#emergencies

My life has been a series of emergencies. ↗

— Lana Turner

#emergencies #life #my life #series

If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments; but in the end, it's the mayors and the local city governments that have to be prepared for emergencies and be prepared to act. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#be prepared #being #being there #blame #city

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can. ↗

— William Feather

#daily #each #emergencies #go #meet

Public emergencies may require the hand of severity to fall heavily on those who are not personally guilty, but compassion prompts, and ever urges to milder methods. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#emergencies #ever #fall #guilty #hand

Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, for modernity, and for prosperity. The wealthy pay more because they have benefitted more. Taxes, well laid and well spent, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, and promote the general welfare. Taxes protect property and the environment; taxes make business possible. Taxes pay for roads and schools and bridges and police and teachers. Taxes pay for doctors and nursing homes and medicine. During an emergency, like an earthquake or a hurricane, taxes pay for rescue workers, shelters, and services. For people whose lives are devastated by other kinds of disaster, like the disaster of poverty, taxes pay, even, for food. ↗

— Jill Lepore

#business #common-defense #disasters #domestic-tranquility #emergencies

Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed. ↗

— William James

#emergencies #great #greater #had #how

In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources. ↗

— Jan Egeland

#bring #competing #disasters #emergencies #full

States are looking for low-cost solutions that will enable better communication, while avoiding the danger in which the chain of command breaks down in emergencies. We do not want everyone talking to everyone else all the time. ↗

— John Shimkus

#better #breaks #chain #command #communication

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina. ↗

— Ike Skelton

#affect #emergencies #equipment #guard #home