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Poll: Local governments ready for disaster; feds not
POSTED: 11:06 a.m. EDT, May 15, 2007
Story Highlights
• Two-thirds of those polled say local responders, hospitals, families prepared
• Only three in 10 have the same confidence in the federal government
• Men, whites express more confidence in feds; studies show women worry more
• More Republicans than Democrats believe that local, federal governments ready
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most people say their families and local emergency agencies are ready for the next natural disaster but the federal government is not. Women and minorities are less confident on both counts.
A poll on the subject was released Monday, less than three weeks before the official start of an Atlantic hurricane season that some forecasters say will be an active one.
The USA Today/Gallup poll found that two-thirds of people said their local first responders were prepared for a disaster, while nearly as many said their hospitals and families were ready.
Only three in 10 expressed the same confidence in the federal government, underscoring earlier polls that showed a lingering wariness from the slow response to Hurricane Katrina's 2005 devastation of the Gulf Coast.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/disaster.poll.ap/index.html
POSTED: 11:06 a.m. EDT, May 15, 2007
Story Highlights
• Two-thirds of those polled say local responders, hospitals, families prepared
• Only three in 10 have the same confidence in the federal government
• Men, whites express more confidence in feds; studies show women worry more
• More Republicans than Democrats believe that local, federal governments ready
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Most people say their families and local emergency agencies are ready for the next natural disaster but the federal government is not. Women and minorities are less confident on both counts.
A poll on the subject was released Monday, less than three weeks before the official start of an Atlantic hurricane season that some forecasters say will be an active one.
The USA Today/Gallup poll found that two-thirds of people said their local first responders were prepared for a disaster, while nearly as many said their hospitals and families were ready.
Only three in 10 expressed the same confidence in the federal government, underscoring earlier polls that showed a lingering wariness from the slow response to Hurricane Katrina's 2005 devastation of the Gulf Coast.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/disaster.poll.ap/index.html
