Disaster Planning vs Doing
After the recent hurricanes is seems certain that planning to the Nth degree and getting all their policies and procedures written down is about all the individual States, cities and FEMA (well, for FEMA that is their main mission - they just coordinate so really do not DO anything) are good for.
They put all the tractor trailer rigs into a park then let them sit for two days while trying to figure out WHERE to send them: Geesh, look on a map, find the cities, and send them there.I heard that they stated that trucks could not find the right places to go to - these are PROFESSIONAL truckers who can navigate around the whole US and find a building in a warehouse park and they expect people to belive that a trucker could not find a CITY?
Another excuse was that they could not get to the cities due to roads being blocked.
Solution: 1 tanker truck with gas, 1 tanker truck with diesel fuel. 1 tow truck, two national guard 2 1/2 ton trucks with water and MRE supplies and a squad of people, 1 command vehicle with GPS - and paper maps - 1 officer, two NCOs and say GO TO THIS TOWN. As they drive, if they find anything blocking the road, they have troops, a tow truck to pull or push things off the road, till they get to their destination.
Send them out as soon as the winds wind down to 60 MPH or so (no more falling trees by then) or six hours before the first truck is to roll out of the staging area. Have 20 teams and let them go. Hub and spoke out of the largest cities to the smallest along the main roads. In two days everything is clear and the supplies are right behind them now.
This is basic logistics supply stuff they taught back during the US CIVIL WAR. The South of all places should know how this works - they were on the receiving end of it for 4 years.
They put all the tractor trailer rigs into a park then let them sit for two days while trying to figure out WHERE to send them: Geesh, look on a map, find the cities, and send them there.I heard that they stated that trucks could not find the right places to go to - these are PROFESSIONAL truckers who can navigate around the whole US and find a building in a warehouse park and they expect people to belive that a trucker could not find a CITY?
Another excuse was that they could not get to the cities due to roads being blocked.
Solution: 1 tanker truck with gas, 1 tanker truck with diesel fuel. 1 tow truck, two national guard 2 1/2 ton trucks with water and MRE supplies and a squad of people, 1 command vehicle with GPS - and paper maps - 1 officer, two NCOs and say GO TO THIS TOWN. As they drive, if they find anything blocking the road, they have troops, a tow truck to pull or push things off the road, till they get to their destination.
Send them out as soon as the winds wind down to 60 MPH or so (no more falling trees by then) or six hours before the first truck is to roll out of the staging area. Have 20 teams and let them go. Hub and spoke out of the largest cities to the smallest along the main roads. In two days everything is clear and the supplies are right behind them now.
This is basic logistics supply stuff they taught back during the US CIVIL WAR. The South of all places should know how this works - they were on the receiving end of it for 4 years.
posted by Tom Philo at 10:00 PM
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