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Old 09-03-2005, 12:20 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by russotto
So where the heck were the other 65%?
Saving their families, I expect.

With a disaster of this magnitude, a lot of the first line people who would ordinarily be activated will make the choice to defend their families first.

It's also the case that people who are impacted by the disaster really can't be effective as responders to it ... I would hope that logic would dictate activation of units from the northern, less directly affected parts of the state would be utilized, or crews from other states.
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