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Originally posted by mileysubet
FEMA is always preparing for the worst case scenario disaster. That is what FEMA does, why does any of this surprise you?
Originally posted by damingus
Originally posted by mileysubet
FEMA is always preparing for the worst case scenario disaster. That is what FEMA does, why does any of this surprise you?
Really? Like they were prepared for Katrina? I highly doubt they will be prepared for Irene as well.
Originally posted by damingus
Originally posted by mileysubet
FEMA is always preparing for the worst case scenario disaster. That is what FEMA does, why does any of this surprise you?
Really? Like they were prepared for Katrina? I highly doubt they will be prepared for Irene as well.
Originally posted by ignant
Originally posted by damingus
Originally posted by mileysubet
FEMA is always preparing for the worst case scenario disaster. That is what FEMA does, why does any of this surprise you?
Really? Like they were prepared for Katrina? I highly doubt they will be prepared for Irene as well.
exactly, who said its for the victims?
its likely for the military personnel only. i cant believe how people still think the government will actually help the masses during turmoil, even after Katrina!
Still, it was only a fraction of what would be required, if there’s an actual catastrophe along the New Madrid fault line. Carwille estimated that 42,000 search and rescue personnel would be required, in the event of a real quake.
Those responders would be severely inhibited in the aid they could provide, noted Stockton, the Pentagon official.
“Electric power would go out, not for days, but for weeks and months in the four state region,” he said. “Municipal water systems, they all run on electricity, don’t they? Well, people are gonna get thirsty. You need water for firefighting, don’t you? Second, all gasoline pumps run on electric power. Same with diesel fuel. So in terms of road mobility, of getting the relief forces in, and evacuating people out — no gasoline? The cascading failures go on and on.”
Including, potentially, a Fukushima on the Mississippi. 15 nuclear power plants are in the New Madrid seismic zone.