01-15-2006, 11:24 PM
It has been my intention once my current term as Delegate ends (as well as my term in TNP as its Chief Justice which also ends at the end of the month) to come back to the Universal Building Code/Emergency Facility part of the Tsunami Warning System/Natural Disaster Act trilogy of proposals.
With existing real life constraints, I have had to prioritize my time and attention, and once I am free of such responsibilities, it will be much easier to devote some time and attention to the further develiopment of the building code proposal.
Mandating emergency response into place will meet resistance. The Tsunami Warning System worked because it was a combination of using existing systems, and obtaining funding to complete a global system under a global agency. The Natural Disaster Act depends on the use of (and the building code concept will have to depend on the development of) recommended processes and multi-national cooperation.
With existing real life constraints, I have had to prioritize my time and attention, and once I am free of such responsibilities, it will be much easier to devote some time and attention to the further develiopment of the building code proposal.
Mandating emergency response into place will meet resistance. The Tsunami Warning System worked because it was a combination of using existing systems, and obtaining funding to complete a global system under a global agency. The Natural Disaster Act depends on the use of (and the building code concept will have to depend on the development of) recommended processes and multi-national cooperation.