SANDY

[Glenn Quagmire]

This doesn't help matters either !

"Non-Union Alabama Utility Workers Denied Entry into New Jersey!"
http://www.thegatewa...and-down-video/

Want a "Pro-Union State" NJ? Then reap what you sow!

Guess Barrack can't step in, since the peeps who rejected these Utility workers help, are the same peeps who vote for him !

Wonder if the people without electricity give a rat's ass whether a union or non-union employee gets their power back up and running ?

Dog? Care to add one of your one liners here, pointing fingers and laughing , instead of commenting on the topic ? WAIT!..............that would take more than one sentence.............nevermind !

Friggin moron. Typical of you to just take whatever some lame right wing blogger posts and run over here and post it as fact.

"Late Friday at a press conference, Hardin said the documents actually came from Electric Cities of Alabama, a coalition of the state's municipally owned utilities.

Bottom line, it appears now that Decatur Utilities wrongly assumed they would have to agree to the union contract before traveling to New Jersey to help with recovery efforts. The IBEW said in times of crisis, help is welcomed from union and non-union utility workers....


"At this stage, it is not clear who is alleged to have turned the crew away and the company that employs the affected workers has denied the claim," said IBEW President Ed Hill in a statement. "IBEW local leaders in New Jersey have reiterated what has been the long standing record of our union – in times of crisis all help is welcome and we pull together with everyone to meet the needs of the public. We have communicated this to the office of New Jersey Governor Christie as well."

The crew from Decatur Utilities attempted to look for work in other areas, but Hardin said .... they made the decision to return home after being stalled in Virginia most of the day Thursday.

Other utility crews from Alabama are still helping with storm cleanup. Huntsville Utilities said they were not turned away and are in Long Island, New York. Joe Wheeler EMC said they did not respond to New Jersey, but did travel to Maryland and headed home once they were finished."

http://www.waff.com/story/19981857/some-nonunion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery

 

[Dog Wonder]

The sky is falling.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

How come you can't do anything to your property until 'part of the team' tells you you can?
Lot of people must have missed the boat on the most covered storm of the millennium wouldn't you say?
So much for prepositioned provisions.
Nobody In Coney Island, Queens, Staten island until a day ago.
Looting and such in Coney, Queens and Staten Island but Bloomberg doesn't want armed Guardsmen on the street, only NYPD.
Where's the national guard water buffalo's and meal tents? They can be brought in by helo and set up quickly but it seems they're cold and hungry still in NYC.
Katrina at least it was warm.

Looks like Big Government in many ways worked like that fateful night in Iran under Carter.

FEMA now has a police dept.?

FEMA directs the state national guard troops?

A lot of people did "miss the boat". Those are the ones now saying "I had no idea it would be this bad." This after they were told over a week before that the storm would be of epic proportions.

Now they can go back and get in line for the interest free loan from the SBA to repair the damage from flooding. The flood insurance you chose not to get because "it is so expensive". Yes, I heard that in an interview of one of those "who missed the boat".

 

[delldude]

FEMA now has a police dept.?

FEMA directs the state national guard troops?

Job Title: Police Officer, GS-0083-06, MP, EAH1
Department: Department Of Homeland Security
Agency: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Job Announcement Number: CB-20101814

SALARY RANGE: 43,114.00 - 56,045.00 USD /year
OPEN PERIOD: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 to Tuesday, April 06, 2010
SERIES & GRADE: GS-0083-06/07
POSITION INFORMATION: Full TimePermanent
PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 07
DUTY LOCATIONS: 2 vacancy(s) in one of the following locations: Round Hill, VA
WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: Applications will be accepted from: 1) Federal employees on career/career-conditional appointments in the competitive service; 2) former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility based on previous career/career-conditional appointments in the competitive service; 3) displaced Federal employees within the local commuting area who covered by ICTAP/CTAP; 4) veterans applying under VEOA; 5) individuals with disabilities


JOB SUMMARY:
When disaster strikes, America looks to FEMA. Now FEMA looks to you. Join our team and use your talent to support Americans in their times of greatest need. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares the nation for all hazards and manages Federal response and recovery efforts following any national incident. We foster innovation, reward performance and creativity, and provide challenges on a routine basis with a well-skilled, knowledgeable, high performance workforce.


