GPP Calls for Early warning systems – Are we ready? –need water pumps instead of laptops

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GPP Newswire:  For Immediate Release
 
GPP Calls for Early warning systems – Are we ready? –need water pumps instead of laptops
 
18 Mar 2011
This week we all became aware once again of what the rainy season can do to us.  The lack of an early warning system can be disastrous for our nation. 
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EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS:We have experienced heavy rains, flooding, and destruction of buildings in the past when some of the hurricanes winds came our way.   Imagine, if one such storm caused a water surge over the seawall, what would have been our reaction given we are below sea level on the coastal plains.  What would we do with ourselves, our family, and our businesses?  Are we prepared?  What if the water was six feet high and we panicked and got in our cars heading for higher ground, would we not die?  Then what should be our plans?   What happens when our military, which is next to the ocean, loses their equipment because of no warning systems?

The need to be ready1. We need our government to acquire an early warning system and to install sirens and speaker systems throughout the coastal plains with the appropriate warnings.  Such an Outdoor Warning System is designed to alert residents about possible danger. Specific emergency announcements can be broadcast over any of these sirens which should be located on poles and on top of buildings throughout all neighbourhoods.
2. We should make a plan, build a kit (buy canned foods and store in your home to last a few days), and get involved in practicing for different scenarios.
3. We need our Government to feed off of the US National Disaster Weather System until we can obtain our own.
4. Start the move of residents of the coastal plain to a new city above sea-level
5. Use of current technology that automatically dials cell phones and land lines with warning systems

The GPP calls on the Government to provide our Civil Defence Unit, which is tasked to ensure we are ready for disasters, with the appropriate tools. Presidential Candidate Peter Ramsaroop who has written two books on Disaster Contingencies, said “ We need to be prepared for disasters; we need to be educated on how to act; we need to be informed prior to such events as early as possible; and the business community need to develop business recovery plan and test it regularly.  Businesses need to be ready because the cost of downtime can shut you down permanently.  As private citizens, we need our official agencies to notify us in a timely manner.” 
 
The GPP rather see our taxpayers money stop being wasted and efficient systems be put in place to prepare the citizens for such disasters.  The Minister of Agriculture has failed in its duties of drainage and irrigation.  The Minister should resign.

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