Comments on: Resilience: Recovery Requires Reflection http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:26:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Chris Dreibelbis http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-138021 Chris Dreibelbis Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:09:59 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=8155#comment-138021 At the heart of resilience is people. We can never lose sight of that. The courage, grit, compassion and determination encompassed in the human spirit is the most powerful weapon we have. We saw it after 9/11 and we see it now in Haiti. Making resilience a pillar of U.S. homeland security policy is the best means for fully tapping into that vital resource. The QHSR represents a good step towards that. http://policydaddy.wordpress.com/?p=42 At the heart of resilience is people. We can never lose sight of that. The courage, grit, compassion and determination encompassed in the human spirit is the most powerful weapon we have. We saw it after 9/11 and we see it now in Haiti.

Making resilience a pillar of U.S. homeland security policy is the best means for fully tapping into that vital resource. The QHSR represents a good step towards that. http://policydaddy.wordpress.com/?p=42

]]> By: christopher tingus http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-138008 christopher tingus Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:40:23 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=8155#comment-138008 Well, with portable water purification systems in hand since the day of the earthquake and the capability to commence the shipping of 75 eco-friendly and earthquake resistent 200 sq. ft. housing units with rain water catching capability and solar per every 40 ft. container, none have been shipped to Haiti for despite the telephone calls to US government agencies, the emails, the begging of Wall Street and others to help in the effort, the bureaucracy very much exists and whether Katrina or Haiti or for that matter any unfortunate such scenario, relief response and coordination is lacking an organized immediacy.... With local economies suffering and State legislators and State Department of Revenues intentionally ignoring the law and the Rights of citizenry to collect debts that even the court has not determined appropriate for the state, as a nation bankrupt by the "entrusted" folks who have pledged to serve the public, but rather serve personal agenda, incestuous behavior in their partisan ways indifferent to the majority interests, as an individual who as a community activist here on Main Street USA, dedicated to public safety - police, firefighters, EMT's, the folks who really do care and show up when we make the desperate 911 call, our first responder capability should not be further jeopardized. Therefore, Mr. President, I ask that in any such future event, trained units of our military for just such rescue will be used and no first responders from local communities be used outside our borders. Yes, I received a call stating that the military would be handing over the reigns of coordination to the State Department for such responsibilities in Haiti as we don't want to look like we are engaged in a military takeover of Haiti, well, to hell with what it looks like to the rest of the world for it is our brilliant DoD - the military who can best adddress all aspects of Haitian rescue and relief and we need not explain ourselves to the rest of the world as we will be criticized for whatever we do....especailly by the Europeans - the German-led EU. This is a long term commitment to Haiti. As our economy worsens and local communities face even further economic challenges as the beltway solutions are void of any real leadership and value as evident by what is really taking place here on Main Street USA... Kudos to our expert local first responders who have done a terrific job and are much appreciated by the good Haitian people, however all these units are to be brought back home and the US military should be on hand with relief organizations and an organized relief effort to bring much needed supplies for an unfortunate scenario that will be long term and may well be complicated by a similar event(s) here in our national region as an earthquake or other may necessitate such response locally - where is our civil defense program these days....where is the 25% in federal funding for our esteemed local responders to cover local budget cuts - God Bless America! Christopher Tingus Main Street USA PO Box 1612 Harwich, MA 02645 chris.tingus@gmail.com 617-291-1940 Well, with portable water purification systems in hand since the day of the earthquake and the capability to commence the shipping of 75 eco-friendly and earthquake resistent 200 sq. ft. housing units with rain water catching capability and solar per every 40 ft. container, none have been shipped to Haiti for despite the telephone calls to US government agencies, the emails, the begging of Wall Street and others to help in the effort, the bureaucracy very much exists and whether Katrina or Haiti or for that matter any unfortunate such scenario, relief response and coordination is lacking an organized immediacy….

With local economies suffering and State legislators and State Department of Revenues intentionally ignoring the law and the Rights of citizenry to collect debts that even the court has not determined appropriate for the state, as a nation bankrupt by the “entrusted” folks who have pledged to serve the public, but rather serve personal agenda, incestuous behavior in their partisan ways indifferent to the majority interests, as an individual who as a community activist here on Main Street USA, dedicated to public safety – police, firefighters, EMT’s, the folks who really do care and show up when we make the desperate 911 call, our first responder capability should not be further jeopardized.

Therefore, Mr. President, I ask that in any such future event, trained units of our military for just such rescue will be used and no first responders from local communities be used outside our borders. Yes, I received a call stating that the military would be handing over the reigns of coordination to the State Department for such responsibilities in Haiti as we don’t want to look like we are engaged in a military takeover of Haiti, well, to hell with what it looks like to the rest of the world for it is our brilliant DoD – the military who can best adddress all aspects of Haitian rescue and relief and we need not explain ourselves to the rest of the world as we will be criticized for whatever we do….especailly by the Europeans – the German-led EU.

