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Originally posted by RACooper
I have to agree with your sentiments about why does the relief effort seem haphazard and illogical... I mean they knew that the hurricane was going to hit, they knew it was going to be big - so why weren't contigency plans looked at and response teams organized to move in as soon as it was safe? Why has there been such a delay in organizing control and communications through the National Guard? Why the delay in accepting foreign assistance?
I'm not sure but does anyone know who is in command of relief efforts when it is a multi-state disaster? Is is FEMA? or is the White House or the Pentagon involved?
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The president declared "a disaster even before the storm hit, enabling the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deploy early." Following this, the National Guard and Homeland Security are deployed.
I'm not really sure who is in charge, but logic indicates that no modern state would willingly allow its citizens to die in such a way and would probably follow the most effective route in rescue operations (for both moral and economic reasons).
-Rudey
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