Subj : Re: Ok, NOW Brownie resigns To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 22:53:05 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Ken McElhaney wrote: > TNW7Z7Z7Z12345 wrote: > >> When revamped under Clinton, FEMA had disaster experts who >> immediately explained all options/procedures to state and local >> officials, who can't possibly know every detail of how to get >> help from the federal bureaucracy. > > And now, FEMA is under the department of Homeland Security. > >> And yes, state and local officials screwed things up (and that >> will come out in an investigation), > > I really hope so since their decisions helped lead to the disaster > that happened. What decisions are you talking about? >> The big >> issue in NYC was communication failures. Blanco begged FEMA for >> phones and didn't get them for days. > > But that doesn't explain why Blanco was so late in moving her > national guard into New Orleans. If she truly was not in control > and couldn't contact them, she should've told Bush to federalize > them and make them his responsability. You know the National Guard is made up of regular guys who are at home riding out a hurricane themselves. They have power go out and phone lines go down and get flooded just like anyone else. >> More important here's a very long and detailed chronology of >> events that spares no one. >> >> > 0,2153804.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines> >> >> or > > Yea, that one is pretty bad. It assumes that once Chertoff made > the declaration, federal aid, troops, and supplies would appear > instantly. Besides, isn't the state national guard STILL under > Blanco's control? Again, the national guard troops don't just appear instantly either. In fact, I would expect an active duty unit to beat a national guard unit to the scene since they are already mobilized. .