Also lets not forget that both the heads of DHS and FEMA were both appraised of the storm's strength on landfall and probable track well before it struck New Orleans in a conference call with the head of NOAA's Hurricane Information Center. Given that information, why did they wait from early Friday morning until Tuesday to even begin mobilizing?
larry On 9/7/05, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian wrote: > > Wait a second.....why are you guys so quick to dismiss this guy and his > > opinion??? > > > > Because this isn't a question of opinion, it's question of leadership. > Either we all agree that the federal gov't's first job is to protect > its citizens or we don't. If we do, then gov't failed. If we don't > then what is gov't's first job? Why do have FEMA, DHS, or a military? > > Yes, maybe the local folks could've yelled louder, but especially > after 9/11 it is DHS/FEMA's job to find the holes and patch them up. > Remeber, this wasn't a local storm, it was a federal storm. > > The gov't's job is to take a US view things and decide where the > problems could be and ensure they're covered. If it isn't, why have > them? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:173096 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
