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To: combjelly who wrote (264966)	12/16/2005 7:01:21 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576346

So the federal aid was about a day late. 5 days instead of 4. (120-96 hours). As I said not a good response in fact a rather poor one. But not much worse than their response in some other situations, as well as being worse than their policy, but not an enormous difference from either. Of course it wasn't just a matter of being slow. I agree that later mistakes are more clearly something which FEMA and its administrators have some serious responsibility for. My point is that we were supplying significant aid to Sri Lanka and other places with in a 2 to 3 days in the wake of the tsunami. Yet the Gulf Coast was more remote than that... "In searching the Internet for a timeline of relief efforts, I see that the tsunami struck on Dec. 26 (local time). "The first relief efforts came from local agencies trying to mobilize assessment teams on Dec. 28. "The first relief from U.S. troops started when a flight left Japan on Dec. 30, bound for Thailand. "The first mention that 'Aid starts to get through' is a Jan. 1 headline. "This was criticized as being inadequate, but it was a start. The first fresh water delivered to the scene arrived on Jan. 5 -- 10 days after the disaster struck. nj.com Message 21672755