LIFE-THREATENING.
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PEOPLE ARE STILL CLEANING UP
IN WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY
THAT HIT LATE OCTOBER.THE
NATIONAL GUARD QUICKLY
RESPONDED, A LESSON LEARNED
FROM HURRICANE KATRINA THAT
DEVASTATED NEW ORLEANS IN 2005.
SINCE THEN NEW DISASTER
ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
CREATED AND PUT IN PLACE,
INCLUDING ONE RIGHT HERE IN
AUSTIN.KXAN'S CASEY JAMES MET
WITH THE 36TH INFANTRY
DIVISION AT CAMP MABRY THAT
FACES A NEW CHALLENGE OF
SAVING LIVES.
LIVES.
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A ROOM FULL OF SOLDIERS HARD
AT WORK, PLANNING, PREPARING
AND WAITING.....WAITING FOR
WHAT? THEY DON'T KNOW YET BUT
IT'S THEIR JOB TO BE READY FOR
ANYTHING.12:34:48 OUR MOST
LIKELY HAZARDS ARE WILDFIRES,
FLOODS AND HURRICANES.IN WAKE
OF HURRICANE KATRINA, THE
NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU CREATED
THE DOMESTIC ALL-HAZARD
RESPONSE TEAMS OR DART.
DART.12:30:31 THE DART WEST
CONCEPT CAME ABOUT FOLLOWING
THE KATRINA SO THE NATIONAL
GUARD BERUEA COULD DEVELOP A
BETTER SYSTEM OF RESPONDING TO
NATURAL DISTASTERS.DART WEST
HANDLES ANY DISASTERS WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI AND DART-EAST
HANDLES EVERYTHING
EAST....LIKE MOST RECENTLY
HURRICANE SANDY THAT DESTROYED
SO MANY HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES.12:50:42 A LOT OF
IT IS PRE PLANNING. WHAT
STATE'S CAPABILITIES ARE WITH
IN THEIR GUARD UNITS AND
CAPABILITY GAPS, WHAT THEIR
NEEDS ARE IF SOMETHING DOES
HAPPEN.THE 36 INFANTRY
DIVISION OPERATING AS
DART-WEST STUDIES AND PLANS
FOR EACH STATE THEY ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR.THAT INCLUDES
STUDYING EACH STATES HISTORIC
DISASTER PAST.12:51:21 I NEVER
KNEW HOW MUCH SEISMIC ACTIVITY
WAS IN ALASKA BUT THEY HAVE AN
AVERAGE OF 15 TO 20
EARTHQUAKES A DAY.
COMMUNICATION IS KEY DURING AN
EVENT....SOMETHING MANY SAY
LACKED DURING HURRICANE
KATRINA.12:53:41 WE'RE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE A LOT BETTER AS
FAR AS CROSSTALK, WHO COMING
WHERE, WHO'S GOING WHERE,
WHO'S RESPONDING TO WHAT.THE
TEAM WORKS ON POSSIBLE
SCENARIOS FROM FLOODS TO
WILDFIRES: PLANNING HOW TO
DELIVER EVERYTHING FROM
ENGINEERING & SECURITY TO FOOD
AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES FAST--
WHEN WE ALL NEED IT MOST.AT
CAMP MABRY, CASEY JAMES KXAN
NEWS.
