If only they planned for disaster as carefully

[NJres]

<p>as a major golf tournament! </p>

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<p>Look, I know planning a golf tournament is not the same thing as planning for a natural disaster, but several points in this article were striking, for example:</p>

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Some 200,000 people descended on Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield last month to watch golf’s major champions play, yet in the six days,** there were no arrests. **

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The same detailed planning for parking, fire protection, traffic, emergency aid and safety will be used in Medinah, Ill., for next year’s PGA Championship, Bush said. (Andy Bush, not the pres!) </p>

<p>“We are going to use this as our bible,” Bush said, referring to the 300-page tome developed by the State Police and county and local law enforcement.

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<p>They have a 300 page plan !!!</p>

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The plan worked because they took care of small problems so they did not become big problems, said Kevin Vitale, general manager for Baltusrol.

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<p>sounds like a thorough approach</p>

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“There was deterrence right from the get-go,” Vitale said. "If there is a show of force, people think twice about causing problems.</p>

<p>There was security everywhere.

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<p>It worked at a golf tournament!</p>

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State Police Lt. George Georgeles, who oversaw the security and emergency operation, said the planning took into account just about every contingency.

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<p>So, a disaster plan that was equally thorough might consider the possibility of a hurricane followed by a flood, and not be shocked when the 2 events occur one after the other.</p>

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“You can’t be reactionary; you got to be proactive,” Georgeles said.

good advice!</p>

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Off-duty officers were not allowed to bring their weapons to the event because the State Police did not want any weapons (except their own) on the course.

just another thing to consider…</p>

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And when rain caused the interruption of play, some 40,000 people were evacuated in less than 30 minutes, Georgeles said.</p>

<p>“We were used to planning for problems,” Georgeles said. "We had a more global outlook.

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<p>I know, a golf course is not a city, but it worked! and you take it for granted because it worked smoothly, but now you see how much planning went into making it work. At least we have an idea where to look for replacements for FEMA’s top management.</p>

[fundingfather]

<p>Or New Orlean’s</p>

[barrons]

<p>Micro disaster planning is done on the local, county and state level–where it belongs. Even the relatively well organized area where I live has admitted their plans are not sufficient to handle the worst case scenario.</p>

[JeepMOM]

<p>It is easy to plan for a ‘‘planned’’ event - and since you don’t have the ‘‘severe’’ obstacles involved - typhoon winds, rain, flooding, need for evacuation of a major city, care for the masses and medical emergencies on that scale, blah blah blah, etc… - of course it would be a cinch - and for a planned even - you can use the exact same plan for the following year - gee that would be nice!!!</p>