FEMA offers developmental opportunities, competitive compensation, and networking opportunities.

This position opportunity is also being advertised under Delegated Examining Unit Procedures (i.e., External - Non-Status Candidates). For consideration, please apply to vacancy announcement number CB-20101772.

This position opportunity is also being advertised at the GS-07 grade level. Please see vacancy announcement number CB-20101815 for additional information.

EMERGENCY ASSIGNMENT: FEMA employees are subject to 24 hour on-call in the event of any emergency. This service may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employees' official position description. Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites that require functioning under intense physical and mental stress.

Obama can have FEMA direct Guard Troops.

 

[SparrowHawk]

FEMA has IMO far to much power and is one reason they need to go away but not their mission.

One of the resons FEMA dropped the ball with Katrina was due to their power. Bush was reluctant to allow FEMAto over rule locl authority.

 

[delldude]

FEMA has IMO far to much power and is one reason they need to go away but not their mission.

One of the resons FEMA dropped the ball with Katrina was due to their power. Bush was reluctant to allow FEMAto over rule locl authority.

I like FEMA , BHO

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

Obama can have FEMA direct Guard Troops.

They may have positions defined as "police officers" but they do not have a department that swoops in and takes over a city police department.

Is that what you are advocating? Maybe you wanted FEMA to take over New Jersey prior to the storm arriving?

Pick a position and stick with it. Is that you Mitt?

And you want them to take control of a states national guard?

I could just imagine the outcry from the right if that was done by our President.

 

[signals]

This doesn't help matters either !

"Non-Union Alabama Utility Workers Denied Entry into New Jersey!"
http://www.thegatewa...and-down-video/

Want a "Pro-Union State" NJ? Then reap what you sow!

Guess Barrack can't step in, since the peeps who rejected these Utility workers help, are the same peeps who vote for him !

Wonder if the people without electricity give a rat's ass whether a union or non-union employee gets their power back up and running ?

Dog? Care to add one of your one liners here, pointing fingers and laughing , instead of commenting on the topic ? WAIT!..............that would take more than one sentence.............nevermind !

Maybe these guys were going to New York and only remembered that the state they were heading for started with NEW!

 

[delldude]

They may have positions defined as "police officers" but they do not have a department that swoops in and takes over a city police department.

Is that what you are advocating? Maybe you wanted FEMA to take over New Jersey prior to the storm arriving?

Pick a position and stick with it. Is that you Mitt?

And you want them to take control of a states national guard?

I could just imagine the outcry from the right if that was done by our President.

You better wake up........things are already in law for that to happen.

 

[Glenn Quagmire]

You better wake up........things are already in law for that to happen.

Did you hear that?

Quick, put on the hat and get under the table.

 

[delldude]

LOL....you the Fed know it all......see what you can get about FEMA action plans and protocols.

 

[delldude]

NY Post:

Marathon canceled, but generators and supplies still sit unused in park

What a run-around!
The city left more than a dozen generators desperately needed by cold and hungry New Yorkers who lost their homes to Hurricane Sandy still stranded in Central Park yesterday.
And that’s not all — stashed near the finish line of the canceled marathon were 20 heaters, tens of thousands of Mylar “space” blankets, jackets, 106 crates of apples and peanuts, at least 14 pallets of bottled water and 22 five-gallon jugs of water.
This while people who lost their homes in the Rockaways, Coney Island and Staten Island were freezing and going hungry.

 

[Dog Wonder]

I guess the "looting" has stopped.

 

[eolesen]

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309261-1

Interesting listen... jump to 9 minutes in, and you'll hear the excuses about the water outages.

 

[delldude]

I got an idea......