Hurricane Season’s coming! Run for your lives!

By Charlie

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said FEMA will test revamped command procedures with states in the next two weeks and, among other improvements, a week's supply of ice and water for 1 million people has been stockpiled.

The United States is "much more prepared as a nation than we have ever been to confront a major hurricane," Chertoff said.

U.S. officials also called on 60 million coastal residents to make their own disaster plans.
Officials from Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas told The Washington Post that much work and system testing remains to be done.

"It's kind of a race: Can we get all the things people needed before the 2005 hurricane season done before this hurricane season?" Florida Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate told the newspaper.

Yeah, we’ll be ready… perhaps too ready. I fear that this year, the first little hurricane that hits a US city will trigger a massive overreaction. Prepare for a convoy of MSM assets deploying to the first minor disaster that pops up, a National Guard Heavy Brigade Combat Team rolling into a seaside city with minor damage, prepared to finally find and dispatch with extreme prejudice that one guy who we heard might have shot at a medevac chopper one time.

Anyway, the Guard is ready to roll at a moment’s notice. I hope there isn’t a repeat of Katrina this year. Not because we won’t be ready, but because of the enormous damage it did. For those of you who haven’t seen the ridiculous destructive power of a hurricane, click below the fold so for some shots from last year’s disaster area.

May 24, 2006 04:04 PM Homeland Security

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Comments

But think how fun it will be to watch a breathless Anderson Cooper and a hyperventilating Shepard Smith.

azlibertarian · May 24, 2006 06:37 PM

Ever notice when people say they are totally prepared for a weather event, nothing happens?

Just sayin'

B52 SAC geezer · May 24, 2006 08:32 PM

Its like this, the pioneers did'nt live along the coasts, for a reason. HMMMM, huricanes. When are the dumb *()* going to stop living in flood zones, and other dangerous areas? Then when it happens expect the rest of the U.S.A. to bail them out. What would the costs be if Katrina had hit New York? With another cycle of hurricanes coming, how many times will we bail out people who make bad decisions?

jerkbait · May 25, 2006 06:27 AM