Klarinet Archive - Posting 000517.txt from 2005/08

From: Joseph Wakeling <joseph.wakeling@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] BRSO Auditions 2nd Clarinet Tenure Position...
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:59:49 -0400

Dee Flint wrote:

> They were all warned with plenty of time to evacuate and were advised
> to do so. Many chose not to and thought they could ride it out.

Not good enough IMO. The authorities *have* to take direct
responsibility for people's safety in a situation like this. It's not
good enough to simply leave each private individual to do things for
themselves. To what extent was there an official evacuation plan and
facilities put in place to facilitate people leaving? To what extent
was the city capable of dealing with eleventh-hour evacuations for
people who changed their minds at the last minute? To what extent did
the authorities recognise the seriousness of the threat enough to
understand that in such circumstances it would be reasonable to
*oblige*, rather than advise, people to evacuate?

"Advising" just undersells the seriousness of the situation. I can't
help but believe that in most first world countries people would have
been told: You *must* get out now because if you don't there is a high
chance you will end up dead. And adequate facilities would have been
put in place to *make* that evacuation happen.

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