The 9/11 Commission report and the Hurricane Katrina Federal Response report both have one recommendation in common that should have been dealt with LONG before now: a unified chain of command for all agencies responding to a disaster.
It was originally recommended by the 9/11 report. Confusion reigned during and after the terror attacks happened; emergency response teams were on different radio frequencies, rescues efforts were duplicated while others who actually needed help didn't get it until it was too late, no one knew who was in charge, and the situation worsened after the World Trade Center towers collapsed into the streets below.
After the commission issued it's report, it was assumed that the government was addressing this issue and had fixed the problem.
Ninteen months later, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, leaving an area the size of Great Britain in ruins. And the same problems surfaced during and after the storm roared ashore.
And the official report from the White House recommended a unified chain of command.
Question: what the hell have the people in charge been doing for the last ninteen months? And what are they doing right now to fix the problem?
They need to quit screwing around, cut any red tape that it's in the way, fire some people and put people in who will carry out the reforms. And then all departments need to follow the plan.
Enough, already!
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