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To: sushiman

It’s hard to tell from just TV reports. I don’t watch that much TV, but I’ve hardly seen scenes with people in them, mostly just miles of nothing but wreckage. With that said, here’s what I think:

1) They do a much better job of evacuation. I heard many areas ravaged by the tsunami had a little bit of time to get out before the devestation hit.

2) They were more prepared than average to deal with a mega disaster. This is where I think we seriously fall down here in the US. New Orleans during Katrina is a perfect example of government not being prepared and then trying to deal with it by passing the buck. I am not saying that government is everything in that sort of situation, but it helps when it is not also in freakout mode.


58 posted on 03/14/2011 5:26:12 AM PDT by dajeeps
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To: dajeeps

There is no Civil Defense in the US, that was killed off a long time ago, no system of fallout shelters and only a the Early Warning System in the media and even then, what then?

If CA had 1 hr to prepare for a Tsunami, it wouldn’t matter because the freeways would be packed there would be no place to go, and no plan for what to do if they stayed in place.


74 posted on 03/14/2011 6:12:27 AM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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