Natural Course of Events Pol 106

As Tropical Storm Bertha strengthens, Miami residents scramble to make sure their homes will survive this latest storm. it is in these moments we remember the horrible events that occurred in Florida in '02 and '03 and the Catrina events in New Orleans and the bayou. How is it that these events occur and the people are still not back to living in their homes and going on with their lives? Why is there such a disconnect in the systems that while the Midwest floods, there is aid only trickling in from sources around the US? I believe the answer is that communication between levels of government are not up to par and lead to finger-pointing instead on actual work being done. There is very few set and stamped, non-grey areas in the emergency management system, and most of that is in who gets paid for what. Having a cousin running a crew in southern Indiana, I hear first hand how higher officials disregard local input on procedures, and are themselves ignored by national level offices which deal with what they belive is the correct course. In my opinion there needs to be a complete overhaul of the EMS system. Because if you didn't know, Illinois' EMS is currently not run on proper funds or by enough people...just nameless chairs and a very over-worked secretary.