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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Or just tell me, after the hurricane, what is it that you think the state of Louisiana could and should have been doing that it was not doing.
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I hate to say it, but coordinating rescue efforts among what remained of state and local resources & the federal resources on offer, or alternatively letting the feds conduct said coordination, would have been a good start.
That said, 2 on Sebby's analysis, though I would add the indigent to the invalids in the "no responsibility" category. I can't bring myself to assign any particular "blame" to the feds for their failure to more efficiently clean up a mess that appears to be in no small part the result of state & local planning incompetence, but I am completely appalled at their apparent inability to do so.
That also being said, I am a NYC girl who, after 9/11 and the blackout, is firmly of the opinion that anyone counting on the G (state, local, federal or interplanetary) to rescue them in any disaster instead of resolving to rescue themselves & their loved ones by having plans to get the fuck out of Dodge in multiple disaster/social order breakdown situations is probably mentally deficient.
BR(I note for the record that I also have arranged for multiple rural "come the revolution/zombie invasions" back-up refuge locations with food stockpiles and secure freshwater sources capable of fortification, so YMMV on my self-sufficiency schtick. Y'all knew I was a closet survivalist, yes? Goes with the Libertarian thing.)C
