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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (283116)4/5/2006 3:27:12 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578015
 
"No one should depend on them as a first responder."

The problem is that they don't respond at all any more. The only response during Rita was to ship in supplies and then refuse to distribute them after they sat there for a week. In Jefferson county, a judge told the local mayors to take their police and go get the supplies by force. My parents never saw anyone from FEMA. There are still blue tarps all over Beaumont. I suspect there was even less done in Louisiana where the bulk of the damage occurred.



To: Jim McMannis who wrote (283116)4/5/2006 5:54:03 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578015
 
The national guard was always an important part of natural disaster control. They provided both security and the bulk manpower and equipment to get through rubble to the victims. Junior has turned the national guard into victims of Iraq. This left FEMA with plenty of plans, but nobody carrying them out.

TP


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