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- A quick hurricane musing
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:09:24 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Mike Prosser <mprosser () symantec com> Date: September 22, 2005 6:00:55 PM EDT To: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Infowarrior List <infowarrior@g2- forward.org>, Bruce Schneier <schneier () counterpane com>
Subject: Re: [infowarrior] - A quick hurricane musing Rich, Sitting here in San Antonio, watching all the traffic coming in, it is a mess for sure. But, Houston is always difficult to get through traffic-wise on a normal day so with the emphasis on everyone trying toget out at the same time it is compounded. Along with this, there is road construction which prevented some of the major lanes out of Houston being
used..another bonus...and all the stations are running out of gas which isn't helping matters. Fuel supplies come from, you guessed it, Galveston and Houston and the refrineries shutdown to prepare for the storms. We are even running outof gas in the stations here in San Antonio as the evacuees arrive and fill
up and locals attempt to fill up prior to the fuel price increase. Couple all this with the always agressive and rather poor driving of the majority of Texas drivers and long lines of cars in the Texas heat is a real mess -mike Symantec Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Sent by: <infowarrior () g2-forward org> 09/22/2005 03:28 PM To Infowarrior List <infowarrior () g2-forward org> cc Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Bruce Schneier <schneier () counterpane com> Subject [infowarrior] - A quick hurricane musing The Texas evacuations are going to include upwards of 2 million+ people. CNN reports that people have been sitting on the road for over twelve hours trying to flee Galveston and the Houston area. With that said, Houston just- just - opened up its southbound lanes to the northbound traffic flow to
aid in the evacuation down there, and also lifted various HOV restrictions. This is with 2-3 days ADVANCE NOTICE of a crisis.What the devil would they do if they had no notice and needed to evacuate
mass numbers of people from....say, an unannounced terrorist attack? Evacuating from an approaching hurricane likely is no different thanevacuating from a terrorist attack, and if we're having this much trouble responding to Mother Nature, I'm not very optimistic about our ability to respond effectively to a major act of terrorism despite the billions spent on "homeland security" to date. Clearly, we have our priorities skewed in this area....more money and attention has been spent on high-tech programs
and other initiatives to present the illusion of security (against "terrorism") than on funding the local responders and government officesthat would be at the center of any response to a major "homeland security"
crisis, be it terrorism or Mother Nature. It's a good bet that our responses these past few weeks have not gone unnoticed by potential terrorists who now see how utterly unprepared America is for major events, and they -- like a growing number of American citizens-- realize that despite the bold Beltway rhetoric to the contrary, when it
comes to domestic preparedness four years after 9/11, the Emperor still has no clothes. A most disturbing situation, in my view. -Rick Infowarrior.org You are a subscribed member of the infowarrior list. Visit www.infowarrior.org for list information or to unsubscribe. This message may be redistributed freely in its entirety. Any and all copyrights appearing in list messages are maintained by their respective owners. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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