Leadership and Crisis, by Gov. Bobby Jindal: on Technology


Bobby Jindal: Same communication problems during Katrina as on 9/11

I had been in Congress for eight months when Katrina, a 300-mile-wide hurricane, hit Louisiana in August 2005. Conditions rapidly deteriorated. My staff began receiving reports that New Orleans was filling up with water. The expected assistance just wasn't there. Michael Brown, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), told us unequivocally he had "resources in place" ready to move in with water, food, and clothing in the event the levees failed (though at the time, no one really considered that likely). But these resources were nowhere to be found. The initial response was further hampered by communications problems among first responders. After New York City police and fire departments had trouble communicating on 9/11, billions of dollars were spent to improve responder communication and homeland security--but state, federal, and local officials in Louisiana still had the same problems during Katrina. They were not communicating on the same frequencies.
Source: Leadership and Crisis, by Bobby Jindal, p.113-116 Nov 15, 2010

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