LK has spoken!!!! Out.
I'm willing to bet your car doesn't even have a left turn signal.
LK has spoken!!!! Out.
Personel should have been in place, materials should have been in place, and battle plans should have been in place the day the storm hit.
Like I said before, the job of taking care of Louisiana is the responsibility of the people of Louisiana.
Ummm...what do you think FEMA stands for, dude? (just added the dude so as to not end my sentence with a preposition...it does make me seem younger and cooler though)Like I said before, the job of taking care of Louisiana is the responsibility of the people of Louisiana.
You were where? Sitting in on cabinet meetings and briefings? That is where you would have needed to be to have the information relevant to my statement.Were you there or did you get your information from the media? I was there and my opinion is quite different than yours.
Plain and simple...each side is afraid of loosing the votes of the legal hispanic population.How long can these candidates ignore such a huge issue?
"allowing Brady Bill to expire"
You were where? Sitting in on cabinet meetings and briefings? That is where you would have needed to be to have the information relevant to my statement.
I gathered my information by reading the briefings and studies provided to the president by FEMA, the local Govt of Louisiana, the corps of engneers, and other sources. They were pretty clear that this is what would happen in a catagory IV storm hit Louisiana and FEMA and the President were notified the day before that the storm was going to be a catagory IV or higher.
Like I said before, the job of taking care of Louisiana is the responsibility of the people of Louisiana.
I was in Iuka, MS the day of the storm and in Gulfport, MS helping with relief aid and helping relatives shovel out from under the mess the next day. I am not sure what materials and wasted resources you are discussing. The corp of engineer/volunteer groups I dealt with were constantly on the radios asking where the supplies and manpower they were supposed to have were and the answer was usually "they left today" or "they will be leaving shortly". That doesn't sound like preparation, it sounds like reacting after the fact.You are remarkably ill informed regarding what happened after the storm. I know I was there
I am not sure what materials and wasted resources you are discussing. The corp of engineer/volunteer groups I dealt with were constantly on the radios asking where the supplies and manpower they were supposed to have were and the answer was usually "they left today" or "they will be leaving shortly". That doesn't sound like preparation, it sounds like reacting after the fact.
I have also read many other first hand accounts that support my experience. Surely there is tons of publicized evidence that FEMA acted quickly and was prepared. they would not let the news be as negative as it was without firing back if the facts were on their side. Please point me to those reports.
Same story in MS but the point you are missing is those resources came in from private sources and not from FEMA or the feds. Within a few hours private donors and businesses had materials enroute while FEMA was still twidling it thumbs.Obviously I cannot speak to Mississippi as I was not there, but when I left New Orleans there were still stacks upon stacks of water, MREs, and other food that had not been distributed, there were pallets of untouched supplies in the French Quarter on corners.
Manpower was very poorly utilized
Not only did they not do well...they failed miserably. Brown was a disgrace and the feds chose to take a "wait and see" approach even though they were being told lives were going to be lost.I have yet to see a report stating FEMA did well, and in all reality I am sure they did not do that well
that local authority failed to utilized what was there, more supplies in place would not have made any difference whatsoever because the local authority could not or did not utilize what was there in an efficient or even reasonable manner. I fail to see how that is Bush's fault.