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  • 1999 Hurricane Swamped Clinton's FEMA

    09/07/2005 1:27:26 PM PDT · by Carl/NewsMax · 25 replies · 1,543+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | Sept. 7, 2002 | Carl Limbacher
    Democrats led by Sen. Hillary Clinton are blaming the Federal Emergency Management Agency for failing to respond adequately to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. But FEMA didn't do much better under much less taxing conditions, when the floods that followed Hurricane Floyd left tens of thousands stranded up and down the Eastern seaboard, wondering what happened to federal rescuers. New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida were hit hard when Floyd slammed the coast on Sept. 16, 1999. It was the worst storm to hit the U.S. in 25 years - yet it killed only 61 people. That death toll expected...