Private Company vs. the Government
Jun 20th, 2008 by brianschettler
It’s kind of sad that it takes a private entity to do a good job at recovery efforts:
When his company, Disaster Recovery Solutions, was hired to clean up after storms like Hurricane Katrina, he noted that days — even weeks — routinely passed before authorities began establishing recovery operations.
Local response officials were often debilitated by a loss of resources, and aid organizations arriving early on the scene with water, medical care and food were unable to reach those in need because of road-blocking debris or flooding.
“I got this crazy idea to use one of my cranes to respond immediately to a disaster and just open up roads,” Agoglia recalls. “So I deployed equipment immediately. And sure enough, there was a need.”