Joshua Minton’s Online Pulpit : This is Exactly What Happens When You Rely on the Government as Your Sole Source of Security

This article discusses the assessment that one of the biggest gaps in the local, state, and federal responses to Hurricane Katrina.

When first responders arrived in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, one of the biggest dangers they faced was their inability to communicate with each other.

My cousin Terry is one of the community leaders in the of the HAM radio Emergency Response Unit in his area. He is one of the guys who drives into danger in order to make sure that hospitals can talk to ambulances and that the community holds together through secure communication being done by people who know what the hell they’re doing.

This job is voluntary and pays a pauper’s ransom for the risk he and his brethren take upon their shoulders.

All he asks for in return is your respect and your gratitude.

He can talk to any other HAM radio operator in the world from the equipment he carries on his hip. He has talked to people in almost every country in the world.

HAM radio operators are some of the friendliest people I’ve ever interacted with. They have been, without exception, the most open and willing to help you out group of artists (I’m sorry but communication is an art) that I’ve ever come across.

If the people in Louisiana were a community like we have communities here in the Midwest where it’s more about keeping your corn from burning and helping out your neighbor when they need it, then maybe they wouldn’t have fallen apart like a white turd in a rain storm.

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