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Post Katrina: Problems Linger On (Part 2 of 3)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
The Bush administration can’t hide from the truth. Just last week, a New York Times/CBS News Poll found that Bush’s “approval ratings for his management of foreign policy, Iraq and the economy have fallen to the lowest levels of his presidency.” He got poor marks on virtually every issue that has been at the top of the national agenda. Is it any wonder that Bush and his gang are still taking the heat for mismanaging Katrina?
Blogger Paul Kaputska, at online publication Advanced IP Pipeline, said the Bush administration is to blame for the communications breakdown the Gulf region suffered during the Katrina nightmare. “Hurricane Katrina rudely pointed out that there's still no coherent, nation-wide first-responders communications network, a technology failure that must fall, in part, at the current leader's feet,” Kaputska said.
The outspoken blogger went on to say that “from all we've read about the Katrina aftermath so far, none of the standard communications technologies--landline phones, or police and fire radio systems--were able to handle the communications crush. Newer services, however, like text messaging, stayed up and running, in part due to their more efficient use of limited bandwidth.”
Nine months after Katrina, one would assume that we have sized upthe leadership and PM issues in an honest and logical way, and come to this obvious conclusion: …
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