D.C. Homeland Security Chief Predicts Chaos in Event of Nuke Attack

[babylonsister]

Gee, ya think?


D.C. Homeland Security Chief Predicts Chaos in Event of Nuke Attack
By Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor


Darrell Darnell, director of the District of Columbia’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, says there would be “a lot of panic, a lot of chaos” if a small nuclear bomb detonated near the White House, which would most likely prevent an evacuation of the city as radiation spread.

In an hourlong interview, Darnell also said the major lesson from June 13, when a power substation failure shut off traffic lights, a fire broke out in a Metro station and massive gridlock stymied D.C. police and emergency crews, is that “we need to do a better job coordinating agencies.”

“We didn’t do a very good job of getting MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) and DDOT (District Department of Transportation) there,” he said.

“We’ve also got to communicate better.”

Darnell, however, could not name a single alternative his office has come up with to prevent a repeat of the chaos that enveloped downtown for several hours on June 13.

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[SmileyRose]

1. Not to worry

they taught me how to get under my school desk or sit close together in the hall all tucked in a ball. I also have plenty of plastic and duct tape. I 'll be just fine. :) :)

Seriously though - isn't the point of moving radio and TV to HD so they can use the current frequencies for emergency communications?

[marmar]

2. Is this just the usual pre-election Scarefest.....or are they prepping us for something???

:tinfoilhat:

[Flabbergasted]

14. They wouldn't prep us for something like that, they would just do it. nt

[elehhhhna]

3. He's psychic!

[jedr]

4. NO SH*T........

what an understatement. where to people come up with the thought at a nuclear attack, no matter how small, is a walk in the park, sorry dude; it's Armageddon!

[exothermic]

5. Exothermic predicts dark in event of night...

:eyes:

[Solly Mack]

6. uh...uh...

Damn

[mmonk]

7. They need an innocuous remedy to give people and put it on their

election cue cards.

[DearAbby]

8. Oh gee....

in case of small nuke blast...not to expect chaos? What color is the sky in their world?

[ensho]

9. kicking - important

nt

[KG]

10. as katrina showed, there are no plans, none, in the event of any kind of disaster, anywhere.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

11. Right on top of things as usual...

Now all they need is an actual plan to deal with it.

Oh, wait- I keep forgetting where I live- that being in America.

Never mind. :shrug:

[Warren Stupidity]

12. Dig holes! Fill them in! Dig them again!

Gosh I love this country. Filled with my kind of people: stupid people.

[tomg]

13. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

Maybe we just need to rename the department "Homeland Insecurity and Emergency MisManagement Agency." Either that or "The Department of Holy Shit we Can't Figure Out What to Do in a Traffic Jam. Why Do You Think We can Handle a Small Nuclear Bomb?"

[Marrah_G]

15. “a lot of panic, a lot of chaos”---- Ya Think?

This guy is a frigging genius.

[RB TexLa]

16. Wow, really going out on a limb with that prediction.

[lovuian]

17. Basicly our road system would be a disaster

but would they contemplate using rail to get people out???? Nope Have everybody take the rails get to a spot on the track and jump in

but do they think of that NOPE

[Vickers]

18. "In another piercing insight, Darnell declared..."

"...that 'Scarlett Johansson has beautiful breasts.'"

:eyes:

[NightWatcher]

19. glad I dont live in a huge city. I'll be able to blast my way out of here with my gun

my marshmallow gun, that is. They will be so pleasantly surprised that they'll make way for the Goof

[Generic Other]

20. traffic lights cause chaos...nukes cause annihilation...see the diff?

you silly goose!

[blues90]

21. Hell they don't even have a plan in place for an earth quake

here in calif ,no one would be able to get out of here. They react that's all they do and the people are on their own.

[DCKit]

22. On 9/11, downtown DC was a ghost town two hours after we realized what was going on.

There were, at least, two separate fires as well as one or two other fairly serious problems on June 13 - Lots of people believe it was MIHOP as well. The ONLY way they could have handled it so poorly is with a plan drawn up by some idiot bureaucrat, totally out of their depth and grossly unqualified for the position.

June 13 had the stamp of the misadministration and DHS all over it. Heck'uva Job Chertie!

On edit, forgot to add:
The week of 9/11, they brought Nat. Guard troops in to direct traffic (the signals were working fine) and rush hour was running until 8:30 p.m.. That's not the kind of "order" we need in an emergency.