the president doesn't like to get bad news. Sorry to harp on it but I really think that is the root of the problem.
On 9/6/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Moreover according to what I heard this afternoon on NPR, both the > director of FEMA and the head of DHS were in a conference call with > NOAA's Hurricane Information Center's director 4 days before the storm > hit NO. Apparently the NOAA people specifically warned both FEMA and > DHS about the threat and told them it was a near certainty where it > would hit. > > It would seem that they were ignored. > > larry > > On 9/6/05, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The 2004 Hurricane Plan that FEMA spend 500 thousand dollar for, and > then > > ignored, clearly outlined that exact possibility, and predicted > casualties > > from a CAT 4 storm of 40 - 60,000. > > > > When they claim they didn't know what they needed, they are lying. When > they > > claim the fault is with the local officials they are lying. The governor > of > > Louisiana was on CNN the morning after the storm stating that a huge > federal > > presence was on the way. It didn't arrive until Friday. Hell, the > hospital > > ship didn't even leave Baltimore until Friday, and STILL IS NOT THERE. > > > > All the feds were patting themselves on the back about their great > response, > > and blah, blah, blah number of meals were given to FEMA , and blah, > blah, > > blah number of troops have been mobilized. > > > > But very few of those got to the people who needed them, and the Coast > Guard > > is still saying they cannot save the remaining trapped victims because > they > > DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER. > > > > This isn't just a failure of leadership, it is criminally negligence > > homicide. > > > > > > On 9/6/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Why didn't you call the FEMA and tell them that you knew that they > would > > > need supplies for 100,000 people and troops to defend against looters? > I'm > > > thinking it was you who committed murder by not letting anybody know. > > > > > > Yes, that does sounds ridiculous. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172827 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
