[cwb]

"Is this the type of individual you want at the top of FEMA when more hurricanes unleash incredible amounts of storm related wrath on other East Coast & Gulf cities, or another 9-11 Islamic terrorist slaughter?"

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Hmm, I made it through 3 hurricanes in 4 weeks with Mike Brown at the healm and I never had any of these problems. These people came down my street, knocked on my door, looked at my damaged roof, tarped it for me...and even offred to pay for the generator and portable AC I bought when we lost electricity. I'm sorry, I can't fault him for a situation that is beyond the control of sooo many people.

[M. Espinola]

If a recommended 25 feet high flood wall had been constructed some years ago the flooding damage would have been greatly reduced from hurricane Katrina. The fact that the levee system in place was not adequate for such a storm surge with so many citizens of New Orleans living 'under sea level' was the core problem.

I am not laying absolute & total blame on Brown, it's well known there was a total lack on coordination from the Mayor of New Orleans, that state's Governor, all the way up to the Federal level. Many police and residents have all stated the same thing.

"Representative Mark Foley, Republican of Florida, said FEMA should be separated from the Department of Homeland Security. "FEMA should not be hindered by a top-heavy bureaucracy when they are needed to act swiftly to save lives," Mr. Foley said."

"Since FEMA's absorption into Homeland Security, its ties to state emergency programs have been weakened, and it has reduced spending on disaster preparation, critics say."source

I am glad FEMA assisted you with last year's multi-hurricane devastation. Katrina's first geographic victim in the US was southern Florida.

Not everyone has had such favourable experiences with FEMA.