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To: bobwoodard
Also, in our (FL's) case I seem to remember FEMA worked through the City/State officials, which makes me wonder when you have the collapse of the local government (NO), how long does it take to actually figure that out, what do you do in that case and how long does it take to happen?

Just shows you how incompetant the NO govt. was.

I'm sorry but this is not a case where lemonade can be made out of lemons, since the lemons in the NO and LA govt were rotten to begin with, but of course to michelle malkin that is Bush's fault.

59 posted on 09/04/2005 9:12:31 AM PDT by Dane ( anyone who believes hillary would do something to stop illegal immigration is believing gibberish)
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To: Dane
I'm sorry but this is not a case where lemonade can be made out of lemons, since the lemons in the NO and LA govt were rotten to begin with, but of course to michelle malkin that is Bush's fault.

Reading comprehension isn't much of a strongsuit for you bushbots, is it? First of all, the only thing she blamed Bush for was overlooking Brown's screw-ups. And what she blamed Brown for was:

- He admitted that he didn't act more aggressively because as late as last Sunday he expected Katrina to be a "standard hurricane" even though the National Weather Service in New Orleans was already predicting "human suffering incredible by modern standards."

- He proved himself utterly clueless about the disaster unfolding in New Orleans. He claimed that the federal relief effort was "going relatively well" and that the security situation in New Orleans was "pretty darn good."

- He blamed the flood victims in New Orleans for failing to evacuate on time, even though local authorities failed to make municipal vehicles available to residents who could not drive or did not own their own cars.

It's absolutely flabbergasting that none of you clowns has ever even bothered to respond to any of the actual points she made. Then again, that would involve thought...

72 posted on 09/04/2005 9:29:25 AM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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To: Dane
Exactly, if FEMA is supposed to rely on the local political/governmental infrastructure to coordinate emergency response in the area, is anyone surprised there are unacceptable results when FEMA is getting inaccurate/incomplete info from the ground?

That being said, they'll probably need to have some person sitting in the corner watching the TV to look out for situations that pop up like the convention center, where it now appears that people just showed up based on rumors of supplies/relocation.

77 posted on 09/04/2005 9:31:36 AM PDT by bobwoodard
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