[Yaelle]

This is what John and Ken were yelling about today. Brown has no business heading FEMA. He was FIRED from his previous job of running horse shows. He got his job at FEMA due to cronyism.

[defenderSD]

I'll bet John and Ken on KFI radio are a highly reliable source of information.

[navysealdad]

Subject: FEMA

So putting 229,328 people in 679 shelters in 12 states in 5 days is pathetic? You are either Katy Couric or the Mayor of New Orleans

FEMA

http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=18618

To date:

• In Louisiana, there are 30 Disaster Medical Teams (DMAT); 2 Veterinary Assistance Teams (VMAT); 1 Mental Health Team; and 4 Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams (DMORT)
• In Mississippi, there are 11 DMATs; 1 Mental Health Team; 2 VMATs; and 4 DMORTS
• There have been 9,400 hospital evacuations and all hospitals as well as 30 nursing homes in New Orleans have been evacuated
• A portable hospital from Nevada arrived at New Orleans airport yesterday
• The 1,000-bed USS Comfort is scheduled to arrive in the Gulf Coast area tomorrow
• A Department of Defense mobile hospital is operational at the New Orleans airport
• DMORT sites are set up in Gabriel, La., and Gulfport, Miss. Each site has four DMORT teams and one portable morgue.
• As of yesterday, 229,328 people were in 679 shelters in 12 states
• Two million meals ready to eat (MREs) were delivered to Gulfport, Miss., last night, making a total of 8.5 million MREs that have been delivered in response to Hurricane Katrina
• FEMA is working with the American Red Cross to provide vouchers to evacuees in shelters
• Three Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs), where hurricane victims can get assistance, are opening in Alabama today making a total of five there; four DRCs are open in Texas
• Disaster food stamps are available in Louisiana
• More states are preparing to receive Hurricane Katrina evacuees -- 15 states and the District of Columbia are currently housing or preparing to house evacuees
• 1.1 million barrels of diesel have been shipped to New Orleans

[M. Espinola]

"This is what John and Ken were yelling about today. Brown has no business heading FEMA. He was FIRED from his previous job of running horse shows. He got his job at FEMA due to cronyism."

Bingo, absolutely correct. This is a fine time to have a political hack in such a key national security position. 'Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) plans hearings on the agency's performance since the hurricane'. Yet the minority of Brown's supporters act like FEMA did a wonderful job dealing with Katrina from day one.

It's time this guy returns to supervising horse-shows since 'horseman' did not win, place or show when most needed.