Homeland Security Watch

Comment by William R. Cumming

September 5, 2009 @ 10:24 am

Hoping not the case but who knows! Clearly CA needs to figure out how to prevent, mitigate,respond to and recovery from fire hazards. S.CA. is certainly just a desert and time to make some fundamental adjustments as N.CA. water sources are used else where.
When in FEMA because of lifeline studies for the “Big One” we know that power, water, and transportation resources into LA area are severely constrained. See studies of lifelines in the CAJON PASS area published on various sites. I do worry about giving drinking water to 10M people in a big hurry. The designation of provision of public drinking water between EPA and USACOE is a blur and it would interesting to see a history and analysis of current policy in that arena. Fortunately, if still in operation after a disaster large Brewries (Hey is this CI?) have converted to production of water in beer cans for emergency supply. Thanks to America’s Brewries. And I like their beer also. Also assignments to the departments in Executive Order 12656 [published originally November 1988] should be reviewed and updated closely as some of HUD’s assignments have never been funded or accomplished.