Subj : Re: Ok, NOW Brownie resigns
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Nick
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 21:23:13

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Ken McElhaney wrote:
> Nick wrote:
>> Ken McElhaney wrote:
>>> Nick wrote:
>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/katrina.impact/index.html
>>> 
>>> Well, at least the Mayor is safe from recall since there are no
>>> longer any New Orleans' residents to kick him out of office.
>>> 
>>> But as for the incompetent gov....
>> 
>> I am sure she wasn't perfect but she wasn't as bad as some reports I
>> have seen on the news. 
> 
> The Washington Post had an interesting article on her last thursday.
> In particular, she (or to be technical, her state homeland security
> office) prevented both the Red Cross & the Salvation Army from going
> to the Superdome & Convention Center during that week.  The reason?
> They were going to evacuate and didn't want either organization
> there. The problem? The Gov didn't order her National Guard to
> commandeer the buses required until WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  By then,
> the buses in New Orleans were up to their hubcaps in water.
> 
> Basically, if "Brownie" should've been kicked out, the Gov certainly
> should be in the same boat.
> 
> Ken - someday, someone will realize that FEMA is not a first
> responder organization and is subject to decisions (however stupid
> and incompetent) from state & local officials.


FEMA should be trained to handle situations like this.  A governor does 
not have training in this type of situation and will never get any until 
this situation actually occurs.  Therefore, I would expect the experts to 
be advising the non-experts on what they should be doing.  If they don't 
do that what do we even have them for?

I just typed FEMA into google.  Here is the first hit:
"Federal Emergency Management Agency
Agency of the US government tasked with Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, 
Response & Recovery planning.
www.fema.gov/ - 7k - Sep 11, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
FEMA Flood Map Store - Kids
2005 Federally Declared Disasters - US Fire Admin
More results from www.fema.gov"


Governors are elected, they answer to the people.
BTW, I am down here an hour from New Orleans.  I see the stuff that is 
happening.  You aren't going to convince of anything.

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