[Strategerist]

BTW, NBC is reporting that the list of FEMA excercises planned in 2004 included 222 events, all but two involved mock terrorist attacks. The two that did involve hurricanes were drills to plan for a hurricane at the same time as a terrorist attack.

Not surprising, but obviously not something FR is going to run with.

[va4me]

Not surprising, but obviously not something FR is going to run with.

On the Thursday the Loudon County VA Sheriff's office sent a search and rescue team to Louisianna. They were forced to turn around and come home after FEMA denied their request to assist in the recovery effort.

FEMA chief Chertoff in a press conference today tried to discount the idea that it was reasonable for FEMA to have planned in advance for something on the magnitude of what we're seeing.

There are also reports that FEMA initially rejected the assistance of a private flotilla of 500 boats due to communications snafus.

I'd that for 50 years we've known what it would take to protect New Orleans, yet nobody thought it worthwhile to do it.

Government, at all levels, democrat, republican, whig, you name it, has failed.