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bluedigger

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7. First, they need to be asked for.

Reply to randr (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 02:00 PM

Jul 2012

And the President has to declare an emergency. They are not, and never have been, meant to serve as First Responders. The "Management" part of their title is key. They coordinate resources and provide technical expertise. They also help mitigate future disasters in many ways. The utilities' problem is insufficient capacity to respond to the damage in a timely manner. They already have contingency plans to coordinate resources with other utilities, and experience in doing so.

In this case, FEMA is responding, along with wildfires in Colorado, and flooding from Debby in Florida. A friend of mine just flew out from Colorado to Kentucky for something (not sure of his final destination.) http://blog.fema.gov/

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WV Power Outages... [View all] lukkadairish Jul 2012 OP

My husband has been working ungodly hours for the past week with the storm cleanup. Klukie Jul 2012 #1

here is a link that shows the current outages... Klukie Jul 2012 #2

I am appalled by the media blackout of this event randr Jul 2012 #3

What do you want FEMA to do? bluedigger Jul 2012 #4

I do not have any opinion of what I want FEMA to do randr Jul 2012 #5

First, they need to be asked for. bluedigger Jul 2012 #7

One phrase... cbrer Jul 2012 #6