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[Steve W.]

>
> Without getting too political, why on earth didn't anyone get at least
> some support facilities on the move BEFORE the hurricane hit the south
> coast?
>
> Snip
>
> Peter
> -- 
> Peter A Forbes
> Email: listerdiesel at gmail.com
> Web: www.oldengine.org/members/diesel
>
> ~~~~~~~~~
>
> It's an excellent idea, Peter, but there is probably some regulation,
> chapter and verse, that says that an actual calamity has to exist
before
> mobilization can begin.  You don't find many creative thinkers in
government
> work and those that exist are the nails that get hammered down.
>
> No matter what it is, human inertia exists.  For instance:  Radar
> observation of planes approaching Pearl Harbor failed to elicit a
response;
> FBI field office warnings of young men of Mid-Eastern origin taking
flying
> lessons failed to elicit any action; etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> Orrin Iseminger
> Colton, Washington, USA
> http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/index.htm
> So many projects.  So little time.

Pretty much the Governor of a state has the ability to move in state
controlled entities in advance and have things lined up to assist.
Federal agencies are not allowed in until after an event has proven to
be larger than the state agencies can handle, and then the Governor can
make the call to the federal agencies and ask for help in whatever areas
they specify.