Posted by Ragnar on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 7:53AM :
In Reply to: Re: BS posted by MoparNorm on Sunday, September 25, 2005 at 0:15AM :
You're right that FEMA is now part of Homeland security and that has been pointed to as to one of the reasons for their lack of action. However, FEMA has always been touted as the agency that will respond first to a disaster and provide aid to the victims. And yes, since they are supposed to coordinate, that aid is provided by someone else. Their coordination failed miserably. Was it their fault? Absolutely, that's their job. if a local agency is incompetent, they need to work around them. Not all of New Orleans local agencies are/were incompetent.
Texas is hardly a poster child for a successful evacuation. Stuck in traffic for 15 hours on a freeway with no pre-positioned gas, water, housing, ... is not good news. Did they learn a little something.. yes. But it still points out the inadequacy of these agencies to deal with what they have been tasked to do.
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