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Storms Test New FEMA System

Posted Sep 8, 08 10:04 AM CDT in Science & Health,  US 

(Newser) – With three big storms hitting the US within about a week, FEMA is attempting to stay a step ahead, planning emergency response strategies and deploying supplies. The agency's new "dynamic regrouping" plan represents a real-time collaboration between military, civilian, and volunteer personnel, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "The depth of resources nationally, it's not a deep bullpen there," says a Red Cross adviser.

FEMA's two-branched approach calls for coordinating relief efforts while monitoring approaching storms to better anticipate aid needs. The system seems to be working, but with so many moving parts, the outlook for Hurricane Ike is less clear. "There is a certain limit on how many volunteers you can get into a state, so we'll be looking for folks to step forward," says another Red Cross official.

Source Christian Science Monitor

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The effects of Hurricane Gustav are seen from a US Geological Survey plane at the Bird's Foot Delta near New Orleans, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008.   (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
This satellite image released by NOAA at 10:15pm EDT shows Hurricane Ike on Sunday Sept. 7, 2008. Powerful Ike has roared ashore in eastern Cuba.   (AP Photo/NOAA)
Debris litters a sidewalk during Hurricane Ike, on the island of Providenciales, in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Sept. 7, 2008. Ike roared across the low-lying chain before dawn Sunday.   (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Sean Eitneiser fills his truck and gas cans with fuel. Officials in the Florida Keys started a phased evacuation for residents Sunday morning after telling visitors a day earlier to get out.   (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
FEMA and Red Cross administrators talk with reporters during a briefing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. The organizations are attempting to get a jump on response to Ike, the third big storm in a week.   (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
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