Sorry Greensburg, The Rescue Equipment Is In Iraq (for real).

Truthmonger

http://www.local10.com/weather/13267015/detail.html?rss=mia&psp=news

"Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said the state's response will likely be hampered because much of the equipment usually positioned around the state to respond to emergencies is in Iraq. That includes things like tents, trucks and semitrailers."

Rushlimbo

This will not hamper the rebuilding of the town. They have to finish rebuilding New Orleans first so it might be a decade or two but it will be done.

Cosmo

Too bad tornados aren't part of the 'Axis Of Evil'.

my2hands

thats a really fucked up situation...

jeffbr

Rushlimbo wrote:

This will not hamper the rebuilding of the town. They have to finish rebuilding New Orleans first so it might be a decade or two but it will be done.

Backtracking on your race-baiting already? I thought your theory was that Greensburg was going to get immediate releif because they're white.

Rushlimbo

jeffbr wrote:

Backtracking on your race-baiting already? I thought your theory was that Greensburg was going to get immediate releif because they're white.

No, turns out there are a few nonwhites living there. Plus the Kansas vote aint what it used to be.

jeffbr

Rushlimbo wrote:

No, turns out there are a few nonwhites living there. Plus the Kansas vote aint what it used to be.

Gottcha. Where's Bob Dole when you need him?

Rushlimbo

jeffbr wrote:

Gottcha. Where's Bob Dole when you need him?

Two words -- purple pill.

Truthmonger

hmmm....of the 19 National Guard helicopters usually stationed in Kansas, 15 are now in Iraq.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Kansas_tornado_disaster_highlights_lack_of_0507.html

godpt3

jeffbr wrote:

Where's Bob Dole when you need him?

Currently serving on the commission investigating the Veterans Administration.

godpt3

Rushlimbo wrote:

Plus the Kansas vote aint what it used to be.

Hey, we're getting a visit from the Prez, I'm sure that'll make it all better (not). Now if only he'd tell these FEMA jackasses to go home and let our people do the job themselves.

godpt3

Rushlimbo wrote:

This will not hamper the rebuilding of the town. They have to finish rebuilding New Orleans first so it might be a decade or two but it will be done.

Chances are, they aren't going to rebuild. Alot of Greensburg is elderly, and they don't see any point in rebuilding. The town's probably gone for good.

gabers

What a tragic story. I grew up in Kansas (the Kansas City area), and tornado sirens where like the clarion call of spring for us. Amazingly, I've never seen a tornado while growing up there, although some have come within a few miles of my house. To this day my most common re-occuring nightmare is getting run down by a tornado.

I don't want to drag too much politics into this but is criminal, in my opinion, that so much of the important National Guard utilized for disasters like this have been deployed. That's the actual role of the National Guard: to be there for disaster relief and to provide security for the states if the active duty Army and Reserves are deployed. It's been modified somewhat to be more integral with the Reserves but they are still very much depended on for disaster relief.

therover

"Currently, the Kansas National Guard has 88 percent of its forces available, 60 percent of its Army Guard dual-use equipment on hand, and more than 85 percent of its Air Guard equipment on hand, said Randal Noller, public affairs officer for the National Guard Bureau. Under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, which is a national partnership agreement that allows state-to-state assistance during governor or federally declared emergencies, Kansas has more than 400,000 Guardsmen available to it, he pointed out. However, Kansas has not yet requested assistance from other states."


http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/22732/