Subj : Re: Ok, NOW Brownie resigns To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 03:00:35 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96D0ABC8812A1ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: > 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. > I think I heard that the Guard unit that wound up at the Superdome was chased there after the Levee broke and their station and a lot of their equipment got washed away. .