i am ambiguous regarding private citizen rescues

[hamsterjill]

66. Private citizen rescues can go horribly wrong, too.

Let me say that as a Texan, I am GRATEFUL for the help that the coastal areas are receiving. Grateful for any and all help.

That said, I'm following a lot of activity on social media. Well meaning people are doing the best that they can. Risking their own lives in many cases to help someone else.

But there is NO coordination. No communication. No central command. No one directing.

I realize that in any disaster, chaos of some degree is going to ensue. But there are instances where a centralized response by a trained, equipped central force is certainly more efficient and many times necessary.

How much better would it be if these private rescuers weren't wasting their time responding to calls for help that had already been answered, and could go on to the next needed situation?

Again, they are all doing the best that they can, but in some instances well meaning, untrained people are hampering rescue efforts - not out of bad intent but because they do not know any better.