A Quick Look at Emergency Preparedness
A Quick Look at Emergency Preparedness
Nearly a year ago, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher was on his way to Washington, D.C., for the funeral of President Ronald Reagan. Though his plane had permission to fly into the area, a failing transponder on the plane left officials thinking the plane was an “unidentified general aviation plane headed toward Washington.” In other words, “officials thought [it] might be heading for the Capitol as part of a possible terrorist attack [which] forced a brief panicked evacuation” and “the diversion of two F-15 aircraft from their normal patrols.”
When it comes to emergency response, let’s take a quick look at how much progress the Bush administration has made since officials came within milliseconds of shooting down the plane of Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher:
Was an off-track civilian plane almost shot down? Yes.
Was the color coded system working? It seems so.
(Does that mean anything? Not necessarily.)
Was the e-mail notification system working? Certainly!
Did D.C. police or city officials know what was going on? No.
Were the offices of the mayor or City Council of D.C. evacuated? No.
Was the RNC evacuated? Don’t be silly…of course!
(How about the DNC? Don’t ask Fox.)
Did the president even know what was going on? No.
(Does anyone see a problem with that? Apparently not.)
Lesson of the day: Never say never again.
Topic Cloud
ArchivesBlog Roll
They Still Have Their Heads Up Their Collective A
So one could consider the events over Washington D.C. the other day to be a bit of a test to see how well our emergency plans will work in case of a “real” terrorist attack.
After it was all over, we have proof that this country is bei…
May 13th, 2005 at 1:13 pmIt is amazing that among all those “protocols” notifying the President isn’t one of them. What this really says is something most sinister and dark. Leaving the commander in chief out of the loop, removes him from making brash inappropriate commands that would be too horrible to calculate. In some ways we may find out in ten or twenty years, that he is so nuts under this type of pressure, that the protocols were designed intentionally to keep him out.
May 13th, 2005 at 5:03 pmRNC staffers, please make your way to a safe location. DNC staffers, please make your way to the giant target painted in the parking lot.
I like the Fox News photo caption, “RNC Headquarters” showing the capitol building and white house. That pretty much says it all.
May 13th, 2005 at 5:27 pmIsn’t ironic that the supposed most powerful man in the world won’t be bothered with a crisis that could’ve meant American deaths? Oh. . .wait. Never mind. I understand. Well, we all remember how he reacted the LAST time there was a crisis, so let’s just let him putter ’round on his bike while we take care of this. Sounds like a sitting lame duck if you ask me.
May 17th, 2005 at 12:31 pm1350
In your free time, check out some information in the field of 1490
November 4th, 2005 at 5:38 pm2391
You may find it interesting to take a look at some relevant pages dedicated to 1821
November 6th, 2005 at 12:15 amchase
In your free time, check out the sites on auto loans capital one auto insurance
November 10th, 2005 at 1:18 amcross on line
Think Progress »…
January 3rd, 2006 at 9:24 amhttp://sexy-find.com...
Think Progress »……
January 12th, 2006 at 4:15 pmristorante casoli ..
January 25th, 2007 at 7:59 pmcingular free phone ringtones
Take free motorola razr ringtones advance cash day loan pay
March 14th, 2008 at 3:59 pmdownload free real ringtones
Think motorola ringtones composer free verizon lg ringtones
March 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pmfree kyocera phone ringtones
Look 1600 free nokia ringtones free bollywood ringtones
March 14th, 2008 at 4:24 pmboost free mobile music ringtones
Each ampd free mobile ringtones free phone ringtones samsung
March 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pmcell download free phone ringtones
Complete download cell phone ringtones verizon free make mp3 own ringtones
March 15th, 2008 at 3:13 amcomputer download free ringtones
Avoid download free maker ringtones cell download free phone ringtones
March 15th, 2008 at 3:49 am