Emergency Management is a very specialized discipline. In most cases emergencies are handled by local emergency management agencies like the counties and cities. But at times when a larger response is called for, State and even Federal intervention is called for to coordinate multi jurisdictional responses. This is where the system failed in this case. Where was FEMA and/or the State Emergency Management Agency. I’ll tell you - AWOL.
47 dead and 3 more possible...That's nearly double the death toll of 1977, which was 27, and there were no cell phones or social media back then to call for help.
Emergency Management is a very specialized discipline. In most cases emergencies are handled by local emergency management agencies like the counties and cities. But at times when a larger response is called for, State and even Federal intervention is called for to coordinate multi jurisdictional responses. This is where the system failed in this case. Where was FEMA and/or the State Emergency Management Agency. I’ll tell you - AWOL.
47 dead and 3 more possible...That's nearly double the death toll of 1977, which was 27, and there were no cell phones or social media back then to call for help.