On a more somber note I think someone at FEMA will lose their job over this. Somewhere there was a failure, and it was a critical one. At the very least military sealift command and USNS Comfort should have been at sea to provide supplies immediately,... and the National Guard should have been mobilized the minute the hurricane was projected to go into the gulf. I know we are doing a lot, but sometimes a lot isnt enough.
edit....
Urge to kill rising,
so the head of Fema just said to the people of Louisiana, and Mississippi that "its your own fault your in the situation your in" never mind my friends brother in law who just finally got to a place where he could call told us that there was no gas in the city to get people out, and that for the thousands of people to sick to move, or those without cars, or without cash that the only option of walking across the causeway wasn't an option. He said the road up to Baton Rouge was littered with cars that ran out of gas, just abandoned by the side of the road.
So when the head of FEMA says this
"Unfortunately, that's going to be attributable a lot to people who did not heed the advance warnings," Brown told CNN.
"I don't make judgments about why people chose not to leave but, you know, there was a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans," he said.
"And to find people still there is just heart-wrenching to me because, you know, the mayor did everything he could to get them out of there.
"So, we've got to figure out some way to convince people that whenever warnings go out it's for their own good," Brown said. "Now, I don't want to second guess why they did that.
Exactly how can people leave when they dont have the means too. The people left in New Orleans were stranded tourists, the elderly, those who couldnt get any gas and the poor. Im sure there were a few people who stayed because they chose too... but 95% of those who stayed did
Which is why I was ticked today when the head of the Sec of Homeland Security argued with a reporter on NPR about the people at the convention center in New Orleans saying that of course they had food and water, when it was all over live TV that they didnt have anything at all. My favorite line was...
"Well there have been lots of rumors"
"Mr. Secretary its not a rumor, CNN is reporting it live and our correspondent is there, these people have covered wars and natural disasters many times"
An hour later his secretary sent NPR a note saying ... Uh I was wrong.
Maybe I shouldn't be angry at this, but I am. Maybe its not the right time to blame anyone,... FEMA blaming the victims is a little disgusting.