This is a long term commitment to Haiti. As our economy worsens and local communities face even further economic challenges as the beltway solutions are void of any real leadership and value as evident by what is really taking place here on Main Street USA…

Kudos to our expert local first responders who have done a terrific job and are much appreciated by the good Haitian people, however all these units are to be brought back home and the US military should be on hand with relief organizations and an organized relief effort to bring much needed supplies for an unfortunate scenario that will be long term and may well be complicated by a similar event(s) here in our national region as an earthquake or other may necessitate such response locally – where is our civil defense program these days….where is the 25% in federal funding for our esteemed local responders to cover local budget cuts -

God Bless America!

Christopher Tingus
Main Street USA
PO Box 1612
Harwich, MA 02645

chris.tingus@gmail.com
617-291-1940

]]> By: Mark Chubb http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-138006 Mark Chubb Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:25:58 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=8155#comment-138006 An interesting <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,675299,00.html" rel="nofollow">story in Der Spiegel</a> about discussions surrounding rebuilding the Haitian capital someplace other than Port-au-Prince. What does this say about resilience? Is such consideration and the associated settlement decentralization argument an example of adaptation to the threat? What do readers think it will take to for such a strategy to succeed? How will donors condition their aid to either promote or impede such change? An interesting story in Der Spiegel about discussions surrounding rebuilding the Haitian capital someplace other than Port-au-Prince. What does this say about resilience? Is such consideration and the associated settlement decentralization argument an example of adaptation to the threat? What do readers think it will take to for such a strategy to succeed? How will donors condition their aid to either promote or impede such change?

]]> By: William R. Cumming http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-137998 William R. Cumming Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:31:10 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=8155#comment-137998 Haiti cannot be used for a study of resilience. What it can be used for as a study of how mass migrations of humans from resource poor (and that includes governmental structures)nations that are not resilient. They can vote with their feet or boats or whatever. Interesting you never see much about out migration from the US. Suspect that Ex-Pats will grow in number as the elites that can dwell offshore or whatever choose to do so. Haiti is actually a domestic disaster given past US policies and treatment as is most of the WESTERN HEMISPHERE since the announcement of the MONROE Doctrine designed to keep European nations from debt collections against the struggling yound democracies and republics of the W. Hemisphere. Note that only about 10 programs focusing on Haitian affairs exist in American colleges and universities. But with well over 1 million Haitians stateside this will be interest to watch play out. And yes, Haiti is poor and not resileint but just correlate the efforts that succeed or fail and they understand that 10 million people could be isolated pretty fast in the US under certain events including WMD attacks. And by my estimate 25% of first responder capability nation-wide has been cut during the current economic downturn. THat is a disaster and not the way to promote resilience. Another 25% cut in capabililty looks on the way in next 5 years. Readers of this blog know my take on federal capability but in short--no domestic crisis management civil system, no chain of command, no real collaboration or cooperation, and no real resiliency in Executive Branch components. Don't ask me how I know. Haiti cannot be used for a study of resilience. What it can be used for as a study of how mass migrations of humans from resource poor (and that includes governmental structures)nations that are not resilient. They can vote with their feet or boats or whatever. Interesting you never see much about out migration from the US. Suspect that Ex-Pats will grow in number as the elites that can dwell offshore or whatever choose to do so. Haiti is actually a domestic disaster given past US policies and treatment as is most of the WESTERN HEMISPHERE since the announcement of the MONROE Doctrine designed to keep European nations from debt collections against the struggling yound democracies and republics of the W. Hemisphere. Note that only about 10 programs focusing on Haitian affairs exist in American colleges and universities. But with well over 1 million Haitians stateside this will be interest to watch play out. And yes, Haiti is poor and not resileint but just correlate the efforts that succeed or fail and they understand that 10 million people could be isolated pretty fast in the US under certain events including WMD attacks. And by my estimate 25% of first responder capability nation-wide has been cut during the current economic downturn. THat is a disaster and not the way to promote resilience. Another 25% cut in capabililty looks on the way in next 5 years. Readers of this blog know my take on federal capability but in short–no domestic crisis management civil system, no chain of command, no real collaboration or cooperation, and no real resiliency in Executive Branch components. Don’t ask me how I know.

]]> By: Claire B. Rubin http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/02/03/resilience-recovery-requires-reflection/comment-page-1/#comment-137997 Claire B. Rubin Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:45:37 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=8155#comment-137997 I'd like to call your attention to a recent article published in JHSEM, titled An Operational Framework for Resilience. http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol6/iss1/83/ I’d like to call your attention to a recent article published in JHSEM, titled An Operational Framework for Resilience. http://www.bepress.com/jhsem/vol6/iss1/83/

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