Scott Mann

Like what you facilitated yesterday in my assessment is exactly the model of what we need.

Like what you facilitated yesterday in my assessment is exactly the model of what we need.

Like what you facilitated yesterday in my assessment is exactly the model of what we need.

Yeah, absolutely. And it's not that hard to do because you can actually have these conversations. And I've sat in and participated in quite a few of them. And you don't see people in there panicking or wringing their hands. You see empowered neighbors. just having a pragmatic conversation about a potential threat. But guess what?

Yeah, absolutely. And it's not that hard to do because you can actually have these conversations. And I've sat in and participated in quite a few of them. And you don't see people in there panicking or wringing their hands. You see empowered neighbors. just having a pragmatic conversation about a potential threat. But guess what?

Yeah, absolutely. And it's not that hard to do because you can actually have these conversations. And I've sat in and participated in quite a few of them. And you don't see people in there panicking or wringing their hands. You see empowered neighbors. just having a pragmatic conversation about a potential threat. But guess what?

The worst thing that's going to happen probably, if you go through that exercise, is A, you're going to be connected more to your neighbor. And B, you're probably going to be ready for other contingencies that might happen. And I'll give you case in point. I was interviewing some EOC representatives who responded to a flood in Ohio. They never saw it coming.

The worst thing that's going to happen probably, if you go through that exercise, is A, you're going to be connected more to your neighbor. And B, you're probably going to be ready for other contingencies that might happen. And I'll give you case in point. I was interviewing some EOC representatives who responded to a flood in Ohio. They never saw it coming.

The worst thing that's going to happen probably, if you go through that exercise, is A, you're going to be connected more to your neighbor. And B, you're probably going to be ready for other contingencies that might happen. And I'll give you case in point. I was interviewing some EOC representatives who responded to a flood in Ohio. They never saw it coming.

It crested over its banks more than it had ever flooded. Little bitty town, like... 20,000 people. And one of the EOC, the Emergency Operations Center members, was telling me that it was flooding so bad that they brought in firefighters from all over the surrounding counties, right, to come help. Well, they were doing boat rescue.

It crested over its banks more than it had ever flooded. Little bitty town, like... 20,000 people. And one of the EOC, the Emergency Operations Center members, was telling me that it was flooding so bad that they brought in firefighters from all over the surrounding counties, right, to come help. Well, they were doing boat rescue.

It crested over its banks more than it had ever flooded. Little bitty town, like... 20,000 people. And one of the EOC, the Emergency Operations Center members, was telling me that it was flooding so bad that they brought in firefighters from all over the surrounding counties, right, to come help. Well, they were doing boat rescue.

So they all brought their boats, but none of their radios communicated to each other. So they had to put one fire department guy from the town in each boat so that they had a radio that worked. And it took them a long time to figure that out. But that was the solution that came up.

So they all brought their boats, but none of their radios communicated to each other. So they had to put one fire department guy from the town in each boat so that they had a radio that worked. And it took them a long time to figure that out. But that was the solution that came up.

So they all brought their boats, but none of their radios communicated to each other. So they had to put one fire department guy from the town in each boat so that they had a radio that worked. And it took them a long time to figure that out. But that was the solution that came up.

The point was, had you just done an exercise ahead of time where you brought those folks together, you would have already sorted that out. Right. And those are the kinds of things that when you add to the paralysis, just the horrorism. That could be brought by this. Trying to solve a problem like that could take you days because of the trauma and just the inability to function and move.

The point was, had you just done an exercise ahead of time where you brought those folks together, you would have already sorted that out. Right. And those are the kinds of things that when you add to the paralysis, just the horrorism. That could be brought by this. Trying to solve a problem like that could take you days because of the trauma and just the inability to function and move.

The point was, had you just done an exercise ahead of time where you brought those folks together, you would have already sorted that out. Right. And those are the kinds of things that when you add to the paralysis, just the horrorism. That could be brought by this. Trying to solve a problem like that could take you days because of the trauma and just the inability to function and move.

So I just think that the more that a lot of it is the communities coming together, again, private, public. It's got to be private sector, too. It's got to be those GWAT veterans. It's got to be members of the community that normally maybe wouldn't be in there and finding ways to talk left of bang.

So I just think that the more that a lot of it is the communities coming together, again, private, public. It's got to be private sector, too. It's got to be those GWAT veterans. It's got to be members of the community that normally maybe wouldn't be in there and finding ways to talk left of bang.