FEMA emergency plan delayed

[rodeodance]

FEMA emergency plan delayed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/fema_response;_ylt=Av4u8CO7m1dXQFT20Cb3JZOs0NUE

By BEVERLEY LUMPKIN, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 16, 4:09 PM ET

WASHINGTON - A federal government plan for responding to emergencies will not be ready in time for the approaching hurricane season, officials have told Congress.


The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which bore the brunt of criticism following the 2005 season when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast, sent an advisory to Congress last week acknowledging it will not meet its June 1 deadline for issuing a new national response plan.

The advisory said development of the new plan had been delayed by unexpected issues, and more time is needed to resolve them. No new target date was set. In the meantime, a modified version of the plan in place during Katrina will be followed.

"Every post-Katrina report cited the enormous flaws with the current national response plan, yet here we are six weeks until hurricane season and FEMA has once again dropped the ball," said Rep. Bennie Thompson (news, bio, voting record), D-Miss., chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee. "Failing to have a revised plan in place and relying solely on the previously failed one is irresponsible and unacceptable."

[Sherman A1]

1. Well, this is no surprise

[Ian David]

2. Heckuva job! n/t

[TheMadMonk]

3. I seem to recall an article that said the best disaster response plan is...

...no plan at all. Just the old way things used to be done. Everyone with the means pitches in and helps.

Lists, division of labour, equitable distribution, optimal this, that and the other, only serve to ensure that NO ONE gets any help to begin with.

[primative1]

4. In light of other alternatives ...

.. I tend to agree with the article you cite. Can you imagine yourself actualy relying on the fed?