Post-9/11 disaster training pays off

The blackout of 2003 would have been far more disruptive if not for the intensive emergency planning undertaken by state and municipal workforces in the nearly two years since Sept. 11, 2001, to prepare for another terrorist attack, said independent experts, federal officials and regional leaders across the stricken area.

IN NEW YORK, police had drilled for months on how to evacuate people from subway tunnels and skyscrapers, and from Cleveland to Detroit officers were hastily summoned from their days off under prearranged procedures to shepherd commuters through city streets with darkened traffic lights.
       The consensus among many municipal and federal officials is that police, fire and emergency management personnel have performed well in the crisis, and that one reason is their extensive preparation for a new terrorist strike. It turns out many of the skills needed for the one emergency are helpful in the other, they said.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/953228.asp?0cl=c3

In my opinion this is propaganda.

1. Pre- 9/11 these services groups had been paid billions of dollars to make plans in disasters. FEMA and local.

2. Post- 9/11 (2 years ago) these services were given billions more

3. We are supposed to be proud of someone coming down to a stuck train, opening a door and showing them the exit?

4. If The GOP/Bush Crime Family weren't wasting our money on weapons to murder Muslims, FBI, CIA, NSA already getting trillions of dollars with many failures... so the solution is to give them more money! If this money was used to upgrade the grid the problem would have never happened.

5. I sill say the Media Whores are just that, whores or agents. Not one asks Bush, 'How do you know it's not terrorism?' If no one in the U.S. knew what the source was how could Chimpy make this statement?

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/