tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post5372709623836950818..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: An Interesting ClassRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-32422620259864771172016-01-31T02:04:13.405-05:002016-01-31T02:04:13.405-05:00The whole idea of making contact and swapping card...The whole idea of making contact and swapping cards in advance is a good one and not one that would have naturally occurred to most people in my line of work.<br /><br /> This program was three years in establishing. There was a lot of pushback from both sides. A couple of destructive tornadoes eventually force the issue.<br /><br /> The class was held at conference center on the North side. They're trying to hold three or four a year at widely separated locations, to get as many stations on board as they can.<br /><br /> Marion County EMA was, sadly, not represented at the class, despite about half the students having sites in that county. But as Hamilton County's Emergency Manager pointed out, knowing even one is the doorway to meeting the rest.<br /><br /> At least three times in my present job, I have had encounters with the Sheriff's Department up at the North Campus -- once during a bad thunderstorm late at night, the deputy saw my car in the lot, climbed the fence, and hiked the quarter-mile up the driveway, which was flooded in two spots, to bang on the door and ask what the dickens I was up to. He was...less than happy by he time he got there. I offered to drive him back to the gate. The more common occurrence is that they come by at night before the gate has closed, while I'm driving up the lane, and follow me in. That's a little tense: there's not enough light to tell if it's a police car until you get to the building. Any more, I linger inside the gate until it closes.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-9500719447402962632016-01-30T15:39:44.441-05:002016-01-30T15:39:44.441-05:00Before I retired, I kept a Rolodex full of busines...Before I retired, I kept a Rolodex full of business cards from people who could provide services in an emergency. Everything from businesses who owned bulldozers to ones who could provide trench boxes.<br />Find the local emergency managers and give them your cards. That opens a lot of doors.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35392407071637307892016-01-30T10:07:15.238-05:002016-01-30T10:07:15.238-05:00Was seconded to FEMA for George and sent to DISNEY...Was seconded to FEMA for George and sent to DISNEY WORLD! First tour at Katrina had me at the ICP in Baton Rouge and we bugged out to Metarie and set up a new ICP, where I was asst. SITL. Second tour at Katrina I was in the field doing cleanup - where I belonged.<br />For Deepwater I was SITL in the Mobile ICP. IMHO, that was a bleedin' charlie foxtrot. Declined a "request" to return...The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-943696080689608522016-01-30T09:26:20.168-05:002016-01-30T09:26:20.168-05:00Sounds like you had some fun. Were you at the EOC ...Sounds like you had some fun. Were you at the EOC on Shadeland? I'm teaching an intro CERT class there next Thursday. We do have a pretty good EMA team in Marion county. <br />KerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-76395999604947074062016-01-30T07:08:55.583-05:002016-01-30T07:08:55.583-05:00We be necessary evils. Qualified as ICS level 400...We be necessary evils. Qualified as ICS level 400 (in logistics and ran the daily Sitrep for a while at Deepwater Horizon spill) and worked Hurricane George and Katrina responses years ago before I retired.<br />Loved the business card line - wish I'd thought of it... Glad AND a little paranoid to see that outreach is expanding.The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.com