Three years ago, New Orleans' leading local newspaper, the Times-Picayune, National Public Radio's signature nightly news program, "All Things Considered," and the New York Times each methodically and compellingly reported that the very existence of south Louisiana's leading city was at risk. Hundreds of thousands of lives were imperiled by exactly the sequence of events that occurred this week.All three news organizations also made clear that the danger was growing because of a series of public policy decisions and failure to allocate government funds to alleviate the danger.The question raises itself: what should we know about Central Coast emergency planning/budgeting/policy decisions to withstand an emergency here? Such as an earthquake? Diablo Canyon cooling system explosion? Tsunami protection for the coastline? Power failure over the entire area?
Blogophone props to 23-year-old Brendan Loy, who with no formal meteorological training has drawn widespread praise for his hurricane blog. The Irishtrojan.com blog postings urged New Orleans residents to leave the city two days before the mayor issued an evacuation order. Sphere: Related Content
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Good stuff!
Somehow I get in the mail instructions from PG&E on what to do if there is a problem with Diablo. Otherwise I take care of myself by living well above sea level to avoid Tsunamis. I have a wood hearth heater and plenty of wood to take care of a power failure, and plenty of candles and kerosene lamps for light. I have a full complement of camping gear to take care of cooking, and a back up generator to take care of my freezer and refrigerator. Here in Los Osos we have regular power failures, some lasting as long as 12 hours. I keep plenty of bottled water around, and have bags to poop into, which fit into toilets and five gallon pails.
Plenty of five gallon pails around, they come with the detergent I buy.
I guess that I have a strong suspect of government being able to take care of me, and would rather take care of myself. If I have to get out of town, I can pack and be out in 30 minutes. I know where to go.
How can one rely on government?
The people in government are interested in their pensions, salery, and their perpetual nit-picking. They are not interested in me, but sure as hell interested in my campaign contributions, vote, and tax dollars! I am no fool.
Consider the people in New Orleans.
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