Mfg Will Play a Vital Role in Hurricane Sandy Recovery
Appears in Print as: 'Manufacturing Will Play a Vital Role in Hurricane Sandy Recovery'
While I am blessed that my family and home are safe after Hurricane Sandy’s wrath, we did lose power for five days and it was challenging staying connected and getting my work done—as evidenced by the laptop/iPad office I set up in my car while charging my cell phone. An email from the Alliance of American Manufacturing hit home. We need manufacturing to help us recover—and move on!
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While we cannot predict when weather-related, man-made, or other events will occur, we can certainly take steps to prepare for them in advance. Critical to this preparation is a robust, diverse, and resilient domestic manufacturing sector.
In the coming days, impacted states, cities, and towns will struggle to recover and rebuild from Hurricane Sandy. Central to the rebuilding effort will be America’s manufacturing sector – providing glass, cement, steel, iron, and a range of manufactured products, like drywall, heating and cooling units, and electrical components.
AAM recently asked two respected experts on homeland security and preparedness—Governor Tom Ridge and Col. Robert B. Stephan—to examine the direct nexus between a strong domestic manufacturing sector and America’s ability to prevent, mitigate, recover from, and rebuild quickly in the wake of catastrophic events.
They concluded that the deterioration and offshoring of America’s industrial base is becoming more apparent with each passing day, leaving new national security and preparedness concerns in its path. In short, we are becoming too reliant on global suppliers (many of whom may not have our best interests at heart in a time of crisis), along with a highly complex and vulnerable global supply chain needed to bolster our weak points or come to our rescue in the midst of an emergency.
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