Thank you, my friend. Have you read the book Five Days at Memorial? It is about Katrina and the Hospital that was in the midst of it all. After telling the horrific story it concludes with an excellent analysis of our preparedness and response.
In a nutshell, Committees are established to evaluate what went wrong and then issue recommendations for future calamities which merely collect dust.
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- What happened to us when a tragic event is politicized with such an angry spirit? [NT]
- Hibakusha - 2:34pm 1/11/25
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- This is the Ugly America Trump has tapped into. Empathy, Decency, and Truth are all casualties. - conorlarkin - 9:28pm 1/11/25
- Your "dedicated servant," the Great Fauchino, is directly responsible for 500,000 Covid deaths - MarkHarman - 8:20pm 1/12/25
- Lancet:..."Hydroxychloroquine for COVID19: The curtains close on a comedy of errors"...hard to top [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 12:13am 1/13/25
- Your President, Jr. Nothing you can do - ColeyO - 2:27pm 1/12/25
- This is comical. You throwing stones at the people you say are throwing stones. [NT] - Hensou - 10:38am 1/12/25
- Rittenhouse killed a pedophile. He should be given a medal. Maybe Trump will give - TampaIrish - 9:51pm 1/11/25
- Your "dedicated servant," the Great Fauchino, is directly responsible for 500,000 Covid deaths - MarkHarman - 8:20pm 1/12/25
- So Newsome took time to go on a podcast for a few hours. Nice of him to do this while his [LINK] - TampaIrish - 7:59pm 1/11/25
- Sadly, both are necessary. - Hensou - 6:37pm 1/11/25
- Excellent points - Hibakusha - 10:37am 1/12/25
- Speaking of Preparedness and Ned's comment about COVID...what do you think about DJT's refusal to - TyroneIrish - 10:21pm 1/11/25
- And Obama had 8 years to replenish and he didn't [NT]
- MarkHarman - 8:22pm 1/12/25
- That's not true...and I can back it up (see link)...what is true is that Trump did NOTHING to fill [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 9:35pm 1/12/25
- And Obama had 8 years to replenish and he didn't [NT]
- MarkHarman - 8:22pm 1/12/25
- Are we still talking about Covid? - NedoftheHill - 4:15pm 1/11/25
- Zuckerberg's only concern is staying out of the incoming President's crosshairs...they are both - TyroneIrish - 10:15pm 1/11/25
- Probably because the tragedy was self made & avoidable. Also, there - BaronVonZemo - 3:32pm 1/11/25
- Baron, the people in the path of this fire had nothing to do with your FEMA example. - Hibakusha - 4:17pm 1/11/25
- Why ask me? I merely answered your Q. I want to only help them. - BaronVonZemo - 4:33pm 1/11/25
- Baron, the people in the path of this fire had nothing to do with your FEMA example. - Hibakusha - 4:17pm 1/11/25
- Ultimately we all pay for this and many feel it was greatly exacerbated by LALA-land woke politics. - Curly1918 - 3:12pm 1/11/25
- This disaster is about Climate Change and the need for everyone to join together and deal with it. - TyroneIrish - 4:10pm 1/11/25
- The climate change gambit has long jumped the shark. - Curly1918 - 5:35pm 1/11/25
- You're getting lazier by the minute...I'll bet you haven't researched anything regarding CC before [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 9:28pm 1/11/25
- Even Hollywood sees thru the scam [NT] - Curly1918 - 5:36pm 1/11/25
- The climate change gambit has long jumped the shark. - Curly1918 - 5:35pm 1/11/25
- I understand, how about we address the immediate human tragedy first. - Hibakusha - 3:34pm 1/11/25
- It’s truly sad but how can you say that? Cali has been a Democrat lock for years. Newsome has [LINK]
- TampaIrish - 4:38pm 1/11/25
- C'mon Tampa, the people in the path of this fire were not responsible. - Hibakusha - 5:17pm 1/11/25
- Citizens elect leaders. As someone on here said, we get what we deserve with who they voted for. [LINK]
- TampaIrish - 5:45pm 1/11/25
- According to the L.A. Times, that's not true...the LAFD budget increased...but no amount of pre-fire [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 10:08pm 1/11/25
- Citizens elect leaders. As someone on here said, we get what we deserve with who they voted for. [LINK]
- TampaIrish - 5:45pm 1/11/25
- C'mon Tampa, the people in the path of this fire were not responsible. - Hibakusha - 5:17pm 1/11/25
- It’s truly sad but how can you say that? Cali has been a Democrat lock for years. Newsome has [LINK]
- TampaIrish - 4:38pm 1/11/25
- This disaster is about Climate Change and the need for everyone to join together and deal with it. - TyroneIrish - 4:10pm 1/11/25
- Incrementally. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:01pm 1/11/25
- This is the Ugly America Trump has tapped into. Empathy, Decency, and Truth are all casualties. - conorlarkin - 9:28pm 1/11/25