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Who’s responsible for what?

Friday, May 8th, 2009

The questions that I posed at the conclusion of the last blog were about drawing the line between personal responsibility, and governmental responsibility as it pertains to disaster response.   In my mind, the distinction is pretty clear. 
During the initial response, during the event and the first 24 to 72 hours afterward, the local, county, [...]