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MIAMI (AP) - Florida disaster response officials thought their vast experience with hurricanes meant they could design an effective plan to distribute water, ice and other supplies only hours after Hurricane Wilma's winds subsided. It didn't pan out as they intended.
"I think everyone acknowledges the fact that there wasn't enough inventory on the ground to keep distribution centers supplied," Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez said Thursday. "But you know, we have to learn from every experience, and I think we've learned a lot from this one."
As Wilma approached last week, Florida officials repeatedly insisted they were ready and assured they would avoid the chaos that followed Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana. Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican who is President Bush's brother, said his state had a "unified command" that would contrast with the sluggish state and federal response in Louisiana.
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