Posted on 09/30/2008 9:39:09 AM PDT by bs9021
Schooled In Disaster
by: Lance Nation, September 30, 2008
In the recent Senate Hearing, the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs attempted to establish whether the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina were effectively implemented along the gulf coast when Hurricane Gustav and Ike hit Louisiana and Texas this past summer.
“I have some good news about the federal response,” stated Houston’s Mayor Bill White in his opening testimony. “President Bush, Secretary Chertoff, Administrator Paulison, and the most senior members of [the Federal Emergency Management Administration] and the Corps of Engineers have all been accessible to direct requests made by state and local officials.”
Cedric Glover made a similar observation following Mayor White’s remarks. Glover, the mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, explained, “Communication between FEMA and the State of Louisiana appeared to be much improved over Katrina and Rita. FEMA did not appear out of touch, as they had three years ago, but rather were on the ground before the storms arrived."....
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