My Name is Earl is of course a TV Sitcom that started in 2005. Today emergency managers who hear the name "Earl" are thinking more about Hurricane Earl and the path it is projected to take up the Eastern Seaboard.
The destruction that will happen depends on how far the storm tracks to the west. It could stay off shore far enough that it will only be a high surf event, or it could be the first big storm to hit that far north in a number of years.
Watching the national news there were several local emergency managers featured talking about preparations. I imagine the hurricane plans are being dusted off. You can count on FEMA doing a full court press to pre-station people and supplies. This could be the first big test of Craig Fugate's leadership as the FEMA Administrator. Everyone is sure to be watching how he and the agency perform.
Speaking from the "other coast" I do envy those emergency managers in seeing a potential catastrophe coming their way. In our worst case it is a "come as you are disaster" with no warning of an impending earthquake. Heck, I'd take an hour's warning!
There certainly is no reason that an agency or community should get caught with their shoes untied when the hurricane makes landfall.
Earl is coming, ready or not!
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The destruction that will happen depends on how far the storm tracks to the west. It could stay off shore far enough that it will only be a high surf event, or it could be the first big storm to hit that far north in a number of years.
Watching the national news there were several local emergency managers featured talking about preparations. I imagine the hurricane plans are being dusted off. You can count on FEMA doing a full court press to pre-station people and supplies. This could be the first big test of Craig Fugate's leadership as the FEMA Administrator. Everyone is sure to be watching how he and the agency perform.
Speaking from the "other coast" I do envy those emergency managers in seeing a potential catastrophe coming their way. In our worst case it is a "come as you are disaster" with no warning of an impending earthquake. Heck, I'd take an hour's warning!
There certainly is no reason that an agency or community should get caught with their shoes untied when the hurricane makes landfall.
Earl is coming, ready or not!
