A tax-funded, state-of-the-art medical team
The USS Bataan
Wal-mart trucks full of ice and water
The water tankers from the US Forest Service
A specially trained and self-sufficient relief team from Chicago
A team of specially trained rescue workers from B.C., Canada
The Red Cross
Bush doesn't order search and rescue helicopters (via Kevin Drum)
A citizen flotilla of 500+ rescue boats
Amtrak's offer of trains to help evacuate victims
Experienced firefighters
The Coast Guard's fuel
Morticians
Electric generators
First responders urged not to respond
Total failure, but not a real surprise when you consider that the FEMA director was hired not for his ability, but because of his political support in the past.
2 comments:
Wal-mart trucks full of ice and water At least this one appears to have been debunked.
The signal-to-noise ratio these days is incredible. And you seem to be falling right into it.
I am not so sure that has been de-bunked.
From the San Deigo Paper
state or local officials, FEMA asserted its authority and only made things worse, said Aaron Broussard, the president of Jefferson Parish, south of New Orleans. When Wal-Mart sent three trailer trucks loaded with water, FEMA officials turned them away, he said
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