Like:
1. A disease outbreak
2. A natural disaster
3. A terrorist attack - domestic or international
For me #2 would be the most terrifying right now - why? No FEMA head. That might be slightly better than the wrong FEMA head. Remember Katrina?
For #1 and #3 - No ambassadors and right now, no head of FBI. Coordination with other nations? What other nations?
Those who say well the acting heads can do the job? Small problem..most of the are civil servants. They run the day to day operations and they might be aware of the looming crisis, they don't have the authority to allocate resources to plan and initiate action.
There 's a model called he Swiss Cheese Model to illustrate why disasters/lack of preparedness to disasters happen. You got "holes"/deficiencies in every organization. Most of the time they don't align and nothing or minor things happen. It's when they do align you got major issues. When the biggest hole is at the top?
It's not a question of if. More like when.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
1. A disease outbreak
2. A natural disaster
3. A terrorist attack - domestic or international
For me #2 would be the most terrifying right now - why? No FEMA head. That might be slightly better than the wrong FEMA head. Remember Katrina?
For #1 and #3 - No ambassadors and right now, no head of FBI. Coordination with other nations? What other nations?
Those who say well the acting heads can do the job? Small problem..most of the are civil servants. They run the day to day operations and they might be aware of the looming crisis, they don't have the authority to allocate resources to plan and initiate action.
There 's a model called he Swiss Cheese Model to illustrate why disasters/lack of preparedness to disasters happen. You got "holes"/deficiencies in every organization. Most of the time they don't align and nothing or minor things happen. It's when they do align you got major issues. When the biggest hole is at the top?
It's not a question of if. More like when.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell