b.

i admire anybody who helped in the rescue.

i appreciate your first hand observations. it sounds exactly how i would expect it to.

no one big person or entity to blame. plenty of blame to go around. a lot of folks not paying attention to what now is (obviously and in retrospect) a huge danger to them. as you note....total breakdown.

thanks again.

tom w

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