How does one plan for the first responders being denied to deploy?
Sure, a plan in place is good, but the implementation is a whole nother level.
$5 short wave radios (battery operated) could have been helpful...every counselor should have had one...
Maybe they didn’t provide copies of the plan when requested by the media because they were destroyed by the flood. I’m sure their computers were also fried by the water. The media are such ghouls.
AKA “Damn Chritiain Trump supporters” are so negligent.
Scripps News contacted Camp Mystic on Wednesday morning?
And have not heard back from them?
Maybe nobody is there to answer these questions?
The counselors appear to be young. If they had female AND Male ADULTS at the camps, I think things might have turned out differently.
I saw video of how fast the water went up... it was 4am and even if alarms had sounded there was no way to wake up a cabin full of little kids and get them to safety in time if the cabin was near the river!
They had about 1-2 minutes to hear an alarm... determine what it was for, wake up dozens of sleeping kids, organize them so that none get left and RUN uphill as fast as they could in the pitch dark. It was basically impossible!
The problem wasn’t having or not having a plan. The problem was no one at the camp was within earshot of a $30 NOAA Weather Radio to hear the alert tone and emergency warnings.
How can anyone anticipate a flood that had the power of Niagara Falls? That power generates electricity for crying out loud. It was too much.
How does one plan for the first responders being denied to deploy?
Be interesting to know what exactly triggers the plan and who is assigned responsibility for making the decision to implement the plan. Also, are all the campers made aware of the plan and are drills conducted at some point during the stay.
Looking for blame article... It passed inspection how could this have happened.
My 15 year old NOAA emergency radio works just fine and recently woke me from a sound sleep when tornadoes were in the vicinity. Lack of warnings weren’t a problem and sure an emergency plan is great, but people have to act on those warnings and implement the plan. Sadly it appears that warnings weren’t heeded and evacuations not made.
After seeing the video of how fast the water rose in that river, I don’t see how anyone could be held at fault.