[EAS] Government assistance

[Adrienne Abbott]

I miss Stan Harter...what I didn't learn about Civil Defense and Emergency
Management from my father, I learned from Stan. Uncle Stanley not only fixed
EBS in California, he developed Civil Defense for Hawaii. Those two men have
been the Lodestar's of my life. I'm sure they're together somewhere having
cups of bitter, black coffee, comparing notes and overseeing disasters from
on high.
Adrienne

"Radio burps, it cries, it needs to be fed all the time, it requires
constant attention, but we love it." Jim Aaron WGLN 

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On
Behalf Of Bill Ruck

At 07:37 AM 9/18/2011, you wrote:
>Then putting two government agencies (FEMA + FCC) in charge of this
> > was a mistake. It's hard enough for one to know what they're doing.
> > Edward Ford
>
>When I was the emergency liasion for southern Maryland, the late, 
>great then Maryland Emergency Mgt Liasion Morris Blum, explained 
>government service to me.  I have found him to be spot on.  It works like
this.
>
>We have neither funds nor authority to do anything.  But, we are 
>expected to do something.
>  ....

Edwin and Edward,

I have three comments:

1.  You are not alone.

2.  When you hear "We're from the government and we are here to help 
you." run in the opposite direction.

3.  I wish Stan Harter was still around.  (Now SK, he coordinated EBS 
with the State of CA OES.)

Bill Ruck
Curmudgeon
San Francisco

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