Hear hear! This is exactly what is worrying me about The Netherlands and our reaction to a possible major disaster, be it natural or terrorist or accidental in origin. We have all sorts of local networks to guard dykes, to douse fires, to sandbag villages and towns, to take care of victims, to transport necessary materials. But what if those very networks are destroyed in the way they were detroyed in NO by Katrina? Where is the national safety net, where are the competent professionals? It seems that supreme control will be in the hands of a newly-formed national emergency board of 12 civil servants, who will supposedly be headed by the Minister of the Interior during an emergency. Most of these 12 represent different ministries and services.
That equals twelve FEMA's, if you ask me...
Re: Who is to bame for Katrina.
Originally Posted by AdrianII
Hear hear! This is exactly what is worrying me about The Netherlands and our reaction to a possible major disaster, be it natural or terrorist or accidental in origin. We have all sorts of local networks to guard dykes, to douse fires, to sandbag villages and towns, to take care of victims, to transport necessary materials. But what if those very networks are destroyed in the way they were detroyed in NO by Katrina? Where is the national safety net, where are the competent professionals? It seems that supreme control will be in the hands of a newly-formed national emergency board of 12 civil servants, who will supposedly be headed by the Minister of the Interior during an emergency. Most of these 12 represent different ministries and services.
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