If any one of us here worked for any of the EQ agencies and there was a REAL danger to people and we KNEW about it..there's not a chance any of us would keep quiet just to protect ourselves or our jobs.
Nope. We'd be blabbing it to everybody that would listen and to hell with the consequences.
There has GOT to be more like us out there.
Quoting: JazzyG Few and far between. And the chances of them working for an agency with the knowledge of such an event (and even if they did, being in a high enough position to be privy to such information) is even more slim. IMO.
Maybe I'm just being paranoid. Hopefully. But unfortunately greed ($) comes before humanity for the majority of this world's population.
To find that person, in the right position, at the right agency, who had a true soul...not sure they exist.
But like you said, any one of US would do the right thing! Well, I will speak for myself. I would 100% warn the people. Fuck that paycheck!
Quoting: Simple27 No, there ARE some of us with ties to EMS/Rescue/FEMA info that WOULD risk the consequences to warn as many people as possible.
As someone who headed up a Disaster Mgt team, was a First Responder on 9/11 (I'd been living on Long Island a few months and took a job with my nearest Firehouse-mainly as a Dispatcher because of my spinal injury-but I was the only registered Paramedic there most of the time and they'd take me on Cardiac, Trauma, etc calls to administer meds. I'd started there in Mid-July), and, as I said in an earlier Novella-I headed up a 350-victim Mock Mass Casualty Incident back in my hometown; I have to be honest and say I understand the reasoning of not going public with some scenarios. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't try and warn at LEAST family & friends.
I've SEEN the panic caused by mass rumors, half-truths, deliberate misinformation-ALL things that you risk when you let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag. Not to mention it makes it impossible for rescuers to respond the way we're supposed to. For instance-by telling the public to expect a massive quake & tsunami in the PNW at a certain time & date-you risk MANY MORE lives that will be stuck on affected highways (PCH, etc), in the open without any way to escape the inevitable wave of death. By NOT telling hours "in advance", if you give out a warning at the last minute-MANY of those people who would have perished in the cars, stuck on a highway-would be able to shelter-in-place, go up to the highest floors in sturdy buildings. EMS would be able to reach people easier.
Yea, I know, there's a LOT of variables and pros & cons on BOTH sides!!
There is NO simple solution EXCEPT to prepare you & your family as best as you can, have plans B, C & D, TRY and get others to prepare, check on elderly neighbors and make sure they have SOME kind of plan!!
And Pray.
I know I pray-especially after being a part of the disappointing and disgusting ego contest that was still going on Thurs morning, Sept 13th. I was more shocked at the non-communication, NO Control, actual COMPETING agencies (for WHO had the last word-who was in control, and who was going to get the media attention), just a disorganized MESS at our Country's most tragic disaster on our soil. I'd hoped they'd learned from that-and then came Katrina....
WTF IS WRONG with this Country of supposed "ADVANCED", "EDUCATED", "CIVIL" human beings that we can't even respond to our own major disasters without totally screwing them up??!!
Sorry...
Going to go cuddle with my precious furball and listen to some podcasts.
I hope tonight is a nice quiet, uneventful and restful evening for everyone!!
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