You would have thought this was some sort of joke, but it’s real! Atlanta’s local CBS news affiliate channel 46 decided to see what Atlanta, Georgia’s emergency evacuation plan is, in case of disaster. They found that there is no plan! While some cities like New Orleans may have failed to properly follow their emergency evacuation plan, at least they have a plan! Atlanta has no plan and when Atlanta-Fulton Senior Planner for Emergency Management, Suzanne Kinnick Lord was asked about a plan to evacuate the entire city, she responded by saying:

Don’t take my word for it! Watch this video of the entire report!

When asked:

She responded:

This idiot makes Michael Brown look like a genius!

She had to be reminded of WHY AND WHEN cities like Houston, TX had to evacuate their entire city! When you have the title “Senior” and are in charge of emergency planning, nobody should have to convince you that the entire city may have a disaster that requires a full scale evacuation!

All I’m wondering is when will Ms. Lord be fired and how did she get the job in the first place?

At least the mayor realizes that work needs to be done! Atlanta’s current emergency plan says that a plan will be developed and nothing has been developed yet! Bill Waugh a GA State University expert on the topic, says that any evacuation plan would have to be carried out over several days given the size of the city!

So folks, if you think other cities looked bad at managing an evacuation, just wait till the day Atlanta needs to evacuate!

update (11/28/2005 11:02AM ET): Added to The Political Teen’s open trackback thread.

update (11/28/2005 2:55PM ET): I did a little Googling for more information about Suzanne Kinnick Lord, to see if I could find information that would qualify her for the position of Atlanta-Fulton Senior Planner for Emergency Management. And I ended up finding this undated article, that had to have been published sometime after 9/11/2001:

So this woman is Atlanta-Fulton Senior Planner for Emergency Management and was not even working in the field just 5 years ago!!! Sometime after 9/11/2001 she took CPR and First Aid classes!!! OH MY WORD!!! Assuming she has her masters in public administration now (and who knows if she does), that’s all it takes to become Atlanta-Fulton Senior Planner for Emergency Management?!!! This is just shocking and awful! I don’t think people in Atlanta would feel comfortable knowing the person in this position is so inexperienced!!! Atlanta does have the busiest airport in the world! Atlanta is one of America’s major cities and a prime target for a terrorist attack!

update (11/28/2005 11:32PM ET): In a follow-up investigation channel 46 news found that most in city/state government don’t want to talk to them about this issue! Fulton County Commissioner, Lynn Riley was the only one willing to speak in the follow-up and felt that Suzanne Kinnick Lord’s response was unacceptable!

When asked about the issue, GA Governor Sonny Purdue punted and claimed 46 news was attempting to pit the state against the city! Chairperson of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Karen Handel also punted and would not talk! Handel and Mayor Franklin appoint the Atlanta-Fulton Senior Planner for Emergency Management! That is a call mayor Franklin and Ms. Handel need to answer for! And Handel is running for GA Secretary of State! Outside of this I’ve found Karen Handel to be good at what she does. But I want some answers about this before she’ll earn my vote! I hope others in GA feel the same and press her for answers! The former director of Atlanta-Fulton Emergency Management, June Cook said that he felt like:

He quit! Why are Atlanta officials ignoring emergency management? It explains how someone like Suzanne Kinnick Lord got in!

State agencies (GA-DOT and GEMA) already have some plans and are working on more plans. Those of course cover the entire state and are not specific to the issues within the most populated city in the state! The one that is the biggest target for terrorist!

Jabar Gibson was caught with dope and has a long criminal history! He said the “bus experience” helped him turn his life around. I guess not!

Blog Sweetness & Light has the details from a FoxNews story!

Well at least he took his criminal behavior back to where he came from. Unlike some others that spread their criminal ways to other areas! Jabar, you had a second chance to do something better with your life! Now I hope you get all that the criminal justice system has for people like yourself! You bused people out of New Orleans and returned, only to hustle dope to them again!

Maybe the top brass read my previous post. OK, probably not , but their actions are consistent with my view of things.

And that is EXACTLY what happened!

The Wall Street Journal’s copy of the story offers the most complete details of any MSM report I read. (paid subscription required) Their report mentions Kandahar Gov. Asadullah Khalid expressed confidence in the results of the investigation. Of course some Islamic clerics were critical of the findings, but we knew that would happen. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered his own investigation, that is not yet complete. The WSJ report also mentions that Geneva Convention rules allow the burning of bodies for hygienic reasons. I don’t feel these Taliban are covered by any special rules, given they don’t acknowledge the rules themselves, unless it favors them! Just the same I still don’t feel the burning should have happened and you can read the details in my prior post.

As past readers know, fellow Conservative Blog Euphoric Reality was not happy that the soldiers were being scrutinized at all. Euphoric Reality stands by that original position and has the right to do so, although I respectfully disagree. That blog has more details about the findings.

Here is the latest regarding Terrell Pough’s daughter and the murder investigation.

Terrell Pough’s memorial service will be held tomorrow and 2 funds have been established for his daughter.

I’m still waiting for a wave of demonstrations against such killings and the killers behind them! Oh but instead of demonstrating against a killer, some Civil Rights ACTORvists are out trying to save a killer ! I wonder how these same ACTORvists would respond if the killers of James Byrd Jr. claim to have “changed their ways” .

You can watch some of Diamond Pough’s birthday party here.

Related posts:

• Good to see folks helping Terrell Pough?s daughter
• Terrell Pough, tried to do the right thing and the crabs refused to release him from the barrel!

They ran flyers comparing people critical of Kwame Kilpatrick to a racist “lynch mob”.

Blog Mad Thoughts has a copy of the flyer!

Of course his opponent was considered a “puppet” . Since the opponent was a Black man. Proving my previous stated feelings about successful Blacks holds true in Detroit!

And the race pimping continues!