California wildfires vs. Katrina response

BizzyBee

As expected, comparisons have begun already:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2007/10/comparing_the_response_calif_w_1.html

But, hey, our governator is a movie star and we're all rich!

journey-on

I was thinking about this just a little while ago and wondering when everybody was going to start making the comparisons.

Could it be that we actually learned something from the Katrina experience and may be applying that knowledge? But

you know there's always going to be those that "see" something negative.

BrentR

There will always be a certain segment of our society that will bitch and moan no matter what happens.

Gopher

FEMA had a couple of years since Katrina to plan for this. That has to be a major reason why things seem better organized with this fire emergency than with the Katrina disaster.

Rich and poor were affected by both disasters. There are lots of immigrants in Orange County and San Diego County, right?

Dagney

I'm quite proud of the way things are going here. You never really know what's going to happen. But I still believe in the goodness of man.

And refreshingly, the governor may be a movie star, but he's a businessman rather than a politician. Really good for a change in our state government.

The situations are not at all similar when you get even close to the details. The superdome was cut off from the world for some number of days, their was no power the wind was blowing and it was flooding outside. Aside from smoke, the weather is fine at Qualcomm stadium, sitting outside in SoCal is not a hardship, it might be uncomfortable and boring at worst.

And yes, I'd like to think we learned something.