Margaret Arnold Quotations

One thing we tell our client countries is to have clear institutional arrangements in place for having rapid response and effective coordination,

I am shocked that this is happening in the U.S.

It is the poor that are hit the hardest and they have the least coping mechanisms and probably don't have insurance. Their homes are completely gone and they probably won't be able to rebuild and regain their livelihoods.

In many ways this is turned into a developing country,

In (the) tsunami-affected region, we are trying to do that, to say 'This is an opportunity to go about things the right way and take the time to do it right.

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.