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Old 03-13-2011, 04:03 PM   #1
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Poll on CNN about the US's preparedness for disaster doesn't bode well:



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Old 03-13-2011, 04:19 PM   #2
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Non scientific internet poll = (mostly) worthless
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Old 03-13-2011, 04:27 PM   #3
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Non scientific internet poll = (mostly) worthless
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Old 03-13-2011, 04:35 PM   #4
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Non scientific internet poll = (mostly) worthless
Previous experience with a similar type of incident in The Gulf = supporting data
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Worthless unless compared w/other nations. What nation IS prepared for disasters?
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I have no doubt that ANY government is relatively unprepared for any large scale disaster, and that any large disaster could destabilize this nation. Just look at Katrina.

I'm just surprised that as many people realize this as apparently do.
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Worthless unless compared w/other nations. What nation IS prepared for disasters?
Comparison is pointless, to the citizens and property that you lose.
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I was here in Biloxi for both Katrina and the oil spill. There's no such thing as preparedness. If there were, we wouldn't call them disasters.
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Actually there is. It's called "response." If it takes 3 days to get people on-site to help, then the response sucks.
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How many individuals are prepared?

(Im not)
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