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Title: Six Years After Katrina, Praise For Irene Response
Source: CNN
URL Source: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/29/irene.disaster.response/
Published: Aug 29, 2011
Author: CNN
Post Date: 2011-08-29 13:11:21 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4115
Comments: 11

New York (CNN) -- Six years after "Katrina" became shorthand for a botched response to a crisis, authorities at all levels of government are winning praise for their handling of Hurricane Irene.

"Who would have thought, here we are, six years later, and instead of debating failures, we're debating being overprepared?" Chad Sweet, who served as chief of staff to former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, said Monday. "I think it's a good thing."

As Irene headed for the East Coast over the weekend, governors and mayors from the Carolinas to New England ordered residents to leave low-lying coastal areas. President Barack Obama cut his summer vacation a day short to return to Washington, pledging to make sure federal agencies "are doing everything in their power" to help after the storm moved inland Sunday.

Though it lost steam as it moved toward New York, Irene still killed 21 people in nine states and caused flooding as far north as Vermont. An estimated 3 million remained without power Monday. Six years after Katrina: A look back Gov. Shumlin: No blame to go around iReporters track Irene RELATED TOPICS

Hurricane Irene Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes and Cyclones FEMA

Katrina, by comparison, killed 1,464 people in Louisiana, 238 in Mississippi and 21 in other states after it struck the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane on August 29, 2005. It flattened much of coastal Mississippi and flooded New Orleans when the city's protective levees failed, leaving tens of thousands stranded.

While some agencies like the Coast Guard won praise for their rescue efforts, the slow and disengaged response of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was a major embarrassment for the Bush administration. A bipartisan investigation by Congress called it "a national failure" at all levels of government, "an abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare."

But Sweet told CNN's "American Morning" that FEMA appears to have learned hard lessons since then. The agency that has responded to Irene under Director Craig Fugate is "FEMA 2.0," one that tries to stay ahead of events and embraces social media to communicate.

"What Mr. Fugate is doing is prepositioning the assets before the storm hits and being there," he said. "We've heard this across the board, whether it's Republican or Democratic leaders across the states, thanking FEMA for being forward-leaning. That's the right model."

Sweet also praised leaders like New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for sounding the alarms early and working closely with FEMA and other federal agencies.

"We saw leadership in close collaboration as a team," he said.

And retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who led the military response to Katrina, told CNN.com that early calls to evacuate were "the right thing to do."

"I've been in the storm business for years, and I've never seen officials be prudent enough to cancel commercial and sporting events before a storm," he said. "Folks in the Northeast did that. The day before Katrina, we had a football game in Baton Rouge. That's how far the community has come."

The name "Katrina" quickly became a standard-issue epithet after the 2005 disaster. Critics tried to dub the 2010 Gulf oil disaster "Obama's Katrina," while a paralyzing Northeastern blizzard the following December became either "Christie's Katrina" or "Bloomberg's Katrina," depending on one's side of the Hudson and political bent.

Ahead of Irene, Fugate -- a veteran of numerous hurricanes in his previous job as Florida's emergency management chief -- dismissed suggestions that the warnings being issued were tinged by fears of a repeat of the 2005 storm.

"This is how I've always been operating," he told CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Friday. "This is how we did it when I was in Florida. This is what we do here in the president's administration, as we bring the team together. We get the team ready. We prepare for the worst and hope for the best. But we're not going to wait to find how bad it is before we get ready."

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

A fucking massive pecan tree fell on my house. I haven't heard a thing from Obama or FEMA.

Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president

no gnu taxes  posted on  2011-08-29   13:17:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Brian S (#0)

Comparing Irene to Katrina is like comparing bottle rocket to Hiroshima.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-08-29   13:54:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: no gnu taxes (#1)

A fucking massive pecan tree fell on my house.

Damnit, it missed.

Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!

Brian S  posted on  2011-08-29   14:01:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Badeye (#2)

You don't understand.

See Jackson Barracks Evacuated

for details

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-08-29   17:31:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: All (#4)

Irene will be retired.

Biggest after Camille.

Bigger effects than Katrina.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-08-29   17:32:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: All (#5)

25 million w/o power tonite.

No big deal says who.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-08-29   17:32:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: mcgowanjm, brian S (#5)

current cost estimates are $1 billion to governments, $2-3 billion to insurers, another $10 billion to businesses/individuals.

In terms of monetary cost, this will likely be the 7th most expensive hurricane, ahead of Rita but behind Charley.

Interesting to note that 7 of the top 8 have occurred since 2004.

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go65  posted on  2011-08-29   17:53:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: mcgowanjm (#4)

Comparing Irene to Katrina is like comparing bottle rocket to Hiroshima.

Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao

Badeye  posted on  2011-08-29   18:00:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Badeye (#8)

Comparing Irene to Katrina is like comparing bottle rocket to Hiroshima.

Google Jackson Barracks Evacuated.

In Rhode Island, where the biggest percentage of users was affected, nearly two-thirds of the customers had no power, or nearly 275,000, the DOE said.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-08-29   20:00:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: go65 (#7)

$50 billion. Minimum.

And the US is already cutting all previous relief to focus on Irene....

We still haven't heard from Montreal and Canada...

I wonder how much Foreign Aid Hillary has refused so far..

mcgowanjm  posted on  2011-08-29   20:06:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: mcgowanjm (#10)

We still haven't heard from Montreal and Canada...

there was some damage in montreal, and I believe flooding in other parts of Ottawa.

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go65  posted on  2011-08-29   21:51:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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