Regulators have no evacuation plans for nursing homes
Friday, September 23rd, 2005.
Dallas, TX - Texas regulators said Friday they don’t have copies of nursing home evacuation plans and don’t know whether too many homes rely on too few transportation contractors.
The admission, following a charter bus explosion that killed elderly evacuees and days of freeway gridlock, added to mounting questions about state officials’ ability to manage crises.
“We’re going to learn a lot out of Hurricane Rita,” said Don Rogers, spokesman for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. “Everything is going to be looked at.”
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