You are correct, in that Century is a great little town, albeit a bit short on leadership and a bit long on discerning thought. I had a minister once who said that there were many people who were more given to quoting other peoples opinions and interpretations of the Bible than those who would read it for themselves. That seems to be true about many things; from Shakespeare to Disaster Plans.

EDM, you asked; “Why isn’t your own disaster plan already written out and practiced? What is the problem?” – That my friend is a good question. It is a good question for Molino, Bratt, Byrneville, and Cantonment, as well as Century. But you should be careful, questioning the status-quo with sensible and responsible questions.

Regarding Century’s Disaster Plan; I have read it, and it is less than comprehensive, and certainly not practiced – as there is nothing to practice. There is nothing to describe where the shelters are, or what they can be expected to be stocked with. There is no pre-deployment information regarding supplies, emergency services, or emergency personnel that can be communicated to the people. For example, if someone with you were to have a heart attack during a hurricane, who do you call for help or what do you do?

For that matter, there is no disaster notification plan or system. Thus, if there were a severe tornado, hurricane, or terrorist attack, there is no plan for notifying the people or instructing them in what to do, or what not to do. Yes, Trish, there is a disaster plan . . . but what does it tell you? Not much, I am afraid.

We have a good Mayor now; but he inherited this hollow shell of a disaster plan that desperately needs to be re-written.

Way to go! There are a lot of good people in Century and all of the north end of the county.

When I worked in Century, I met many, many folks doing nothing constructive. I did see much indifference and many destructive things. I was wanting to speak to that element. The able ones that want handouts, but do not want to work. I was hoping someone in that category would get the motivation to help out.

On the other hand, Century is not an all bad place. There are some wonderful people there, and some really interesting things to see. I would just really like to see the citizens there, that are able, take more pride in their town. It used to be the large cities that had the most drugs, booze and graffiti. At least that was my perception. It was disturbing to me to see such things and such poverty as that I saw that most do not see, while working there. I went into more than a few places that were hard to accept as existing in The USA.

My appolgies to anyone wrongly offended. However, some folks do need motivation more than they do government intervention. There is waaaaaaay too much of that already) . The Deli and the Museum are two really good examples of local motivation.

You can call them and get up to date information and ask about sand bags and shelters. Most agencies, such as Red Cross work with/through the EMA to get disaster plans and relief in place.