It’s good to see more shows about emergency preparedness in the mainstream media. At most, it provides some awareness and educational value. At worst, people who know better (like us) have something to make fun of.
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It’s hard to believe that it has been 5 years since Hurricane Katrina. Has anything really changed since then, in regards to institutionalised disaster preparedness? There’s still kinks to be worked out in the system. In a speech at Xavier University on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of Katrina, US President Obama vowed that his administration would “put an end to the turf wars between agencies, to cut the red tape and the bureaucracy” that he said had been obstacles to the region’s continued recovery.

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This year has been a bad year for tornados and hurricanes. If you live in Minnesota, you’d have seen a record breaking 122 tornados in 2010.
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When it comes to “official” sources for emergency preparedness information, the more normal people see it, the better. The Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security is the single state agency responsible for the delivery of federal homeland security training, equipment funding and technical assistance. They have developed a website called Red Dirt Ready which is designed to inform and educate the public.
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