citizens at stake. I should have seen Nagin and Blanco before the flooding, continually calling attention to the danger. And notice how, except for flagrant comments, you don't see Nagin or Blanco now, calling attention to the continuing needs of the area. It's sad, IMHO. They knew. There’s no way they couldn’t. There can’t be a potiential danger like that approaching the U.S. and there not be plenty of knowledge about it.

The Hurricane Pam study is the main reason I felt the burden of the early response needed to be coordinated locally. What were the chances that the federal government would stage resources for a response that may not have been necessary (if there had not been a break)? Who even read the info sent to D.C.?

The federal officials’ response was poor, but the local and state government should have had some “what if the feds don’t come” plans, since it is the lives of their citizens at stake. I should have seen Nagin and Blanco before the flooding, continually calling attention to the danger.

And notice how, except for flagrant comments, you don’t see Nagin or Blanco now, calling attention to the continuing needs of the area. It’s sad, IMHO.

]]> by: da po' boy http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/24/shoulda-coulda/#comment-699 Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:07:00 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2006/01/24/shoulda-coulda/#comment-699 The government knew and they were still slow to respond. So they ignored the risk when they were warned it could happen and then they ignored it after it happened until they finally couldn't ignore it anymore, like when Chertoff heard for the first time the Thursday after the storm during a radio interview that people were stuck at the Convention Center with no food or water. The planners didn't have a plan. Ticks me off, too. The government knew and they were still slow to respond. So they ignored the risk when they were warned it could happen and then they ignored it after it happened until they finally couldn’t ignore it anymore, like when Chertoff heard for the first time the Thursday after the storm during a radio interview that people were stuck at the Convention Center with no food or water.
The planners didn’t have a plan.
Ticks me off, too.

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