AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”. I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here.
Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”. I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here.
Just days after I sent the newsletter, a federal three-judge panel reversed the previous ruling that required Florida to cease operations at the Everglades Concentration Camp. Now, because of the government shutdown, the appeals process has come to a standstill (more detailed legal timeline here). In the midst of all this, while Florida argued that federal laws should not apply to the Camp because it was run by the state, FDEM applied for and received a $608 million grant administered by FEMA to cover the cost of the Concentration Camps. Yes, “camps” plural because FDEM has barreled on ahead with “Deportation Depot”. I was pleased to hear from so many emergency managers (and others) about how they, too, are horrified by what is happening in Florida. My inclination that many people in our field simply did not know about FDEM being used in this way seemed to be correct. I will admit to being disappointed in how few people felt they were able to say so publicly. If you cannot speak out against concentration camps, I have to wonder what you can speak out about. We are in real trouble here.
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Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
AI6YR Ben
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Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
Some rescuers got busy signals. Others got garbled messages. At Camp Mystic, the summer camp where 25 children died in the flooding, there was little to no coverage. Temporary radio towers eventually were brought in to extend service into the disaster zone. It was a frustrating mix of problems, made even more troubling because Kerr County had just spent $7 million to overhaul its radio communication system. But the deficiencies were no accident: The new network installed by Motorola Solutions excluded about a quarter of the county’s sprawling territory from reliable coverage for portable radios, leaving dead zones around Camp Mystic and other areas along the river.
AI6YR Ben
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AI6YR Ben
@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
I don’t think about Katrina every day, but forgetting is impossible. The memories remain etched in me like a watermark — faint at times, but always present. It’s hard not to envision another catastrophe that could once again plunge us into chaos. In the years since, I’ve come to call myself a “practical prepper.” I trained as a ham radio operator, stockpiled food and essential supplies and never leave home without my “get home or go” bag, packed with three days’ worth of gear. I’ve made peace with the idea that disasters are not a question of "if” but "when." And when that moment comes, the truest resource we will have is each other — our neighbors, our colleagues, our community.
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