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Q: TECHNOLOGY ( No Answer,   1 Comment )
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Subject: TECHNOLOGY
Category: Relationships and Society > Government
Asked by: mott85-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 28 Oct 2004 20:57 PDT
Expires: 31 Oct 2004 22:05 PST
Question ID: 421510
I am looking for some information regarding how technology and
technological disasters and how FEMA addresses them wrong. So in other
words technology might be causing more disasters and might not be
useful during emergencies due to it being unreliable. If possible a
few sources of information from sort of publication, magazine journal
etc. or reputable websites. Thanks
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Subject: Re: TECHNOLOGY
From: omnivorous-ga on 31 Oct 2004 05:21 PST
 
Mott --

A close friend of mine ran FEMA's technical efforts for years.  While
technical infrastructure does fail in an emergency (among the most
sensitive pieces of infrastructure are cellphone systems), lots of
effort goes into:
A.  getting the communications infrastructure back in place
B.  putting resources place for leaders to make informed decisions
C.  detailed contingency plans

They do a lot of it with inter-agency work.  And they're so good at it
that they advise other countries on how to do it.

I think that your resource would find quite the opposite of what
you're seeking to prove.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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