Swingman wrote:
"LRod" wrote in message


Same thing happened in NYC on 9/11. It wouldn't have mattered if
they'd been able to predict the attacks and had all the fire trucks
and police lined up waiting for it. The magnitude of two huge
buildings coming down like that was beyond anyone's capacity to
comprehend, much less plan for, and even less to be able to respond
adequately to.

Agreed. Nonetheless, Rudy G could give the mayor of NO some lessons in
leadership, including having a "command and control" infrastructure in
place, the lack thereof being largely responsible for much of the initial
'confusion' (a nicer term for the ugliness that really happened).

That that type of forethought has been within the realm of
leadership/planners since WWII is inarguable.

I have to agree. Also, what happened in NYC was totally unexpected,
completely out of the clear blue sky, while NO had days of warning, and
years and even decades of the knowledge that what did come was going to
come, someday. I wonder how many still believe in "someday."

Sounds like Houston is getting a lot of refugees. Keep up your good
work. In the meantime, I'll make another small donation to the Red
Cross or Salvation Army. Maybe both.