Monday, September 12, 2005

We're from FEMA and we're here to help!

Wow. A fairly damning list of Federal Fuck-Ups.

FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations
FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food
FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board
FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck
FEMA turns away generators
FEMA: "First Responders Urged Not To Respond"

The last one is straight from their website. This is a very broken system.

2 comments:

Joshua said...

each and every damned one taken out of context. Tool.

MAH said...

... Okay, I accept that linking to Kos is gratuitous. That's a fair cop and Kos is partisan. But all the others provide a great deal of context in each article. The sum here seems support my point, i.e. FEMA seems like it's broken.

I still stand by that point.