About this trail:
Focuses on Katrina, New Orleans, IT, and "private sector" response. Related links focus on Katrina, hurricanes, and New Orleans. A good report, this does capture some infrastructure and disaster mitigation issues, in both public and private sectors.
It does not capture Los Angeles, San Francisco, or 9/11, or smaller catastrophic events.
Note that wildfire, flooding, and winter storms, as well as search and rescue operations, offer opportunities for testing prior to the next major disaster.
(Since Katrina, search and rescue operations appear to have come a long way...)
(I need to move this to my "infrastructure" trail)
It does not capture Los Angeles, San Francisco, or 9/11, or smaller catastrophic events.
Note that wildfire, flooding, and winter storms, as well as search and rescue operations, offer opportunities for testing prior to the next major disaster.
(Since Katrina, search and rescue operations appear to have come a long way...)
(I need to move this to my "infrastructure" trail)
Trail link: http://www.trailfire.com/oases7/trails/42271
Summary: http://www.trailfire.com/oases7/trailview/42271
Summary: http://www.trailfire.com/oases7/trailview/42271
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Focuses on Katrina, New Orleans, IT, and "private sector" response. Related links focus on Katrina, hurricanes, and New Orleans. A good report, this does capture some infrastructure and disaster mitigation issues, in both public and private sectors.
It does not capture Los Angeles, San Francisco, or 9/11, or smaller catastrophic events.
Note that wildfire, flooding, and winter storms, as well as search and rescue operations, offer opportunities for testing prior to the next major disaster.
(Since Katrina, search and rescue operations appear to have come a long way...)
(I need to move this to my "infrastructure" trail)
It does not capture Los Angeles, San Francisco, or 9/11, or smaller catastrophic events.
Note that wildfire, flooding, and winter storms, as well as search and rescue operations, offer opportunities for testing prior to the next major disaster.
(Since Katrina, search and rescue operations appear to have come a long way...)
(I need to move this to my "infrastructure" trail)
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(Note that I see recycling as an "infrastructure" issue, along with access to raw materials, industrial tools, labor, and financial resources.
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Cost and waste (in both distribution and container disposal) are obvious issues. Privatization and public access to quality drinking water may be less obvious. Impacts on water distribution infrastructure is worth considering.
- As cities grow, it might be interesting to consider separation of potable and utility water supplies.
- For example, lawn watering, clothes or dish washing, and toilet flushing present different water quality needs than drinking and cooking.
- As cities grow, dependence on "backup" water supplies, and potential compromises in the quality of water sources increase concerns about quality. In some systems, horror stories about water supplies downstream of sewage treatment plants (or industrial discharges) may justify concerns about quality.
- In most systems, the answer may be to split the water supply, with extra treatment provided by the end user, for drinking, cooking, or other personal consumption or contact.
