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Rusty

Basically the way it works. The mayor has to ask the governor to declare a disaster. The governor declares a disaster. Then has to ask the president to declare a disaster. Then the president declares a disaster. Then the Feds get to work. IF the governor drags his feet. The president can't do anything until the governor declares a disaster. If the president does act before the governor. The president just stepped over his power. This is what happened with Katrina. The governor drug his feet in declaring a disaster. The Feds had everything staged and was waiting to go in and help. But had to wait instead.

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SouthArk370Z

I would like to believe that Congress, POTUS, FEMA, et al, will learn from this experience and streamline the process so that there are not so many delays next time ... but I really don't see it happening. The basic framework appears to be there but it needs some tweaking. It will take much wisdom and a willingness to do what is right for The Country to balance citizen vs state vs federal rights and responsibilities during a big emergency. I haven't seen much of either in Washington lately.

You folks in California, the Gulf Coast, NYC, and other places prone to disasters should be marching in the streets (as soon as the quarantine is over) to get this crap straightened out.

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Rusty

The states had a big hand in being under prepared for something like this too. There is enough blame to go around to everyone. From the feds all the way down to the general public.

The preppers are sitting at home laughing their heads off over this. They don't have to go and get anything for the most part. Because they already had it a long time ago. The only things I had to go out for was bacon, eggs, bread,and milk.

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SouthArk370Z

True dat. I should have included state and local authorities in the list of agencies that need to get their feces in one pile and start working with each other, not against.

I don't consider myself to be a true prepper* but I've got quite a bit of food, water, fuel, etc stashed around the house.

I'm not laughing at the unprepared; I'm keeping a close eye on them in case they decide they want my stuff.


*I'm not a real Modo, I'm just a Quasimodo.

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Rusty

I go off of my experiences with storms, power outages, floods and such. My wifey lived in Wyoming for a while. There, you bought enough supplies to last you through the winter. Because you never knew when you was going to be snowed in for weeks. The next town over was 80 miles away.

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SouthArk370Z

Yeah. We get a lot of thunderstorms around here plus the occasional tornado.

I have been very pleased with my elec util the last 5 years or so. It's not that unusual to lose power during a very bad storm but it's usually restored within a few hours. The last extended outage was during/after a bad ice storm about eight(?) years ago. Sometimes they are able to reroute and the outage only lasts a few seconds. Back in The Good Old Days, it wasn't unusual to be out for 1-2 days, several times a year.

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