[Rhodes22-list] Minnesota Disaster

[Brad Haslett]

Elle,

Damnit! I'm trying to head out the door for the hangar.  The exact opposite
has happened on the MS Gulf Coast.  The Feds have provided the money and the
locals the authority.  It is a bit like winning the lottery - great if you
were good with money to begin with, a curse if you don't have a clue. I have
zero direct experience with NOLA, but, enough vicarious experience to know
we don't belong there.  If you really want to see progress on the coast,
have the Federal government make an announcement that they're pulling out,
period.  People will fend for themselves and the opportunists will provide
the needed services for 10 cents on the dollar of what the Feds will spend
The locals will bitch about having to pay the dime anyway.  I say we let the
environmentalists solve the NOLA problem.  There goes the levees!

Brad

On 8/27/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> I would HOPE that HS would show up to support the
> locals....nothing I would like better than to see my
> tax dollars help these folks...but Katrina has shown
> us (at least what it looks like from this coast) that
> when the Fed Gov shows up they push the locals aside &
> do what makes the gov't look good (at least
> initially)...NOT what the locals view as their
> priorities....and waste tons of $$$ in the
> process...then when the nation's attention is
> elsewhere, they pull resources away & let the folks
> fend for themselvesllll
>
> Is there EVER a chance that we will get officials who
> look out for their constituents and not for
> themselves??
>
> elle
>
> --- Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Anne,
> >
> > One of the lessons learned from NOLA and Katrina
> > (and to a lesser degree,
> > Andrew) is that local officials and resources can
> > get quickly overwhelmed.
> > You will probably see Homeland Security show at a
> > lot of places you wouldn't
> > think they would be needed in the future.  One of
> > their tasks is to respond
> > to "the big one", ie, a terrorist attack using a
> > WMD.  NOLA flooding was
> > predictable and so is the New Madrid fault line
> > shaking (Memphis crumbles
> > into the Mississippi). Both cities have local
> > governments that barely
> > function on good days, much less during a disaster.
> > I suspect the situation
> > in  Minnesota is different.  Most local governments
> > there get to practice a
> > hurricane or earthquake type event every winter,
> > otherwise known as a major
> > snowstorm, and handle them without Federal aid.
> > Homeland Security showing
> > up for this event maybe overkill but expect to see
> > more, not less of them in
> > the future.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > On 8/27/07, Anne M <anima13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > I spoke with my sister yesterday. We are from
> > Faribault. This is right
> > > next to Steele County. She said they are OK but
> > worse right out from
> > > there. Why would Homeland Security Secretary be
> > there? Odd use of
> > > him.
> > > Anne
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 3:36 PM
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Minnesota Disaster
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey Anne,
> > > >
> > > > Your home town, Fairmont (?) is OK and so is
> > mine, Mankato, but those
> > > just
> > > > a
> > > > few miles to the southeast are in big trouble.
> > Homeland Security
> > > > Secretary,
> > > > Michael Chertoff was here yesterday to survey
> > the damage. Fillmore,
> > > > Houston
> > > > and Winona counties have been declared federal
> > disaster areas and we're
> > > > waiting to hear if Olmstead, Steele and Wabasha
> > counties will get on the
> > > > list as well.  Those people are wiped out.
> > Eight killed.   Nobody has
> > > > flood
> > > > insurance because it's so rare to get flooded
> > out in that area.  Send
> > > > thoughts and prayers for your fellow
> > Minnesotans.
> > > >
> > > > Slim
> > > >
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