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Because if we can't see the problems clearly, we can't formulate good strategies. Dubya's leadership has taken severe hits. Too much of FR can't see this clearly, which compromises their observations.

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The Department of Homeland Security was created to respond to actual or potential terrorist attack. FEMA was created to respond to natural disaster, not to have to shoot their way into a city they're trying to save. Is it Tancredo or Buchannon?

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"Because if we can't see the problems clearly, we can't formulate good strategies. Dubya's leadership has taken severe hits. Too much of FR can't see this clearly, which compromises their observations."

If you can predict the weather accurately anough to plot the exact course, windspeed, precipitatin and duration of a given storm why aren't YOU applying to be head of FEMA or NOAA?? After all you would be unique on the planet. Every other meterologist, with acess to accurate satellite imagery and a powerful mainframe can only GUESS the potential problems and pass their GUESS on to the government and public. NONE of them can "see clearly" exactly what damage a storm will do. NONE of us can "see clearly" that survivors would be trying to kill their rescuers.