Small compared to the lots but theres a special circumstances here that doesnt apply to other places on hodges to the left is 14 hodges 16 hundred square feet smaller at 16 feet wide you you know narrow and 20 hodges a next door is smaller and has a rear yard the vallejo street is 11 by 12 feet witting wide they have a rear yard clearly the requirement is not met you need to meet all 5 variances the variance shouldnt be granted clearly two neighbors are harmed 26 hodges their slide is 26 inches past the neighbors wall heres 26 hodges and thirty hovjz and heres my house a lot of open space and the sun comes this way thats my light well this building shouldnt be coming out here this building is aligned with this small building this is inches beyond the neighbors wall theyre required to you pull back to the neighbors wall and this is asked for consideration they said no, im asking for a 3 feet by 3 feet 9 square feet open space right over here pill back 3 photo by 3 feet 9 square feet im
Specific do you think we couldve done it within 24 hours . Then we look at the information that we had at the moment that we heard about the event and the first 24 hours, 48 hours and you watched how the information changed and you saw that most of the time the initial information was not 100 correct. And evolves over time. So you are dealing with this evolving situation, uncertainty ambiguity, yet you still need act. And i think the importance of leadership is in that type of an environment where the information is never going to be complete but its going to be inexact. Is going to be a lot of ambiguity. You will be looking through the fog. You are going to need to be able to give advice or someone is going to need to be able to give advice to leadership in terms of options of actions. That needs to be as informed as it can be. So i think having someone like a bobcat like whos been in biodefense for a long time uzbek bob kadlec, or an individual like they been able to offer that kind
This i wont do it here. Normally, i would ask you to raise your hands. Do feel that with respect to yourself, your family, your pets, your community . How many of you raise your hand how many of you feel prepared for a major disaster in your community . How many . Ive spoken to all kinds of audiences you if i get more than two or three hands i test them. Who is taking care of your mom in the nursing home . What are you doing with important papers . What is happening . Yes, you could follow the guidelines with food and water. Nice job. [laughter] if you cannot define it, how can you fund it . Lets put that aside. Lets say it is lingering out there. The first is, the federal system we live under. In many ways that serves our country and our people very well. The point is that decision is decentralized. By design, the government decision is made by levels of government as close as possible to the people being served. It is a fundamental tenet of our society. The problem is it doesnt work
Hudson institute of which you are a fellow. Thank you for extraordinary Public Service. You are very thoughtful, refreshing and candid assessment of these issues and i guess its a fellow at the institute, we may be back as we pull the report together to make sure we get the details right in areas we talked about today. I cannot thank you enough. Mike rogers thank you for Public Service to thank you for having me today. When i said the media wasnt . Media was not getting it right i didnt mean cnn. , they are exactly getting it right. Wink, wink. [laughter] i just want to make sure they still let me in the building later today. Thank you very much. The blueribbon study on bio defense heard from Columbia University professor irwin redman or when redlener. This is one hour. Thank you for accommodating our request to keep everything under schedule. We have quite a bit of ground to cover. Our speaker is dr. Erwin redletter. He is a professor of Health Policy and management at Columbia Univer
Coming up tonight on cspan, a discussion on u. S. Preparedness for a biological or chemical disaster. Then the parents of james foley a freelance reporter killed by isis discussed their efforts to free their son. Later, help Homeland Security care on the role of the federal government in protecting cyberspace. The blueribbon study panel on bio defense held a meeting on preparedness, response and recovery from biological threats. This Panel Features dr. Erwin redletter. He is a professor of Health Policy and management at columbia university. He expressed deep concerns with the u. S. Preparedness to deal with threats. His remarks are one hour. Thank you for accommodating our request to keep everything on schedule. We still have quite a bit of ground to cover. Im grateful for your willingness to help us keep the schedule. Our election is luncheon is dr. Erwin redletter. Many of you know him as the professor of Health Policy and management at columbia university. He is also director of th