[BC] New Orleans - a matter of responsibility?

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:43 PM 12/2/2005, Barry Mishkind wrote: -------

>         You raise an interesting issue.
>         I don't remember seeing any
>         radios nor areas where a
>         radio might have been set up
>         at a checkpoint, or run off
>         a car battery....

I don't think it had anything to do with the authorities. It really 
looked to me as though people simply weren't prepared. New England 
gets hit with everything every once in a while. I recall the Fire 
Department giving demonstrations in school several times a year with 
information on disaster preparedness. The only thing I can't remember 
experiencing here in my lifetime is a tsunami. The first time I 
became aware of them was when I worked with Tom Bodett in Homer, AK. 
Their biggest fear was a tsunami coming from the North. It would have 
wiped out a good portion of the Kenai Peninsula.

I have to put part of the blame on the citizens who weren't equipped 
with a decent HD radio. Of course, those who could afford them got 
out of Dodge well in advance. OK. I give up. A decent analog radio 
would have worked, too.

Rich


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