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Contact with the storm. fema was here ahead of time. we had all of government here ahead of time. the storm over-matched the capacity here and it broke the infrastructure. you know, fema said look, we can t pre-position supplies in front of a big storm on an island like that. is that the case? i think the budget guys next year need to say they have to pre-position, because if you re going to leave the people here, you need to structure. this is not a criticism, it s a suggestion. we have to reopen roosevelt road. we have the equivalent of a state here that depends wholly on the national guard. roosevelt road was not only a part of the strategic fleet it provided jobs, and for some reason we closed it. some people say it was the activity on the island, our military is not today what it ....
Veterans of hurricanes. we saw a lot of that working, as devastating as these storms have been, the fact that 1800 people died during katrina and the death toll, thank heavens, is so much lower this time amidst this immense damage, speaks to some of the lessons. do you evacuate houston? no. do you evacuate in florida? yes. 100 poem died evacuating houston before rita. officials know more about how to pre position, the role of the military, 21,000 military personnel helping. 64,000 federal officials on the ground in place. and then so that was sort of the top-down part. what we re also seeing which is extraordinary is this bottom-up disaster relief, not just the cajun navy, but neighbors and communities and church groups who because of technology were ....
For some time. while there are some political appointees always in positions like fema, there is a staff that is well-rehearsed in this and well studied in this. that s one. reasons, for instance, they knew to start pre positioning supplies. fema used to wait until after the fact and see what we can do. now fema has an operation that pre-positions supplies. they work with large companies like walmart, like budweiser to get cans. that normally would have beer in them with water. rush into communities, pre-position. when it s finally over, people can see that, okay, there are supplies in place. i would anticipate unrelated to the politics of this, that fema should be able to do it job because it is no longer the fema it once was. we ll hold you to it. kerry sanders in victoria, texas where they re going to get all of the storm they can handle. generous he will on ray was on ....
You could see the look an their face, scott got out, he looked, still blocked almost from head to toe. i told him to get inside, get some medical help. i told him to get up on various buildings and we had one get up on each side and i had one up on this building. they knew where they needed to go. so, each one of them went to their pre position. preplanned positions. jack is up on this roof. rooms up here. or tom and db are here. take it over in this corner. i m over here. you guys are exhausted. some probably had smoke inhalation and you re preparing ....
You could see the look an their face, scott got out, he looked, still blocked almost from head to toe. i told him to get inside, get some medical help. i told him to get up on various buildings and we had one get up on each side and i had one up on this building. they knew where they needed to go. so, each one of them went to their pre position. preplanned positions. jack is up on this roof. rooms up here. or tom and db are here. take it over in this corner. i m over here. you guys are exhausted. some probably had smoke inhalation and you re preparing ....