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Ever since I began this mission, I have been thinking about the FEMA trailers that were used during Hurricane Katrina. I was living in Mississippi when Katrina hit. In a conversation with the former head of emergency medicine for the state of Mississippi, I put forward a proposal to get trailers rather than putting people in shelters. This approach avoids all the hazards related to sheltering large numbers of people for extended periods. Large shelters are useful for only a very limited time in a dire emergency. This is because security, health and sanitation problems quickly arise. These problems were apparent in the Superdome in New Orleans. Although trailers are expensive, they enable you to keep family units together and to get people back to work. Because trailers are mobile, nurses can be parked at hospitals; teachers can be parked at schools, and workers can be parked where they are most needed. Although getting trailers is a large investment, they can be stored and reused. My friend asked me to post my proposal on a special website that was being used by the Governor of Mississippi, Haley Barber, at the time.

Perhaps many other people had the same idea. Anyway, Mississippi got trailers, and they were used successfully. However, whoever got the government contract to make the FEMA trailers used asbestos in the process. After they were turned in, the trailers were destroyed. To this day, I am appalled and angry about the waste!

So, in my image of the emergency management plan for Charleston, SC, the city would store trailers (that are well made and don't have asbestos!) at the Ripley Marina dry dock. The trailers could be sanitized and stacked for storage there. That way, they could be deployed and used if there was an emergency here. Of course, they could also be deployed and moved to other areas of the United States in the event of a catastrophic event, like Hurricane Sandy. This way, people stricken by natural or man made disasters would not have to stay in shelters. Family units could be kept in check; human dignity could be maintained, and people could get back to work pronto!

Here is a link to my map: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=203892443701701757127.0004d070...

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