Recovery from Dirty Bomb Would Fall on Feds But They Aren't Ready

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The article below was released by Homeland Security a few days ago. You get the feeling someone has been getting us ready for something?

Also, will Chicago be the only area affected by a possible dirty bomb, or will it hit several cities at once? Remember the "10 Cities" map which appeared in the media during 2007 in connection with a Cartoon Network promotion? Chicago was included among the list of ten cities.

Related RMN posts:

IS CHICAGO GOING TO BE NUKED 9/22 TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE?
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=156183

DOES "10 CITIES" THEME IN RECENT NEWS = AMERICAN HIROSHIMA?
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=99190

REMEMBER THE '10 CITIES' THEME FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR *PIC*
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/read/108075

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http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/10223/128/

Recovery from Dirty Bomb Would Fall on Feds But They Aren't Ready
by Mickey McCarter
Tuesday, 15 September 2009

GAO survey finds cities would be quickly overwhelmed

US cities would be so overwhelmed by a dirty bomb or nuclear bomb attack that they would invariably rely upon the federal government for recovery, but agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have not yet completed their planning for delivering such assistance, congressional investigators warned Monday.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) surveyed 13 major US cities and their states and related FEMA regional offices, discovering that each quickly would require assistance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for analysis and cleanup activities, which would significantly mitigate the impact of a radiological dispersal device (RDD) or an improvised nuclear device (IND), Gene Aloise, GAO director of Natural Resources and Environment, testified before the House Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.

"However, we found that the federal government has not sufficiently planned to undertake these activities," Aloise stated. "For example, FEMA has not issued a national disaster recovery strategy or plans for RDD and IND incidents as required by law. Existing federal guidance provides only limited direction for federal agencies to develop their own recovery plans and conduct exercises to test preparedness. Out of over 70 RDD and IND exercises conducted in the last five years, only three have included interagency recovery discussions following a response exercise."