Homeland Security should be running a drill like this, not FEMA.
I too, have participated in these types of drills. Except, not on this scale. I have been involved in City, County and State wide drills. Many times, we had people from other countries working with us so we can learn from each other. We also send our people to other countries when they have their drills for the same reason (to observe and participate). Depending on the roll of the foreign troops, this potentially could cause me great concern.
We never trained ONE scenario we did not think would happen.
These drills are normally run by the agency in charge. In this case it would DHS, not FEMA. (I do know that FEMA is apart of DHS).
Reading the FEMA link, to me it sounds like FEMA’s role is changing. If FEMA is responsible for the Exercise Focus and Objectives why do we need DHS? FEMA could provide the people with better information of this drill. This could be used to educate people on what their government is doing for them. Instead they choose to limit the information. This always causes concerns and mistrust, and rightfully so.
DHS needs to do a lot of large and small scale training. The training is normally developed from a likely terrorist attack scenario. One question I have, is information on a planned attack being used to plan this training?
If I was from one of the state involved, that have been loudly voicing their opposition to the Fed, I would question if this is a show of Federal force? I am not saying it is, yet this thought would and has cross my mind.
The level of distrust of our government is very high and in my opinion it is warranted. Sometimes there are conspiracies and sometimes just smoke and mirrors. We must stay vigilant to protect our hard won freedoms… even from our government.
A correction: This post was an article, not an email.
Forum Concern: Do not slam people for posting information, questions, concerns, ideas, or opinions. Our differences give us balance and perspective. I hope some of the comments I have seen on this thread were not directed at anyone posting.
I wanted to thank you, HootmonSccy, for what I felt was embarrassing me on this forum.
I am not an alarmist and I don't ever post anything on this or any other board without 'any real thought'. I don't post ignorant forwarded emails or mindless words that may offend or hurt other members of this community.
I do understand the necessity to keep the clutter of crying wolf at a minimum. I also feel however, that posting articles of activities that may not 'look right' and asking for opinions of others on an issue (hence the title: Alarming or Not?) was valid and didn't warrant such a harsh reply.
I didn't suggest everyone grab all their Budweiser and Oreo's and head to the basement or tornado shelter, asap. I am merely implying I feel this administration bears watching where our rights are concerned and was interested in what others had to say, just not in such a way that I feel was overly acrid.
I hesitate to mention this, as it may not be relative, but my userid obviously indicates I'm a woman. I do understand many of the details that other posters on this thread brought up (FEMA is part of DHS, it has been a longtime practice for other countries to perform these drills on our soil, etc.). I would just like to mention that I'm a molecular biologist that can read and not only articulate what I mean to say, but put 'real thought' into my posts as well as really feel the public humiliation when someone blows a thread I started out of the water - like implying my concern here makes 'we concerned citizens appear nuts'.
Although I don't think I've been nuts for a while, I may be wrong and farther along the road heading in that direction which started when Bush passed the Patriot Act, until today when I have to write letters to my Senators every other day just to fight the gun-grabbing bills that seem to pop up daily. I just don't have the ability to fully trust a Commander in Chief that is THIS smart.
That too, is just IMHO as well.
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